How to Prepare for the Singularity
If we make it through the period where humans are using AI in war against each other (the current situation), then we may reach...
2024 Predictions Project
This week in June 2024 I went on a prediction collecting spree. WIth help of human input from a costal community Listserv and a...
How to Stop a US Civil War
When I’m bored, which is never and always, I imagine I’m a time traveler sent to enable intergalactic travel and colonization by preventing a...
How a Nuclear War Starts: Second-by-Second Timeline
Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of “Nuclear War: A Scenario” and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national...
Aurora Visible in Northern California, March 24, 2024?
Look north if you are in the US and you may see a light show tonight in a few northern states. From the Aurora forcast...
How Can We Improve at Asteroid Detection?
Scientists today are unprepared to do anything at all about an asteroid bigger than 460 feet. If one of these city-killer asteroids was headed...
How to Make a Fallout Shelter with A Shovel
To build a nuclear fallout shelter using just a shovel, you can create a simple pole-covered trench shelter. This type of shelter is waterproof and...
Nutcracker Man Strangely Preferred Fruits
Paranthropus boisei, also known as “Nutcracker Man,” was a hominin species that lived in East Africa approximately 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago. While the...
Microwaves to ‘Cook Ballast Aliens’ in Ships
Invasive species are non-native organisms that are introduced to a new environment, often unintentionally, where they outcompete native species and disrupt the natural balance of...
How to Prepare for a Modern Carrington Event
A Carrington Event is a massive solar storm that can cause widespread power outages and damage to electrical infrastructure. Things that you could expect will...