Some Say the Universe is Half Empty…

…but others, well, their optimism is endless: Michio Kaku muses on how humans can survive…the end of the universe itself! How? Take off to the universe next door! There are some wrinkles:

To do this, an advanced civilisation will first have to discover the laws of quantum gravity, which may or may not turn out to be string theory. These laws will be crucial in calculating several unknown factors, such as the stability of wormholes connecting us to a parallel universe, and how we will know what these parallel worlds will look like. Before leaping into the unknown, we have to know what is on the other side. But how do we make the leap? Here are some of the ways.
*Find a naturally occurring wormhole….
*Send a probe through a black hole….
*Create negative energy….
*Create a baby universe….
*Build a laser implosion machine….
*Send a nanobot to recreate civilisation….

The full article gives many details of the possibilities and pitfalls of each of these survival options.

[Link via Arts and Letter Daily.]