Star Trek: Picard - Episode 1 "Remembrance" Recap

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Possible Supernova Alert - Betelgeuse's bizarre dimming has astronomers scratching their heads

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“The unusual dimming episode has made some astronomers wonder whether Betelgeuse is about to go supernova.”

Is There Hope For The American Republic After Trump?

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Climate change 'tipping points' too close for comfort

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“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

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“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...

Star Trek: Picard - Second Trailer

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New Star Trek series coming early next year - Star Trek: Picard (trailer)

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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.

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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...

Climate change made European heatwave up to 3°C hotter

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“Human-induced warming also made the hot spell up to 100 times more likely in some parts.”

The extreme heatwave that caused record temperatures last week across Western Europe was made more likely — and severe — by human-induced climate change. In France and the Netherlands, where temperatures rose above 40 °C, climate change made such a heat spell at least 10 times — and possibly...

For all that drain the swamp rhetoric, Trump sure loves him some swamp monsters

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Confirmation hearing of Mark Esper for Defense Secretary before the Senate Armed Services Committee. July 16, 2019. Make sure you watch it to the very end. Partial transcript -- Senator Warren's summary statement: Alright. So let me get this straight. You're still due to get at least a...