Instead of envisioning life amongst the stars, we should be thinking about Earth.
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The End of Night
Our sky is vanishing. Not just due to light pollution – it’s filled with junk.
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Half Life
We’re using power developed for nuclear weapons to power our probes. What happens when they run out?
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Waiting For Herd Immunity is Not the Answer
What price are we willing to pay to get rid of COVID-19?
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When “Peanuts” Went All-In on Vaccinations
Charles Schulz used his culturally monolithic comic strip to advocate for public health. But his approach had some serious shortcomings.
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When Good Scientists Go Bad
Science doesn’t make you magically objective, and it’s not separate from the rest of human experience.
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Who Owns An Asteroid?
Celestial bodies like Bennu could help us tell Earth’s origin story. Or they could be strip-mined for resources.
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There Are Hundreds of Billions of Galaxies. Where Are All the Aliens?
The cosmos is quiet. TOO quiet. Why haven’t we found proof of extraterrestrial life?
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Elon Musk Isn’t All He’s Cracked Up to Be
He wants to take humanity off-world. But who gets to go? And who decides?
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Are We Living In A Computer Simulation?
This is not the Matrix… but is our civilization real?
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