Ok, not the end of this world, this time, but another one: Mars. Scientists have determined that Mars’s entire northern hemisphere is an impact crater–the biggest in the solar system, in fact. Ouch.
Category Archives: RL: End of the Week, End of the World
End of the Week, End of the World
Wired has a gallery of their “Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Vehicles.” Um … yeah. Unicycle? I don’t think so.
End of the Week, End of the World
In Eclipse Phase, climate change has already taken its toll on Earth by the time the singularity hits, but the planet is far from destroyed. There are many singularitarians who look forward to an emerging AI as a way to help solve the crisis. But over at World Changing, Karl Schroeder argues that environmental devastation …
End of the Week, End of the World
Since Eclipse Phase is based in a post-apocalyptic setting and a major theme of the game involves existential threats to the existence of transhumanity, we decided that we’d start a feature on this blog where we devote every Friday to something that may just spell the end for humanity. Nothing like a little Doom to …