Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

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Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting trees is impossible

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00pm
Trees would have to be planted on a vast proportion of global land mass to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from burning the world’s fossil fuel reserves
Categories: Astronomy

Cold sore virus immediately reshapes our genome to boost its growth

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 6:00am
The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help itself grow
Categories: Astronomy