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Climate change 'tipping points' too close for comfort
Via: Dig • Environment/Climate • 31 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago
“Loading the atmosphere with five million tonnes of CO2 every hour has pushed Earth dangerously close to a no-return threshold, beyond which lies an...”
Evolution tells us we might be the only intelligent life in the universe
Via: Dig • News & Politics • 79 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
“Complex animals evolved once in life’s history, suggesting they’re improbable.”
Author: Nick Longrich - Senior Lecturer, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bath Article is authorized to be reproduced under Creative Commons license from source Are we alone in the universe? It comes down to whether intelligence is a probable outcome of natural...
New Star Trek series coming early next year - Star Trek: Picard (trailer)
Via: Dig • Entertainment • 122 Comments • 8 Likes • 6 years ago
From the Wikipedia article - Star Trek: Picard Star Trek: Picard is an upcoming American web television series created for CBS All Access by executive producer Alex Kurtzman. It will be the eighth series in the Star Trek franchise and centers on the character Jean-Luc Picard. Set at the end...
WEATHER 2050 -- America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation.
Via: Dig • Environment/Climate • 150 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
Our world is getting warmer. This we know. Just look at Alaska, which experienced all-time record heat in July, topping out at 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Dozens of other cities are in the throes of a heat wave this week, which forecasters have warned will be “prolonged, dangerous, and potentially...