Study: US preparing ‘massive’ military attack against Iran
The United States has the capacity for and may be prepared to launch without warning a massive assault on Iranian uranium enrichment facilities,
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Existential Threats
Interview with Vernor Vinge
ActuSF : Your future isn’t hostile, but could appear a bit freaky for readers of today. Is there any state of emergency ? Vernor Vinge :
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U.S. professor advocate Ebola for culling 90% of global population
Today, to my dismay, I rediscovered this, a Dr. Pianka who publicly proposed the use of the airborne Ebola virus to kill off
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Ex-Astronaut’s Lonely Mission: Save Earth From Asteroid Strike
Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart has already earned his place in the history books by going to the moon with the Apollo 9 mission.
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The Risk Governance of Nanotechnology: Recommendations for Managing a Global Issue
Short Description: This document reports on the discussions undertaken at the Conference “The Risk Governance of Nanotechnology: Recommendations for Managing a Global Issue”
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Chinese nuclear sub shows up on Google Earth
Increasingly, tools readily available on the Internet enable independent specialists or even members of the general public to do intelligence work that used
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ABC: The Last Days on Earth
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3553079034810235653] Via Betterhumans.com
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Current nuclear threat worse than during Cold War
WASHINGTON, July 19 (RIA Novosti) – The risks of an accidental nuclear war have increased since the Cold War as Russia’s early warning
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Russians threaten to counter US shield
Russia could site cruise missiles in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, if the US goes ahead with plans for a
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Blessed are the doomsayers
Back in 2000 Sun Microsystems chief scientist Bill Joy published his now famous (or is that infamous?) warning cry, ”Why the Future Doesn’t
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