
Big history, the biosphere, our common future. Senior Lecturer Big History em. @UvA_Amsterdam, biochemist, cult. anthropologist, social historian, peruanista
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Podcast | Fred Spier, "How the Biosphere Works: Fresh Views… #bighistory #granhistoria #biosphere @CRCPress newbooksnetwork.com/how-the-…
What about the socio-geographic circumstances within which Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey emerged? Who might have paid the bill, and why?
bighistory.info/bhi_005_012.…
When I read the Club of Rome’s 'Limits to Growth' report in 1973, I concluded that if their numbers were reasonably correct, we would see around 2030 increasingly fierce competition for increasingly scarce resources, especially oil. That is what we are seeing now, I think.
Just out, my take on: "The State of the World Today and Considering its Future from a Global Historical Perspective": revistas.um.es/reg/article/v…
In: Revista de Estudios Globales: revistas.um.es/reg
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Just out, my take on: "The State of the World Today and Considering its Future from a Global Historical Perspective": revistas.um.es/reg/article/v…
In: Revista de Estudios Globales: revistas.um.es/reg
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body | Plastics | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…
[2512.09643] An [Earth lower] Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions [and increased risk of catastrophic consequences] arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/artic…
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ theguardian.com/environment/…
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Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation theconversation.com/drones-p…
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure | Pesticides | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…
As Carl Sagan put it:
Who speaks for Humanity, who speaks for Earth?
youtube.com/watch?v=kdTmAQks…
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Ancient Inca “whistling vessels” that could sing like animals, powered by nothing but air and water.
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A statement from the family of Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell on his passing:
"We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. "Jim" Lovell, a Navy pilot and officer, astronaut, leader, and space explorer. He was 97.
We are enormously proud of his amazing life and career accomplishments, highlighted by his legendary leadership in pioneering human space flight. But, to all of us, he was Dad, Granddad, and the Leader of our family. Most importantly, he was our Hero. We will miss his unshakeable optimism, his sense of humor, and the way he made each of us feel we could do the impossible. He was truly one of a kind."
As part of the current power struggle regarding the name of the "Gulf": would it perhaps be a good idea to also consider the origin of the name "America"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldse…
The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life quantamagazine.org/the-physi… via @QuantaMagazine
Scientists find 'spooky' quantum entanglement on incredibly tiny scales — within individual protons space.com/spooky-action-smal…
Microplastics found in multiple human organ tissues correlated with lesions phys.org/news/2024-12-microp… via @physorg_com



