Category: Science

(Published in Grail World 14/2000) In Grail World No. 9 we reported under the heading “Death from Space” (here under “Science”) about the theoretical possibility of an impact, that is, the collision of our earth with a minor planet or comet . In May 1999 a message went through the media that the tiny planet NEO 1999AN10 of the earth [...]

(Published in GralsWelt 9/1998) The latest research results clearly show that in the history of the earth there have been far more devastating collisions with comets or minor planets than previously assumed. These so-called “impacts” repeatedly destroyed life on earth as “death from space”. GrailWelt editor Siegfried HAGL describes the development of "impact research" and gives an outlook on protection options. [...]

(Published in GralsWelt 3/1997) NASA “discovery” and life in space In August of the previous year, in the middle of a news “summer slump”, NASA launched a sensational report: There were traces of life on Mars rocks which suggest that primitive life forms existed on our sister planet about 3.5 billion years ago. Life on other stars? [...]

(Published in Grail World 36/2005) In the Grail World we have spoken several times about the fact that the earth is threatened by collisions with celestial bodies. The Tunguska event is known from the 20th century, but fortunately it took place so far from inhabited areas that no human casualties are known in this context. It has now been proven for the first time that [...]

(Published in GralsWelt 40/2006) In GralsWelt 32/28 we spoke of the anthropic principle under the heading “The Big Bang as Proof of God” (under “Science”) and also mentioned that some natural processes suggest that a more comprehensive guideline can be expected behind the diverse forms of nature; that chance as a development principle - that is, the [...]

THE WONDER OF LIFE (Published in Grail World Special Edition 11/2003) Scientists only dare to define life as an exception, and it is something special that half a century ago a well-known physicist wrote a book entitled “What is [... ]

Published in GralsWelt Issue 11/2003) The miraculous balance Everything is connected with everything With the triumph of mechanics in the 17th century, a method became popular that makes complicated systems accessible to the understanding that these systems are broken down into simpler components. This method has proven itself many times in technology. For example, with [...]

(Published in GralsWelt Special Issue 11/2003) THE RISE OF LIFE From the origin of species Anyone who asks about the origin of plants, animals and people will find the answer in the Bible, which was also valid for most scientists into the 19th century: [... ]

(Published in GralsWelt special edition 11/2003) THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSUM Myths and Philosophy Almost all religions contain ideas about the world, its beginning and sometimes also about its end. Such ideas from Egyptians, Babylonians, Chinese, Greeks, [...]

Published in GralsWelt special issue 11/2003) THE UNITY OF NATURE The world view in the Middle Ages For a person of the Middle Ages the question of the unity of nature has hardly arisen. He lived in a unified, closed world, in the middle of which the [...]