This conference, organised by Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, will be held in London on 19 and 20 September 2019. Astrobiology and Big History are two relatively new intellectual disciplines, the former focussed on searching for life elsewhere in the … Continue reading →
A team of astronomers from Armagh Observatory and the University of Buckingham report that the discovery of hundreds of giant comets in the outer planetary system over the last two decades means that these objects pose a much greater hazard … Continue reading →
During the IBHA Conference in Amsterdam it was decided to create a Big History European Network, and I have therefore created a website: http://BigHistory.EU You might want to join. I think an EU network will have more life than Big … Continue reading →
Jon Crocker is a member of Big History UK. He runs a very small (about 30 students in total) independent boarding school in Berkshire for international students. They range in age from 13 to 18 and come from a number … Continue reading →
Within the past few days, the jet stream in the northern hemisphere has crossed the equator and joined up with the jet stream in the southern hemisphere. According to Paul Beckwith of the University of Ottawa, this seems like new … Continue reading →
International Big History Association (IBHA) has a membership mostly of academics working in or interested in the field of Big History. It is governed by a Board and holds Conferences. References 2016 Conference in Amsterdam www.ibhanet.org … Continue reading →
There is evidence that the 2007−2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria. It was the worst drought on record, causing widespread crop failure and a mass migration of farming families to urban centers. Century-long observed trends in precipitation, temperature, and … Continue reading →
On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC, for the first time in history, the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory both observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. Based on previous simulations of possible observations, the Ligo Collaboration Team was able … Continue reading →
The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, … Continue reading →
Lead author Andrey Ganopolski, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact (PIK), said: “Our study shows that relatively moderate additional CO2-emissions from burning oil, coal and gas are already sufficient to postpone the next ice age for another 50,000 years. … Continue reading →