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50 Small Things You Can Do to Save the Turtles (and the Planet)
The media has been recently flooded with campaigns and adverts all aimed towards reducing our waste and plastic consumption, and rightly so. With plastic production at its peak, millions of tonnes of single-use plastic items are being created and dumped. This is causing species numbers to decline, with turtles choking on plastic bags, dolphins dying from plastic rings, and many animals consuming the harmful products that end up in the ocean.
By Paige Roden7 years ago in Futurism
BIOTOPIA—What Does the Future Taste Like?
With the European elections just behind us, the echoing waves of the #FridaysforFuture movement, and general concerns for the future of our planet are still being heard. The worry about sustainable alternatives to our lifestyle is all-encompassing, and includes all generations. With this in mind, the Eat Festival organized by BIOTOPIA—the future biological sciences museum that will substitute the Museum Mensch und Natur in Munich—was the perfect entertainment after voting duty. I heard the topic of the festival (“Wie schmeckt die Zukunft?” or “What does the future taste like?” in English), and decided to volunteer for the event.
By Laura Sotillos Elliott7 years ago in Futurism
The Banks of the Nile
If the weather gets worse and continues to get worse (and it is and will continue), what are you going to do to protect yourself from high winds, flash floods, earthquakes, and other such catastrophes? It can go on and on due to all the things that are causing global warming.
By Gary Robertson7 years ago in Futurism
Virgo (June Energy Reading)
Well hello there, Virgo. How do you feel? Are you sad? No. Are you angry? No. Are you happy to have survived, and learned this past month, and past year? Yes.
By Prof. Personal 7 years ago in Futurism
Pick a Pile Tarot Card Readings
You have to admit YouTube has some pretty interesting videos. So many in fact, that you can find yourself getting so involved and engrossed in them that hours will tend to fly by without you even noticing.
By Kenna Rae7 years ago in Futurism
Sagittarius (June Energy Reading)
It's a party, it's a party, it's a party, ayee! I love the energy that I'm feeling from my remarkable Sagg's. Like seriously, I know you guys have been through the ringer and back, to the point where you're just like "man fuck this, being sad is boring," and what a lovely mindset to embody this season!
By Prof. Personal 7 years ago in Futurism
Danimal
XTC78 Nebular Sector. Located 150 million light years from Earth. Interstellar ship Nova10. The crew consists of 25 people, mainly doctors, scientists, and researchers. There are very few militaries whose only functions are the protection of the crew and mission. They have been traveling for several months, looking for a planet located in the Sector.
By Daniel Silva7 years ago in Futurism
'The Power'
The Power is a 1968 science fiction drama based on a novel by the same name. The film stars George Hamilton as Professor Jim Tanner and Suanne Pleshette as Professor Margery Lansing. The Power was produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and made at MGM studios. The movie is based on a 1956 novel written by Frank M. Roberson, and is a sci-fi/mystery drama that centers around two men with psi powers.
By Edward German7 years ago in Futurism
Leo (June Energy Reading)
Leo... put the paws down. Taurus season showed you something really intense and you really tried to internalize that? Really? Do you always have to prove that you're okay?
By Prof. Personal 7 years ago in Futurism
In Defense of Psychic Vampires
I’m a psychic vampire. That’s not easy to say, much less admit to myself. Especially in today’s day, when vampires are either scoffed at for thinking such outlandish things.
By Aaron Dick7 years ago in Futurism
Libra (June Energy Reading)
Not to throw any shade to my fellow air signs, but you've been catering like Cinderella to her step sisters. I know you're a people pleaser, but seriously, we get it.
By Prof. Personal 7 years ago in Futurism
My Hopes for Rey
Her Lineage With title being The Rise of Skywalker it’s safe to say Episode 9 will revolve around members of the Skywalker family or their legacy being carried on by their apprentices. I also would not be surprised if Rey turns out to secretly be a Skywalker. However, since seeing The Force Awakens, I have suspected and hoped that Rey was a descendant of Qui-Gon Jinn. For starters I think it would be boring if 9 movies spanning nearly 70 fictional years and over 40 real years revolve around one family. Therefore I’d prefer Rey to be anyone but a Skywalker but her being related to Qui-Gon Jinn is my first choice. The first and most obvious reason is because their long dark hair and the robes they wear make them look similar. Secondly I think this could also work from a story perspective as Qui-Gon Jinn was known to be a somewhat controversial Jedi who often disagreed with the Jedi council. So even if Jedi were forbidden to marry, it wouldn’t have been out of character for Qui-Gon Jinn to start a family in secret. This would lead to Rey’s humble beginnings and would explain why Kylo Ren believed Rey’s family was unimportant. Finally having Qui-Gon as her ancestor would be interesting as he is one of the few popular Jedi to only appear in one live action film. Plus 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of his first appearance so it would be nicely timed.
By CK7 years ago in Futurism