extinction
Claim: Many types of human were kayoed in the Sixth Great Extinction
The mammals who crawled out after the dinosaurs died, 66 mya
New evidence found for the asteroid that deep-sixed the dinosaurs
Lovelock (now 100 years old): Cyborgs will replace us and treat us like houseplants
At The Atlantic: Dinosaurs might have had whole civilizations; how would you know?
Philosopher puts a positive spin on contemplating human extinction
Researchers: 50 million years needed to recover extinct NZ birds! No, alas,, it’s impossible
Why didn’t the saber-toothed tigers survive?
Are extinctions evidence of a divine purpose in life?
A new bug for Darwin’s finches: Mating disrupted by parasite
Fun: Animatrons of extinct giant predators
New Ordovician) fossils (470 to 459 million years ago) show survival of “extinct” life forms
Astronomer: Seeing dead space aliens would teach us a lesson
Remember the astronomer who thought that space detritus Oumuamua might be an extraterrestrial lightsail? He’s back: Harvard professor Avi Loeb thinks humans should be on the hunt for signs of alien life and alien death. During a recent presentation at the The Humans to Mars Summit, Loeb argued that the discovery of a dead alien civilization could serve as a sort of cautionary tale for humanity, letting us know what not to do if we want to survive. “The idea is we may learn something in the process,” he said. “We may learn to better behave with each other, not to initiate a nuclear war, or to monitor our planet and make sure that it’s habitable for as long as Read More ›