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- What if we could live for a million years? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-if-we-could-live-for-a-million-years/ 90 comments
- What If We Could Live for a Million Years? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-if-we-could-live-for-a-million-years/ 3 comments
- Scientists find 7.2-million-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans. The new study claims the oldest Hominins could have lived in Europe, not Africa, http://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-hominins-could-have-lived-in-europe-instead-of-africa-claims-new-study 76 comments science
- Pokemon Go could add 2.83 million years to users' lives http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/11/technology/pokemon-go-exercise-health/index.html 5 comments technology
- Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’ | Drug resistance https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/05/antibiotic-emergency-could-claim-40-million-lives-in-next-25-years 3 comments health
- Ape that lived in Europe 7 million years ago could be human ancestor, controversial study suggests https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/22/ape-that-lived-in-europe-7-million-years-ago-could-be-human-ancestor-controversial-study-suggests/ 14 comments science
- A million years ago some early humans lived in extremely hot and arid desert climes that few animals could survive https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/01/21/a-million-years-ago-some-early-humans-lived-in-extremely-hot-and-arid-desert-climes-that-few-animals-could-survive/ 3 comments anthropology
- A 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37306334/this-invention-by-a-british-student-could-save-millions-of-lives-across-the-world 28 comments science
- Democrats' Child Care Plan Could Be A Historic Achievement, But Also Comes With Risk | It could transform lives for millions of Americans. It could also vanish after six years. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrat-child-care-plan-historic-achievement-risk_n_61983264e4b044a1cc07b269 36 comments politics
- Early next year, the Obama administration will campaign for a comprehensive bill that could include a path to citizenship for 11 million people living illegally in the U.S. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigration-20121208,0,1954734.story 3 comments politics
- Fossils of what could be some of the earliest living organisms on Earth have been discovered. Dated to be up to 4.28 billion years old, not long after the planet's formation and hundreds of millions of years before what is currently accepted as evidence for the most ancient life yet found on Earth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39117523 3 comments science
- Scientists have developed a specific diet that could 'transform' the planet and save 11.6 million lives a year, and it involves less red meat and more vegetables https://www.businessinsider.com/planetary-health-diet-could-transform-planet-save-millions-of-lives-a-year-scientists-2019-1 171 comments worldnews
- Archaeopteryx could flap its wings and fly, not just glide, despite lacking several features considered essential to flight in modern birds. The famed dino-bird lived about 150 million years ago and was crucial in recognizing that birds are dinosaurs. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/archaeopteryx-had-wings-made-flapping-not-just-gliding?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_science 8 comments science
- Half a million lives could be saved yearly by replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa. OnStove modeling shows that replacing traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves in sub-Saharan Africa could avert as many as 463,000 deaths every year, with a healthcare cost savings of $66 billion. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976459 75 comments science
- Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths a year: The UN health agency now ranks air pollution on a par with smoking or an unhealthy diet. As a result, it has issued new, stricter guidelines they claim could save millions of lives https://www.dw.com/en/who-air-pollution-causes-7-million-premature-deaths-a-year/a-59264198 13 comments worldnews
- Mass cervical cancer vaccine rollout could save 62 million lives in next 100 years - Studies project rapidly deploying HPV vaccine in 78 of the world’s poorest countries could help prevent more than 74 million cases https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/31/mass-cervical-cancer-vaccine-rollout-could-save-62-million-lives-in-next-100-years 13 comments worldnews
- A huge mouth and no anus – this could be our earliest known ancestor | Thought to have lived 540 million years ago, the discovery of Saccorhytus coronarious fossils sheds light on the early stages of evolution https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/30/huge-mouth-and-no-anus-earliest-known-ancestor-saccorhytus-coronarious-evolution 15 comments worldnews
- [sreekar] LeBron gave all his good years to cities he actually cares about and then got a $150 million contract to live in LA so he could build his empire and make Space Jam 2 and hang out with people like 2 Chainz who lie to him about his taste in music being good. What a legend https://twitter.com/sreekyshooter/status/1100247300230840321 11 comments nba
- The jawless, spineless hagfish is a primitive creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean and dates back as far as 500 million years - but it exudes a very special slime, which could provide the clothing of the future http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21954779 70 comments technology
