Articles, Breakthroughs, Events etc.
Videos highlighting where we go from here
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The Singularity is Near
The technological singularity is a hypothetical event in which artificial general intelligence (constituting, for example, intelligent computers, computer networks, or robots) would be capable of recursive self-improvement (progressively redesigning itself), or of autonomously building ever smarter and more powerful machines than itself, up to the point of a runaway effect—an intelligence explosion—that yields an intelligence surpassing all current human control or understanding.
Special Report Killing Cancer -
VICE NEWS Report
Vice News report on breakthroughs in cancer research, focusing on the state of these breakthroughs and examining the potential for success. It starts in Ottawa at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, where the "eureka moment" occured in developing some of these treatments
The Structure of DNA
An exploration of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. This video was created for MITx 7.28.1x Molecular Biology: DNA Replication & Repair, offered on edX. Created by Betsy Skrip (http://betsyskrip.com) and Sera Thornton (http://serathornton.com), with special thanks to Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Stephen Bell, Ceri Riley, and Julian Samal. (c) 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Black Holes
Our Milky Way may harbor millions of black holes... the ultra dense remnants of dead stars. But now, in the universe far beyond our galaxy, there's evidence of something far more ominous. A breed of black holes that has reached incomprehensible size and destructive power.
Interesting Short Videos
From the Youtube Universe - The story of our planet
Disclaimer: All videos are available on Youtube and may have their own copyrights. I make no claim of ownership or involvement in any of these videos, and they are referenced here for general information and entertainment purposes only.
If All the Earth's Ice Melted
As National Geographic showed us in 2013, sea levels would rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on the planet were to melt. This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities.
Historical Spread of Earth's Religions
Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and had a profound influence on the trajectory of the human race.
The Complete Evolutionary Process 
Humans have had a long history. 3.8 million years in the making, to be precise. From the primordial puddle to the modern day, here's how humans have evolved from the first life.
Continental Drift - Pangea to Today
This video shows the progression of continental movement from ~235 MYA to the present. Pangea was not the only super-continent in Earth's history, but it is the most recent.
Human Population Through Time
It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on Earth’s resources, even as we approach 11 billion?
Black Hole Rips Apart a Star
This artist’s rendering illustrates new findings about a star shredded by a black hole. When a star wanders too close to a black hole, intense tidal forces rip the star apart. In these events, called “tidal disruptions,” some of the stellar debris is flung outward at high speed while the rest falls
