Posted on Feb 6, 2018 in Astronomy, Evolution, Science, Space
Stephen Hawking predicts that the world’s mounting population will consume enough energy to render the world a “ball of fire” within 600 years. Speaking via video Sunday at Beijing’s Tencent WE Summit, Hawking declared that humans must “boldly go where no one has gone before” if they wish to survive another million years. For years, Hawking has warned that humankind faces extinction from threats ranging from climate change to destruction from nuclear war and genetically engineered viruses. Hawking recently estimated that humans have 100 years left on Earth — if we’re lucky.
Exploration is one of humanity’s greatest drivers. We’ve moved around the planet and into almost every environment—mountains, deserts, jungles, and swamps. But will we be able to take the next step and adapt ourselves to life beyond the planet? If so, where in space is most habitable for humans? Will it be a planet in the Alpha Centauri star system?
Recommended Space & Science Headlines
“Alien Minds” –‘Artificial Intelligence Is Already Out There, and It’s Billions of Years Old’ (VIDEO)
Stephen Hawking: Wake Up, Science Deniers! –“Earth is Morphing into Venus” (WATCH Today’s ‘Galaxy’ Stream)
“Evolutionary Leap?” AI is Mimicing the Human Brain –“But Several Orders of Magnitude Faster and More Efficiently
China Creates a Laser of Mind-Boggling Power –“Could Rip Space Asunder, Breaking the Vacuum”
“Stop Saying That Dinosaurs Went Extinct. They Didn’t”
“300-Million Nuclear Bombs” –New Insights Into Global Impact of Titanic Chicxulub Mass-Extinction Event