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Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ | Ann Gibbons

A 72-meter ice core drilled in the Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps entombs more than 2000 years of fallout from volcanoes, storms, and human pollution. NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELUCK ET AL., ANTIQUITY 10.15184, 4, 2018 Nov. 15, 2018 (Science) -- Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black ...

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The Silurian Hypothesis | Michele Diodati

Image: Medium What geological traces could have left a hypothetical industrial civilization that flourished and disappeared many millions of years ago? July 27, 2020 (The Startup) -- As far as we kno ...

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Our Civilization Needs a Great Transformation | umair haque

Photo: Medium We Need Three Decades of Revolutions. But Are We Capable of It? July 25, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Any thoughtful person should understand that, at this juncture in human history, civil ...

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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination | Catherine Bridges

An ibis as "seen" by a machine, 2015. This processed image, which is based on a photograph by Dr. Zachi Evenor, is courtesy of software engineer Guenther Noack, 2015, and is reproduced from Wikimedia ...

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By 2025, CO2 Will Be Highest In 3.3 Million Years | University of Southampton

The composition of fossilised zooplankton shells has enabled the reconstruction of past pH and CO2. Credit: University of Southampton July 10, 2020 (Phys.org) -- By 2025, atmospheric carbon dioxide ( ...

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If Life Feels Bleak, It’s Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse | umair haque

Cole Thomas. The Course of Empire Destruction. 1836. Wikimedia Commons 2030 Will Be Even Worse than 2020. And 2040 Will Be Even Worse than That. Unless... July 3, 2020 (Medium) -- There’s an old line ...

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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial inte ...

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Theorists Calculate Upper Limit For Quantization Of Time | Bob Yirka

Salvador Dali - Art of Tattoo Series by FailunFailunMefailun. Etsy. "The work of Turkish artist Failun cannot go unnoticed." June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A trio of theoretical physicists at Pennsylvan ...

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Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have the ...

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Face Masks Critical To Prevent COVID-19 Spread | Texas A&M University

Credit: CC0 Public Domain June 12, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study shows that wearing a face mask dramatically decreases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus. Renyi Zhang, Texas ...

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May 2020 Tied For Hottest On Record For The Globe | NOAA

June 12, 2020 (NOAA) -- After registering unusually high temperatures across the globe, May 2020 tied with 2016 as the world’s warmest May on record, say scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Env ...

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