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Humanity is Exhausting : Foamy The Squirrel This was posted on Google+

These videos always make humanity look so small in comparison. #space What Is the Limit to How Far We Can Travel in Space? Bad news, guys. There’s a limit to humanity. Even if we had the technology for interstellar space travel, we still wouldn’t be able to see most of the observable universe because we’re …

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Nvidia Shield Black Friday 50% off sale includes Tomb Raider, Super Meat Boy, and more If the prospect of descending upon retail establishment this Black Friday with the shambling hordes of humanity scares the living daylights out of you, stay home and play video games instead. There’s a lot to choose from, and you won’t …

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We’ve Devoured a Year’s Worth of Natural Resources in Just Seven Months Image: ESA. Today is Earth Overshoot Day—the day when humanity has consumed more natural resources than the planet is able to generate in a single calendar year. Disturbingly, this date is happening earlier with each passing year. Advertisement. According to the Global Footprint …

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We’ve Used Up Our Annual Supply of Earth’s Resources—And It’s Only August Happy Earth Overshoot Day, that singular day each year when humanity’s resource demands outstrip the planet’s ability to regenerate them. Last year, we faced our ecological debt on August 19th, this year, we’ve reached this milestone six days earlier. Well done. This was …

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Why You Should Care About VP9, Google’s Clever Video Codec As the ongoing Meerkatification of humanity proves, the internet (in one form or another) is becoming more and more about video. At peak times, Netflix and YouTube alone account for half of all web traffic. That’s an understandably huge burden for ISPs to carry. But …

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 Where Did Kissing Come From? Kissing is so commonplace that most people rarely think to stop and ask where humans picked up the habit in the first place. Where in humanity’s evolutionary history did smooshing our faces together come to be regarded as a display of lust, care, friendship, and love? This was posted …

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Sounds like pretty impressive tech. I hope it ends up going somewhere. Scientists make strides in beaming solar power from space The idea of powering humanity by gathering an endless supply of solar energy from space has taken a huge step towards becoming a reality. Scientists work This was posted on Google+

You did good humans. Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs Of 2014 This year, humanity landed on its first comet, a child was born to a woman with a transplanted womb, and a fossilized sea shell forced us to reconsider our conceptions of human culture. Those are just a taste of the 20 achievements, innovations, and advances we’ve …

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The most amazing and inspiring vision of the future I’ve ever seen I’ve seen countless science fiction movies and documentaries about the future of humanity. Nothing I’ve ever seen is as inspiring and beautiful and realistic as this extraordinary short film by Erik Wernquist, narrated by Carl Sagan. Watch it and get ready for goosebumps. …

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Here’s the simplest explanation about the Big Bang discovery in the news If you’re still a little confused about why everyone is talking about The Big Bang and gravitational waves and cosmic inflation and space and twists of light and so forth, it’s okay. Much smarter people are taking care of answering those questions for …

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Woah, I think they nailed it! Wall-E Recreated as an Amazing Real-Life Bot Oh Wall-E, our adorable reminder that our current path on technology will lead to environmental devastation and the end of useful humanity. In maybe our last great act as a species on Earth, a team of geniuses led by Michael McMaster has …

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New Lithium Battery Triples Capacity and Charges Fully in Just Ten Minutes The number one technological hurdle separating humanity from the Jetson Future we deserve is developing a reliable power supply. Even today, we’re barely even able to keep out phones alive through the… This was posted on Google+…

Why Titan A.E. is an Underappreciated Masterpiece —  I couldn't agree more with this article. This was a great movie! Why Titan A.E. is an Underappreciated Masterpiece Before the Battlestar Galactica reboot and Firefly, there was Titan A.E.. This post-apocalyptic animated feature about humanity’s last hope was bookended by gorgeous space shots and a misfit …

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The Future According to Films [Infographic] Curious what the future will look like? According to movie directors, casting their lens towards the future of humanity, it’s quite a mixed bag. Check out this infographic timeline to check out the ne… This was posted on Google+…