Top news of the week: 05.04.2023.
There Will Be Fewer People Alive in 2100 Than Now, Experts Predict
A new report re-evaluating the long-feared "population bomb" has found that the number of people on Earth isn't going to explode, but rather decrease.
Don't Panic: The Valentine’s Day 2046 asteroid will not hit Earth. Here’s why.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the next Earth-threatening asteroid.
What would happen if the asteroid Ryugu hit Earth?
Using samples collected by the Hayabusa2 scientists have calculated what would happen if the spinning-top-shaped asteroid Ryugu hit our planet.
‘Doomerism’: Why scientists disagree with Biden on 1.5 C
Scientists cringe when President Joe Biden and other politicians say the world is "damned" if temperatures rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Lichens and the Meaning of Life
Lichens come alive as an enchanting miniature of the miraculous interconnectedness of nature in biologist David George Haskell’s altogether fascinating book The Forest Unseen: A …
The only way out of the AI dilemma
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
Wearable liquid pumps could one day regulate body temperature
The threading acts as its own pump system, and is both portable and washable.
Meet the next four people headed to the Moon – how the diverse crew of Artemis II shows NASA’s plan for the future of space exploration
The Artemis II mission is scheduled for launch in late 2024 and is a critical step towards NASA’s goals of establishing a permanent human presence on and near the Moon.