If you haven’t heard of the Carrington Event, the short explanation is this – a solar storm in 1859 knocked out the telegraph system, and if it happened today you could expect electric grids to fail and take years to … Continue reading
I guess it is human nature – when you have so much money that it can help many future generations of your progeny, you do your best to make sure it gets to them. Smarter still is to use some … Continue reading
Obviously this is a generalisation – the west of the USA is close to half a continent. There will be some great survival spots here and there. But generally speaking, the West is dry, and the East is not: … Continue reading
The Long Now Foundation, established in 1996, is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in San Francisco that seeks to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. It aims to provide a counterpoint to what it views as today’s “faster/cheaper” mindset and to promote … Continue reading
Researchers around the UK are working with colleagues from the USA, Italy and the Netherlands on Project Persephone, investigating new biotechnologies that could one day help to create a self-sustaining spacecraft to carry people beyond our solar system. The craft … Continue reading