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The very first voyage into Big History starts in just over a week's time. #HCA1002 #BigHistory: From the Big Bang to Climate Change Because History is more than just the History of us. youtube.com/watch?v=EKI1O_…

What is the point of SETI/astrobiology? B/c sometimes you need a sample of more than one. 🌍🌎 Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life theguardian.com/science/2020/f…

2012. The book was on the shelves of Waterstones. There are zero grounds for saying, ‘we didn’t know’ - the experts knew and were telling you, again and again. scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod…

For our seminar this week .... Just a reminder that all this was being talked about.

When Voyager 1 & 2 are eventually found will the aliens EITHER think the 1970s were the climax of Earth civilization OR ...

What is Big History? Here are (some of) the manuals.

We don’t know for certain if there is life elsewhere in the universe. We do know there is life on this dot. Cherish it. BBC News - Nasa 're-masters' classic 'Pale Blue Dot' image of Earth bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Green screen ✅ Fuzzy Microphone 🎤🦔 ✅ Ring light & tripod 💡 ✅ Camera 📽 ✅ Action! 🎥 🎞 🍿 The Big History team is all set to record our course intro videos! Can’t wait to meet our students next week. 🥳 #HCA1002 #BigHistory

Many thanks to @christinamobley for her awesome work on making this amazing video trailer for #HCA1002 Big History. web.microsoftstream.com/video/10b33811… @historyNCL @ArchaeologyNCL @ClassicsNCL

Practice wonder, creativity, and humility in a History for the twenty-first century. Register for #HCA1002 #BigHistory. @historyNCL 4/4

We will explore the ways people understand the cosmos and our place in it. Along the way, we will ask big questions about the history of humanity, Earth, and the universe: Where did we come from? Why are we here? What does the future hold? #HCA1002 #BigHistory @historyNCL 3/4

Attention student earthlings, Want to learn about the history #Pandemics, #ClimateChange, the planet, the universe? Register for #HCA1002 #BigHistory and time travel with us, no science required. 👩‍🚀🌍🔥☄️ 1/4 @historyNCL @ArchaeologyNCL @ClassicsNCL

New simulations support the idea of a “big bounce,” a replacement for the Big Bang that sees the universe contract and expand in a never-ending cycle. quantamagazine.org/big-bounce-sim…

People often assume that hunter-gatherers only lived in nomadic, egalitarian bands. But throughout history, HGs built societies as complex & stratified as those of many agriculturalists. My new favorite example are the Calusa, who built a kingdom & state in SW Florida. [thread]

Now there's a sight to capture the imagination - comet Neowise caught streaming between the @AveburyNT stones. Photo: James Dobson

I have rarely been so keen to buy a tea-towel.