Science!

Science mystery, verified by Chilean and American governments as a legit UFO:

The revelation that our ancient ancestors mated with one another could help explain one of the great mysteries in anthropology: Why did the Neanderthals disappear? After first venturing out of Africa, Neanderthals thrived in Europe for several hundred thousand years. But they mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago, roughly around the same time that modern humans arrived in Europe.

Some scientists have suggested modern humans out-competed or outright killed the Neanderthals. But the new genetic evidence provides support for another theory: Perhaps our ancestors made love, not war, with their European cousins, and the Neanderthal lineage disappeared because it was absorbed into the much larger human population.



I look like something between these 2 faces. It's funny but true.

And the article:

news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129-neanderthal-genes-genetics-migration-africa-eurasian-science/

Less Neanderthal, and more Sapiens tho.

Thanks to this video I recall some stuff from my highschool chemistry books.

And... Natural gas hell yeah!

If you want a slight, hands on grasp and understanding of the challenge of going to Mars, I recommend you to play KSP. And that challenge comes sans radiation and zero-gravity concerns, and is lessened by a smaller scale solar system.

Still...  If you think this is easy... Well if it was, there would be no point in doing it. That's the wonder of KSP, it brings you the adventure, scope and heroic dimension of space exploration. 




How much more practical wouldn't an expedition to Mars be, if you could bring a large crew, sufficient radiation protection, sufficient g (centrifug), etc, with you. If you could build a spaceship like a ship, instead of like a balloon gondola.

Well, there was a solution for that:

Yeah, that's fair I think.

Though, in meaning of material "age" I think it has to have dominant consequences for technological life. And in that sense I think we're looking at an Aluminium age since about 1930'ies, mainly because of its impact on aviation. And we're looking at a Plastic age since 1960'ies, mainly because of its impact on manufacturing.

There are other ways to divide into eras.
Ape age, Tool-age, Agricultural age, Classical age, Dark Age (Theocracy), Medieval age, Renaissance, Age of Gun Powder, Industrialization-age, Electrical-age, Internal Combustion-age, IT-age.

On a more personal level, I think the successive family generations have recently belonged to the Car-age, TV-age, Computer-age and now Smartphone-age.
What comes next? Virtual age?