- 'Space kingdom' seeks citizens for life beyond Earth very soon - Asgardia has grandiose ambitions and wants to build up a population of 150 million within 10 years. It plans to set up “space arks” with artificial gravity in outer space where humans could live permanently. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-kingdom/space-kingdom-seeks-citizens-for-life-beyond-earth-very-soon-iduskbn1jl2mc 6 comments space
- Researchers say a species of giraffoid that lived millions of years ago in China could shed light on how the giraffe got its long neck. The animal, named after a mythical unicorn-like creature, had a thick headpiece optimized for high-speed head-bashing fights https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01565-7 6 comments science
- Scientists mapped genome of a saber-toothed cat species named Homotherium for the first time. The cat’s genes reveal that it was a highly skilled pack hunter that could pursue its prey over vast distances. Homotheriums lived on five continents and roamed for millions of years before it went extinct. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/saber-toothed-cat-dna-suggests-skilled-hunters-2020-10 9 comments science
- The Green New Deal- Study: 'Researchers devised a plan for how 143 countries, which represent 99.7 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, could switch to clean energy. This plan would create nearly 30 million jobs, and it could save millions of lives per year just by reducing pollution.' https://www.inverse.com/article/62045-green-new-deal-jobs-economy-cost 406 comments worldnews
- Study of iron formations across three continents suggests the possibility of iron-oxidising marine bacteria living under the ice sheets of snowball Earth, a possibility which could be a credible theory as to how life survived the desolate environment during the ice-age lasting 85 million years. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-how-animal-life-could-have-survived-snowball-earth 3 comments science
- Rising sea levels on track to destroy the homes of 300 million people by 2050 | New analyses reveal that about 110m people already live on land that falls below the current high tide line — compared to the 28m previously estimated; that number could rise to 630 million by the year 2100 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-sea-levels-on-track-to-destroy-homes-of-300-million-people-by-2050/ 5 comments worldnews
- UN fears repeat of Somalia food shortages when thousands died | More than a million lives could be lost three years after last disaster as country suffers poor rains and internal strife http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/united-nations-fears-somalia-food-shortages-famine 6 comments worldnews
- Ancient bacteria could persist beneath Mars’ surface. Radiation-tolerant microbes might be able to live beneath Mars’ surface for hundreds of millions of years and may yet persist today, thanks in part — counterintuitively — to the Red Planet’s frigid, arid conditions. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bacteria-beneath-mars-radiation-tolerant 7 comments science
- Rising Seas Could Cost the World $14 Trillion a Year by 2100: "More than 600 million people live in low-elevation coastal areas, less than 10 meters [32.8 ft] above sea level.” http://www.newsweek.com/rising-seas-could-cost-world-14-trillion-year-2100-1006823 7 comments worldnews
- The Lancet: Half of all maternal, child, and newborn deaths could be prevented for $4.70 per person. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded study has found that for only $4.70 each 4 million lives could be saved each year. Spending on family planning alone could save 1.5 million lives annually. http://news.meta.com/2016/04/09/maternalhealth-save-4-million-lives-for-4-70-per-person/ 197 comments worldnews
- The Lancet: Half of all maternal, child, and newborn deaths could be prevented for $4.70 per person. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded study has found that for only $4.70 each 4 million lives could be saved each year. Spending on family planning alone could save 1.5 million lives annually. http://news.meta.com/2016/04/09/maternalhealth-save-4-million-lives-for-4-70-per-person/ 331 comments science
- Saturn is Losing Its Rings. Cassini measured ring-material falling into Saturn’s equator. The rings have less than 100 million years to live. A short time compared to Saturn’s age of 4+ billion years. ‘Ring rain’ drains an amount of water products that could fill an Olympic pool in half an hour. https://youtu.be/mN8o90UbpmE 56 comments space
- Saturn's magnificent rings are only about 33 feet to a half-mile thick and dump some 40 tons of ice onto Saturn every second. This means they should exist for only about 10-100 million years, and researchers think they could be nearing the end of their lives. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/08/a-brief-astronomical-history-of-saturns-amazing-rings 69 comments science
- Saturn's magnificent rings are only about 33 feet to a half-mile thick and dump some 40 tons of ice onto Saturn every second. This means they should exist for only about 10-100 million years, and researchers think they could be nearing the end of their lives. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/08/a-brief-astronomical-history-of-saturns-amazing-rings 6 comments worldnews
- Saturn's magnificent rings are only about 33 feet to a half-mile thick and dump some 40 tons of ice onto Saturn every second. This means they should exist for only about 10-100 million years, and researchers think they could be nearing the end of their lives. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/08/a-brief-astronomical-history-of-saturns-amazing-rings 24 comments space