2016

The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.

The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?

What is the Antibiotic Apocalypse? What is it all about? And how dangerous is it?

So. Space elevators. Are they are thing that we should talk about?

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Is there a border we will never cross? Are there places we will never be able to reach, no matter what? It turns out there are. Far, far more than you might have thought…

So. Are you your body? And if so, how exactly does this work? Lets explore lots of confusing questions.

Humans. We have been around for a while now. When we think about our past we think about ancient civilizations, the pyramids, stuff like that. But this is only a tiny, tiny part of our history.

There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?

Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly.

We have the choice to attack one of our oldest enemies with genetic engineering. But should we do it?

What if there is a way to destroy the universe so fundamentally that life as we know it will be impossible forever?

How does fusion energy work and is it a good idea?

There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them.

It is time to reframe how we think about our past. We need a new year 0 for humanity. But which one should we choose and why?

In a very short amount of time the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization?