By now, you have probably read or heard that our polluting ways have reached a critical point, where Earth is rapidly approaching total failure as a planet. Perhaps you have wondered how we humans could have managed to do so much damage in so little time.
Permanent settlements in space will require forms of localized government that are likely to differ from contemporary models of political order. This article thus asks a provocative question associated with the empirical record of human colonization and settlement in prior eras: What sort of authoritarian governance is most likely to form in human space settlements during the medium term?
Monica Tavarez Frias -- Saint Patrick School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Introduction
What if the key to time travel isn’t hidden within the depths of...
Martina Guja Zagonel – Liceo Scientifico Bonaventura Cavalieri, Verbania, Italy
Introduction
With recent advancements and ongoing progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI), it's conceivable that in the...
Sebastian Sousa -- St. Patrick’s School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Introduction
Have you ever experienced an eerie coincidence? Thinking of someone just as they call...
Milena Niemczyk -- 1st Nicolaus Copernicus Secondary School, Bielsko-Biata, Poland
Introduction
Our eyes have always been directed towards the night sky. The inventions of the telescope and...
Marcus Mount -- Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA, USA
When we think about it, space exploration is arguably humanity’s most exciting and monumental work. We...
By now, you have probably read or heard that our polluting ways have reached a critical point, where Earth is rapidly approaching total failure as a planet. Perhaps you have wondered how we humans could have managed to do so much damage in so little time.
Permanent settlements in space will require forms of localized government that are likely to differ from contemporary models of political order. This article thus asks a provocative question associated with the empirical record of human colonization and settlement in prior eras: What sort of authoritarian governance is most likely to form in human space settlements during the medium term?
...What we have come to appreciate is the seminal role played by clustered star formation in driving the physical and chemical evolution of the galaxies that host these stellar nurseries. Such concentrated sites of newborn stars along with their nebular environs constitute what are known as galactic ecosystems. These energized realms represent vital “crucibles” for growing the chemical complexity that is necessary for biotic processes.
This year, our eyes were once again redirected to our own Solar System for a just a few fleeting
minutes -- from the myriad wonders of our “seeable” Universe to a small space probe called New
Horizons that at 7:49 AM (EST) on July 14 th 2015 passed within 7,750 miles of little Pluto at a
record-breaking speed of 30,800 miles per hour (49,600 kilometers per hour).
