The Four-Dimensional Trap
Time travel is science fiction's favourite wish-fulfilment toy. But once you account for the cosmic movement of the Earth and the messy physics of matter displacement, the fantasy quickly turns into orbital suicide.
Posts from September 2, 2026
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The Seventh Cleopatra
On 2 September 44 BC, Cleopatra VII declared her three-year-old son Caesarion co-ruler of Egypt. It was a masterclass in dynastic survival after centuries of Ptolemaic fratricide - and the very move that sealed the boy's death.