civilization

New book Greece: The Cradle of Western Civilization is stuffed with stunning images

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Greece is one of the planet’s most historically fascinating countries and one of the most photogenic. This is a land of eye-poppingly dazzling beaches, monasteries perched on dizzying columns of rock and impossibly quaint fishing villages. Many know it to an extent from the Mamma Mia movies, or a blurry ouzo-laced holiday. For a deeper … Read more

Human civilization stands a 90% chance of collapse within decades, physicists claim 

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Human civilization stands a 90 per cent chance of an ‘irreversible collapse’ within decades as a result of deforestation, physicists claim. It is thought that within the next two to four decades Earth may no longer be able to sustain a large human population due to the destruction of forests, according to a peer-reviewed paper published … Read more