Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300 year-old year-old Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” for the Maya calendar on December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic find in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala.
On May 3, 1964, The Miami News ran this fanciful illustration of the man-machine of tomorrow, abutting this article explaining why plastic-organed cyborgs will not land on the Moon. (Short answer: cost, reality, human spirit blabbity-blah.)
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We are now living in the Anthropocene: humans are the main driver of planetary change. We’re pushing global temperatures, land and water use beyond anything our species has experienced before. We’re polluting the biosphere, acidifying the oceans, and reducing biodiversity. At the same time, our global population will grow from seven billion to nine billion by 2050, and all will need food, water and clean air. –CONTINUED–
A computer gamer says he has been playing the same strategy game for 10 years – and turned the world into a “hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation“.
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