Are you under the impression that the object of everyone else’s love actually exists?
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (via theliterarybug)
“It’s a wonder to be alive. If you don’t understand that, how can you search for anything deeper?” – Cixin Liu, Hugo Award winning science fiction novelist and the most prolific and popular writer of SF in China.
我点燃了火,却控制不了它。
I started the fire, but I couldn’t control how it burnt.
The Chart of Cosmic Exploration.
People Are Decorating Christmas Trees with Flowers as a Gorgeous Alternative to Traditional Trimmings
Scientists are working on those replicators.
The protein is created from water, electricity and carbon dioxide and the Finnish researcher believes “the price can be pushed to 1 euro per kg”. Creating food this way doesn’t require the right humidity and soil and doesn’t take up the vast acreage otherwise required for growing soy beans for example.
Potentially all that is required is solar power - making it possible to feed people in deserts. Commercial use is hopefully 10 years away.
Famine solved! No more starving! Our Star Trek future is here!
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Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.
Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem