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Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True

A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.

Reason

Eight billion people and counting: can planet Earth sustain its population?

According to a projection by the United Nations, planet Earth will welcome its eight billionth inhabitant this Tuesday. While some experts worry that this is too many people, most say the bigger problem is the overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest.

Radio France Internationale

NASA’s theory about the lack of alien visitors is truly depressing

Paper embraces the Great Filter theory of civilisations wiping themselves out before they can leave their planets.

Evening Standard

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Humanity hits the 8 billion mark

UNITED NATIONS, US: A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eighth billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.

Bangkok Post

Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate

The 8 billionth baby on Earth is about to be born on a planet that is getting hotter

The Independent UK

What is the G20 summit in Bali? Who’s there? And what are the top 3 topics on the agenda?

The latest G20 Summit is being held in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15 and 16. It is the culmination of a series of G20 events that have been going on for the past year.

The Conversation

Humanity Hits the Eight Billion Mark

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. "The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. The UN attributes…

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Ending the climate crisis has one simple solution: Stop using fossil fuels

As COP27 unfolds in Egypt, we are hearing about a large array of climate change solutions, ranging from building with carbon-absorbing bamboo and using less plastic to growing more kelp in the oceans to retain its carbon stores and enhance biodiversity.

The Conversation

Ancient sand reveals age of K'gari (Fraser Island) and how it helped form Great Barrier Reef

Ancient sand reveals the age of K'gari and how the world's largest sand island — along with the Great Barrier Reef — may have been shaped by a dramatic shift in global climate.

ABC News

As world population reaches 8 billion, Australian women are having fewer kids and at an older age

Brisbane mum Bernie Turnbull always knew she wanted kids, but like many Australian women her path to motherhood was anything but straightforward.

ABC News

Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently

The business magnate and new owner of Twitter Elon Musk revealed a while ago that he is autistic. Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, is autistic. Musk, a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society and Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, is autistic. One of the most famous people…

The Conversation

Nick Cannon says his annual child support bill is more than $3m as he expects 12th baby

The TV presenter is a soon-to-be father of 12

The Independent UK

Artemis launch delay is the latest of many NASA scrubs and comes from hard lessons on crew safety

I love a good space launch, and I have been eagerly awaiting NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket to take off as the first part of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Mission to put U.S. astronauts back on the Moon. But this launch has already been pushed back four times this…

The Conversation

What is hydroelectric energy and how does it work?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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Earth's cathedrals: Europe's mountains are cultural heritage, not just natural heritage

In 2019, alpinism was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity and “shared culture made up of knowledge of the high-mountain environment, the history of the practice and associated values, and specific skills”. However, alpinism is inextricably linked to mountains – places of extraordinary interest that need to…

Axios

The human race at 8 billion

It's a momentous milestone for humanity.

Inverse

Mars life may have driven itself to extinction

Our own planet could have become habitable as long as 3.9 billion years ago, but its primitive biosphere was much different than it is today.

Salon

Here's why 'brown carbon' is so bad

Brown carbon — carbon released from burning biomass — is trapping smoke in the atmosphere

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Sault: Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, Untitled (God), 11 review – an act of supreme generosity

The esteemed collective release five dazzlingly eclectic albums, melding rap, post-punk and modern classical composition

Daily Record

Leonid meteor shower tonight in Scotland - how to see shooting stars in 'major' show

The fast, bright meteors will streak through the sky on November 17, providing a spectacular celestial show.

Al Jazeera

As climate clock ticks, war in Ukraine upends Arctic research

A team of Russian and Norwegian scientists stumbled upon the fastest-warming hotspot known on earth. Then the war began.

AAP

Bulls bring Mariners back to earth in ALM

A last-minute goal has helped Macarthur FC to a 3-2 win over the Central Coast Mariners and their triumvirate of Socceroos stars.

Inverse

A trio of satellites could take a groundbreaking 360-degree photo of the sun

The Solar Ring is a new proposal for a trio of satellites that capture continuous, panoramic images of the Sun.

Daily Record

Scientist claims to have seen evidence of parallel universes 'more habitable than earth'

“Now we are finding that even our universe is just one tiny grain of dust in a much more intricate and beautiful cosmos.”

Inverse

Scientists are struggling to figure out how space transforms our gut microbiome

Scientists are still figuring out how space will change astronauts' microbiome, and it isn't even clear how our guts shift on Earth.

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