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- The Worst Crime In History - By Yuval Noah Harari
Excerpt from the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind... Link to excerpt: The Worst Crime in History Today, the majority of large animals on planet earth are domesticated farm animals that live and die as cogs in the wheels of industrial...
- Human Planet: Jungles
I really enjoyed watching this series when it aired on TV. Below are links to the episode ‘Jungles’. Links to: Human Planet: Jungles Part 1 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 2 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 3 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 4 (HD)...
- Most Earthlike Planets Yet Seen Bring Kepler Closer To Its Holy Grail
They’re not quite Earth’s twins, but they might be its big sisters. Two planets slightly larger than Earth have been found by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The planets circle their star at a distance seemingly just right for life. Detailed in research...
- Ft Alphaville’s Christmas Podcast: Dylan Grice
Found via The Big Picture. David Keohane and Izabella Kaminska are joined for FT Alphaville’s Christmas podcast by Dylan Grice, until recently part of Société Générale’s global strategy team, to discuss the economy in 2013, robots, patents, inflation...
- Astronomers Say They Could Find Earth-like Planets Soon
Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover...
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Star is caught devouring planet
Found via Naked Capitalism.
Astronomers have found evidence for a planet being devoured by its star, yielding insights into the fate that will befall Earth in billions of years.
The team uncovered the signature of a planet that had been "eaten" by looking at the chemistry of the host star.
They also think a surviving planet around this star may have been kicked into its unusual orbit by the destruction of a neighbouring world.
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"A similar fate may await the inner planets in our solar system, when the Sun becomes a red giant and expands all the way out to Earth's orbit some five billion years from now," said co-author Prof Alexander Wolszczan from Pennsylvania State University in the US.
- The Worst Crime In History - By Yuval Noah Harari
Excerpt from the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind... Link to excerpt: The Worst Crime in History Today, the majority of large animals on planet earth are domesticated farm animals that live and die as cogs in the wheels of industrial...
- Human Planet: Jungles
I really enjoyed watching this series when it aired on TV. Below are links to the episode ‘Jungles’. Links to: Human Planet: Jungles Part 1 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 2 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 3 (HD) Human Planet: Jungles Part 4 (HD)...
- Most Earthlike Planets Yet Seen Bring Kepler Closer To Its Holy Grail
They’re not quite Earth’s twins, but they might be its big sisters. Two planets slightly larger than Earth have been found by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The planets circle their star at a distance seemingly just right for life. Detailed in research...
- Ft Alphaville’s Christmas Podcast: Dylan Grice
Found via The Big Picture. David Keohane and Izabella Kaminska are joined for FT Alphaville’s Christmas podcast by Dylan Grice, until recently part of Société Générale’s global strategy team, to discuss the economy in 2013, robots, patents, inflation...
- Astronomers Say They Could Find Earth-like Planets Soon
Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover...