Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide
Elementary physics tells us that we actually can move the planets. Launching a rocket into space pushes the Earth a bit in the
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Existential Threats
Superstruct: The Final Threat
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUCi85sg68M] Check out videos of megadisasters facing the planet at Superstruct.
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LHC – atom smasher’s computers hacked
HACKERS claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the
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Scientists: Humans and machines will merge in future
LONDON, England (CNN) — A group of experts from around the world will hold a first of its kind conference Thursday on global
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Cern lab goes ‘colder than space’
The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) – colder than
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Synthetic Biology: Social and Ethical Challenges
The electron tomogram of a complete yeast cell reveals the cellular architecture. It shows plasma membrane, microtubules and light vacuoles [green], nucleus,
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Risk Analysis of Nuclear Deterrence
Even minor changes in our nuclear weapons strategy have been rejected as too risky. The proposed studies avoid that criticism, and by exposing
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Top 25 potential threats to UK
1. Nanotechnologies 2. Invasive potential and possible ecosystem impacts of artificial life and biomimetic robots 3. Unintended consequences of pathogens developed by modern
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Mankind’s secrets kept in lunar ark
IF civilisation is wiped out on Earth, salvation may come from space. Plans are being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the
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Noah’s Arctic ark for seeds set to open
If much of civilization is ever wiped out, at least our seeds will survive. The first specimens — 7,000 seeds from 36 African
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