Around_the_Web – Page 51

When All the Humans Are Gone
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
If humanity’s earthly tenure isn’t fated to end with the Mayan calendar, it is certain to end someday. It’s...
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Omnipotence Needs No Defense and Other Obvious Theological Truths
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
Egypt is at the crossroads. Its emerging constitution, however, betrays the brightest hopes of the so-called Arab Spring. A...
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What NYC Would Look Like Buried in its Own Carbon Emissions
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
One of the many reasons why people fail to acknowledge the seriousness of greenhouse gas emissions is that they’re...
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When the First Stars Blinked On
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
As far back in time as astronomers have been able to see, the universe has had some trace of...
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Astronomers See Solar System Being Born
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
U.S. astronomers say they’ve observed a young star with a rotating dust disk considered the youngest still-forming planetary system...
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New Contender for Oldest Dinosaur
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap. A...
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‘Green Bean’ Galaxies Glow in the Dark
By the Editor on December 5, 2012
Astronomers have found a galaxy that represents a new type, and falls within the range of active galaxies known...
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After Kyoto
By the Editor on December 4, 2012
On January 1, 2013, the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that...
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Did the Dalai Lama Just Call for an End to Religion?
By the Editor on December 4, 2012
The Dalai Lama recommends a radical new approach: a religionless religion, if you will, stripped of myth, superstition, and...
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Why Seeing Is Believing – Usually – When It Comes to Climate Change
By the Editor on December 4, 2012
Political leaders haven’t moved on global warming because they’re not feeling widespread public pressure to do so. And the...
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