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- End of the Week, End of the World 10-30-09
From the democratization of violence to the democratization of virulence : how a garage lab mistake could wipe us out. A mistake in a factory can result in scores of injuries or deaths. A mistake at a chemical plant can kill thousands. But a mi ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-10-22 00:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 10-23-09
Here's some discussion of an apocalypse that fits right into Eclipse Phase : 11 Ways to Avoid an Extremely Bad Singularity . See also this response . (EotW, singularity) ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-10-22 00:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 08-01-09
In case you want to get that 5-minute warning regarding your imminent doom as an asteroid is about to strike the Earth, you can follow NASA's Asteroid Watch on twitter: @asteroidwatch Sleep well. Stopping Armegeddon, XKCD-style! The prope ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-08-01 03:03 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 05-22-09
Humanity Plus magazine asks several sci-writers, AI researchers, and other tech-thinkers if a Terminator-style scenario is possible . The results range from interesting to humorous. Well, if someone built a global computer security system and i ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-05-22 15:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 04-10-09
How does death by death star sound? No, not the Star Wars kind -- the kind of star that dies, explodes in a supernova, and sends a wave of killer gamma-ray radiation across the nearby stellar neighborhood, wiping out life. ObEP: A group of g ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-04-10 21:11 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 02-20-09
Add " dark comets " to the category of death-by-meteor-strike. Dark comets are comets that have already burned off their icy layers and so are too dark to see. (EotW) ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-02-20 16:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 01-09-09
All of the talks from November's Global Catastrophic Risks conference are now online. (EotW) ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-01-10 01:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 01-03-09
The recent earth-shaking going on over at Yellowstone may be foreshadowing a mega-eruption that could have a catastrophic climate impact , equivalent to a major asteroid strike. (EotW) ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-01-03 13:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 12-19-08
Sure, our sun won't go nova for a million years, but what are we going to do if someone or something ignites a fusion reaction inside a gas giant like Saturn or Jupiter, turning it into a giant bomb ? Image: Senor Codo (EotW) ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-12-19 03:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- End of the Week, End of the World 11-14-08
Sorry about the lack of posts this week. We've been waiting on some new artwork to come in so we can show you, and we've also been busy proofreading the EP layout and assigning chapters of future books to freelancers. In the meantime, here is some end- ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-11-14 15:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
