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2022-08-01 23:25:47 We Must Start Preparing Now For How Climate Change Might End Civilization, Says Report

Speculating over humanity's demise is a sport we humans have enjoyed since forever. We build religions on our eschatological hopes, weave fiction out of our dystopian fears, and even write songs about the end of the world as we know it.

So it's surprising that in the midst of an escalating global climate crisis, one that impacts everything from the health of individuals to the sustainability of entire ecosystems and their resources, potential global catastrophes are so underexplored.

A report published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues it's high time we start taking worst-case scenarios seriously and come up with a solid game plan on what happens if – or indeed, when – our current way of life collapses.

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2022-07-25 10:01:42 A top Sun researcher explains what kind of trouble solar flares might cause
As we approach maximum solar activity, these events will become more common.
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2022-07-24 20:00:33 Dogs Might Actually 'See' Through Smells, Brain Scans Suggest
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2022-07-24 14:19:32 WHO Has Declared Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
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2022-07-23 23:00:31 The Mars Express Delivers Truly Epic Views of The Solar System's Biggest Canyon
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2022-07-23 17:01:31 A new plasma robot can dig tunnels 100 times faster and 98% cheaper
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2022-07-23 10:00:55 Dynamic mental illness indicators caught by advanced AI in brain imaging
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2022-07-23 03:26:14 Astronomers Find Ancient Brown Dwarf in Solar Neighborhood

WISE 1810055-1010023 (WISE 1810 for short), a metal-poor brown dwarf located 8.9 parsecs (29 light-years) away, is nearly 10 billion years old.

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2022-07-22 17:01:16 Mammals were not the first to be warm-blooded
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2022-07-22 08:01:55 NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

NASA has awarded a contract to SpaceX to provide launch services for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

The telescope is currently targeted to launch in October 2026, as specified in the contract, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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