deep time
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Here’s What It’s Like to Be Locked in a Cave for 40 Days in the Name of Science
The volunteers of the Deep Time experiment have emerged after spending 40 days in a cave with no sunlight or means of telling time.
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The Fossils Of The 21st Century
In 100 million years, human civilisation will have bit the dust. Perhaps a nuclear war scorched the planet, or a last-ditch bid to solve climate change backfired horribly. Or, more optimistically, we overcame the myriad challenges of the 21st century, took to the stars and evolved into new species on alien worlds. Either way, what…
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Our Atmosphere Is Leaking Oxygen And Scientists Don’t Know Why
It’s nothing to lose sleep over — really, I promise — but Earth’s atmosphere is leaking oxygen. Atmospheric oxygen levels have dropped by 0.7 per cent over the past 800,000 years, and while scientists aren’t sure why, they’re rather excited about it.
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Maybe We Don’t Have To Nuke Mars (So Much) After All
Terraforming Mars could be our only option once we screw this planet up beyond repair, but how exactly are we going to do it? One popular scheme involves releasing truckloads of nuclear warheads over the poles, unlocking billions of tonnes of frozen carbon dioxide and triggering a runaway greenhouse.