Losing Earth: A Recent Historyis a bad science fiction novel by Nathaniel Rich ofThe New York Times. It’s apparently an expanded version of aNew York Timesarticlehe wrote. Last week,RealClearEnergylinked to an extract from this book onThe Daily Maverick(whatever the frack that is). Here’...
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Drifting on the fringes of a desolate continent, at the mercy of the ice’s pressures, without the possibility of rescue or communication with the rest of the world, the men of the Belgica were among the most isolated human beings on earth. Adapted from MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH ...
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The decline is surprising: for a long time, the Marvel brand seemedinvincible. Disney bought the comic-book company in 2009 and it became a prized asset. The 23 movies released between 2008 and 2019 grossed almost $23bn in total, making Marvel the largest film franchise in history. ...
27 The political ethics of integrating family and country, as well as the urge to cultivate the moral self, manage one's family, govern the state and safeguard peace on earth, are written into the cultural "genes" of the Chinese people. They underlie the strong sense of community and ...
Historical Aerial Photographs: A Key to Understanding Glacier History Prior to the launch of Earth-observing satellites in the 1970s, researchers did not have a full understanding of how temperature changes affected Greenland’s glaciers. Widespread and detailed observational records simply did not exis...
In 2007, as China began its reform of the health care system on a scale unprecedented in recent history, Zhu C... MM Poo,L Wang - 国家科学评论:英文版 被引量: 3发表: 2015年 The Carancas Crater and Meteorite Fall: The First Recorded Impact on Earth On September, 15th, 2007, close ...
As explained in the August 2024 Trends issue, North America holds a totally dominant position in all ten of the crucial Deep-Tech sectors ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Biotechnology. Unlike our leadership in energy or agriculture, this dominant position is not a byproduct of geography. ...
This revision has dropped Alibaba’s share of the China ecommerce market below 50% for the first time in its history. China’s ecommerce titans, and China’s ecommerce market in general, are maturing, and it is becoming harder to produce the outlandish growth figures of years past. And ...