Ice doom of DOOM!

[james_davis_nicoll]

The previous ice age lasted some 110,000 years and ended about 11,000 years ago. In other words, some 4,000 generations of humans knew of nothing but harsh winds and eternal snows. The apparently "normal'' periods between ice ages, like the present one, have averaged between 8,000 and 12,000 years. In short, the next ice age is overdue. The key question is when it will come. Can space be colonised by a sufficiently large population so that, when the next ice age strikes, it will not threaten the survival of the race?

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[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

I was a little proud that my father, who taught Egyptology for thirty years, was still reading new research until the year he retired, sometimes things that were brought to him by students.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I teach Human Development among other classes. All year, I'm squirreling away articles and blog posts that give new information on the many topics we cover, but then the semester comes and... WHAT, I have to UPDATE my SLIDES? UGH.