Apr 2, 2009
This is a simulation of structure formation in the Universe using the adhesion approximation. The algorithm is described by Weinberg and Gunn in MNRAS in 1990
Daily Archives: 15. Juli 2020
The Cosmic Web, or: What does the universe look like at a VERY large scale?
Nov 6, 2010
The Millennium Simulation featured in this clip was run in 2005 by the Virgo Consortium, an international group of astrophysicists from Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States.
Scientists Discovered a Gigantic Structure in a Hidden Zone of Space
(today)
However, this particular structure is located in the “Zone of Avoidance,” which is the region of space right behind the dusty center of the Milky Way from our perspective on Earth. As a result, our galaxy’s bulk has blocked it from view—until now.
The end of world population growth
02 August 2001
There has been enormous concern about the consequences of human population growth for the environment and for social and economic development. But this growth is likely to come to an end in the foreseeable future. Improving on earlier methods of probabilistic forecasting1, here we show that there is around an 85 per cent chance that the world‘s population will stop growing before the end of the century. There is a 60 per cent probability that the world‘s population will not exceed 10 billion people before 2100, and around a 15 per cent probability that the world‘s population at the end of the century will be lower than it is today.
Neue Prognose: Weltbevölkerung schrumpft ab 2064
Während die Vereinten Nationen in ihren Prognosen über das Jahrhundert von einer Geburtenrate von 1,8 Kindern pro Frau ausgehen, wird sie laut den Analysen von Murray und seinen Kollegen auf unter 1,5 Kinder pro Frau fallen. Für eine stabile Bevölkerungszahl ist eine Geburtenrate von 2,1 Kindern pro Frau nötig.
Der Chefredakteur des Journals „The Lancet“, Richard Horton, erklärte, die Studie zeige eine radikale Verschiebung der geopolitischen Machtverhältnisse.
World population will start SHRINKING in 44 years: Major study claims humanity will peak at 9.7billion people in 2064 before dropping to 8.8bn by 2100 because of declining birth rates — and the UK will top out at 75million in 2063
This is projected to lead to a drop in the fertility rate of the world‘s population, from an average of 2.37 children per woman — 237 children from every 100 women — to 1.66, or 166 children for every 100 women.
The fertility rate must be 2 for a population to remain stable and 2.1 for it to increase, the researchers said. To keep a community the same size a mother must, on average, not only replace herself but also the baby‘s father.
I‘m sure, when they get into office and plan which regime change wars they want to start first, that they will be extremely mindful of the recommendations of the Unity Task Force:
How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich – Strategic consultants will define Biden’s relationship to the world.
(06.07.2020)
They turned to an industry of power-brokering little known outside the capital: strategic consultancies. Retiring leaders often open firms bearing their names: Madeleine Albright has one, as do Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen. Their strategic consultancies tend to blur corporate and governmental roles. This obscure corner of Washington is critical to understanding how a President Joe Biden would conduct foreign policy. He has been picking top advisers from this shadowy world.
Expect More Military “Liberal Interventionism” Under a Joe Biden Presidency
(07.06.2020)
The liberal establishment is desperate to return a centrist to the White House in November and reestablish the country’s more stable military dominance of the world order, disrupted only briefly by Donald Trump. Joe Biden’s terrible track record on foreign policy — including his championing of war in Iraq — suggests a return to Obama-style strong military interventions abroad.
How a progressive populist appears to have toppled Engel
Senior Democrats had sounded alarms for several members after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) stunned House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D) in the 2018 primary. Justice Democrats, the group behind Ocasio-Cortez‘s upset, eyed several other long-serving members who had not faced serious challenges in years or even decades.
Battle brewing on coronavirus relief oversight
The three independent oversight panels set up by Congress in the bipartisan CARES Act almost four months ago have all encountered serious obstacles — sometimes because of resistance from the White House, other times due to drafting oversights in the authorizing legislation.
As a result, lawmakers and the public may not have a full understanding of how coronavirus relief aid is being spent until after the election. In the meantime, Congress and the White House are moving toward another pandemic bill that’s expected to carry a price tag of at least $1 trillion.
The end of small business: Giant corporations may be the only survivors in the post-pandemic economy
For decades, large businesses have been taking market share from small businesses, and the corporations at the top of the pyramid have been consolidating into ever-bigger megacorporations. In the 1980s, half of retail shopping took place in independent stores; today, it is less than one-quarter. From 2002 to 2017, Home Depot and Lowes almost doubled their joint share of the home-improvement retail market, from 42 to 81 percent. Even before the coronavirus struck, in 43 metropolitan areas more than half of all groceries were bought at Walmart.
EFF Launches Searchable Database of Police Agencies and the Tech Tools They Use to Spy on Communities
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable data on police use of surveillance technologies, created as a tool for the public to learn about facial recognition, drones, license plate readers, and other devices law enforcement agencies are acquiring to spy on our communities.
US, UK, Interpol give Ghana phone hacking tools, raising journalist concerns on safety and confidentiality
In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassador to their country at a ceremonyExternal link in the capital, Accra. Between them they held boxes and bags, gifts from the U.S. government to Ghana which, according to one of the recipients, contained Israeli phone hacking technology.
Wie Frag Den Staat die Berliner Wohnungspolitik transparenter machen will
Wenn die Stadt Berlin auf ihr Vorkaufsrecht für geschützte Häuser verzichtet, behält sie die genauen Verabredungen mit Immobilienkonzernen meist für sich. Jetzt wollen Aktivist:innen diese Abwendungsvereinbarungen öffentlich machen und rufen zum Mitmachen auf.
Thüringen: Verfassungsrichter kippen Paritätsregelung
Die Freiheit der Wahl verlange, dass Wahlen nicht durch Zwang und Druck des Staates durchgeführt würden, sagte der Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofes, Stefan Kaufmann, zur Begründung.
Krisendiplomatie: Vor dem EU-Gipfel
Beim ersten echten Treffen der EU nach vier Monaten Video-Diplomatie geht es um gewaltige Geldsummen: Verhandelt wird über eineinhalb Billionen Euro zum Ankurbeln der Wirtschaft nach der Krise.
Protesters scuffle with police in protest to demand Israel‘s Netanyahu resignation – NO COMENT
Thousands of Israelis protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday (July 14), demanding his resignation over what they say has been an inept government response to the coronavirus crisis as well as his corruption trial.
Israel protests: Israeli police clash with anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem..
Israeli police have clashed with protesters outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s house, as the embattled prime minister faces heightened criticism for alleged corruption and his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, arrived outside the premier’s residence and began to dismantle tents of a protest camp that had been erected weeks ago by people calling for Netanyahu to resign.
Fifty Protesters Arrested at Jerusalem Rally Calling for Netanyahu‘s Resignation
Thousands demand Netanyahu‘s resignation over corruption charges ■ Man suspected being undercover police officer beaten by protesters
Pentagon: US has withdrawn from 5 bases in Afghanistan after Taliban agreement
Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement that „U.S. forces in Afghanistan remain in the mid-8,000s and five bases formerly occupied by U.S. forces have been transferred to our Afghan partners.“