Solar Storm

The first three months of 2020 haven’t been kind to us: an escalation in the Middle East, a virus pandemic, an economic recession… But there have been much harder times than this: ones where one hasty, ill-advised move could lead to a mass extermination.Notably, all of the closest calls to…

If you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you’d probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, are we really safe? Living on our blue little planet seems safe until you are aware of what…

by Fabius Maximus  Summary: We think of national defense too narrowly. Let’s defend ourselves against the broad range of threats, instead of picking a few and ignoring the others. The 21st century might be unkind to such a foolish people, despite all our wealth and power. There are worse threats than…

This spring, a solar storm is going to happen. Yes, a weather forecast outside of the Earth is something you would not usually here off, but there you go. (Photo : www.pxhere.com)Read More: NASA Spots Asteroid Larger Than a Semitrailer Truck is Coming Close to Earth Tonight!What to Expect?Express reports that some space…

In BriefSCI COMMUN See allHide authors and affiliations Science  20 Mar 2020:Vol. 367, Issue 6484, pp. 1284-1286DOI: 10.1126/science.367.6484.1284 Read More

Awakening  I’m gonna be honest with you guys, when this episode started and Judd was in charge because of Owen still being out with TK, I forgot Owen even existed for a few brief minutes. Judd is on his game. Everyone worked well under him, and even though it seemed…

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By David Korowicz, originally published by Resilience.org March 4, 2020 The systems which underpin our lives are increasingly brittle and face growing array of intensifying pressures, we must prepare. In China the circulation of people, goods and services has slowed and fragmented. An already weakening economy is now experiencing a…

When NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (Insight) lander set down on Mars in November of 2018, it began its two-year primary mission of studying Mars’ seismology and interior environment. And now, just over a year and a half later, the results of the lander’s first…

Supernovae are stupendously energetic; many can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. Artist's ... impression. ESO/M. Kornmesser Is Betelgeuse on the eve of destruction? The red supergiant star has been visibly dimming in the last few months, and is currently around a third of its normal brightness, though in recent days…