Since humanity would then be a multi-planet species, he argues we would be ready, both technologically and financially, to make the huge leap out to the asteroids and Mars.

FORBES: Space Architecture And View Condos In Low Earth Orbit

That is about a quarter of all the CO2 put there by humanity since 1750.

FORBES: To The Horror Of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here

People have asked these questions since the dawn of humanity, but the answers have kept changing.

ECONOMIST: The universe

She has been responsible for the Research Center for Philosophy and Epistemology School of Graduate Studies in Humanity and Society since July 2009 and was Vice-President of the Scientific Committee of CODESRIA until recently.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

As far as the rest of humanity goes, ever since the persistent Dennis Tito secured his place as the first tourist in space, he has become a rallying point for enthusiasts trying to get access to space for a broader (ie, poorer) range of customers.

ECONOMIST: Space tourism

That peasants (and since Neolithic times the vast majority of humanity has been peasantry) had it worse than hunter-gatherers has been the accepted view of archaeologists for more than a generation.

ECONOMIST: Fundamental questions

He examines every aspect of humanity's perception, and misperception, of things small since the dawn of time.

ECONOMIST: Small things often hold big secrets

Life spans have almost doubled since 1900, and over the past half-century the percentage of humanity living in extreme poverty has been cut in half.

WSJ: Book Review: Future Perfect

Feared by the regular humans, the mutants, according to Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen), will never be accepted, and since they are superior he believes they should either destroy the rest of humanity or supplant it.

NEWYORKER: X-Men

Since children haven't yet had the chance to accomplish great and lasting things for humanity, all they can give us is the promise of a future.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Appeasing child killers