overpopulation amp africa
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sources and further reading:https:sitesgooglecomviewsourcesoverpopulationandafricafor most of our history the human population grew slowly until new discoveries brought us more food and made us live longer in just a hundred years the human population quadrupled this led to apocalyptic visions of an overcrowded earth but the population growth rate actually peaked in the 1960s since then fertility rates have crashed as countries industrialize and develop world population is now expected to balance out at around 11 billion by the end of the century but the big picture conceals the details let us look at one region in particular: sub-saharan africa in 2019 it was home to a billion people living in 46 countries although its growth rate has slowed down in the last few decades it is still much higher than in the rest of the worldwhile some projections expect around 26 billion people others reckon with up to 5 billion by 2100 such growth would be a huge challenge for any society b

voyager 2039s 11 billion mile journey at a human scale
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40 years later voyager 2 is really really really far from earthsubscribe to our channel http:googl0bsajosources:nasa measurements for planetary distances averaged due to elliptical orbit: https:nssdcgsfcnasagovplanetaryfactsheetplanet_table_britishhtmlaugust 20 2017 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of voyager 2 along with voyager 1 nasa sent the twin spacecraft to collect data about giant planets of our outer solar system voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to visit uranus and neptune as well as discovering many new moons orbiting both jupiter and saturn in addition to collecting data voyager 2 was sent with a copy of the golden record: a disk containing 116 images and various audio recordings that depict human life should voyager 2 ever be encountered by an extraterrestrial the record will be a means of understanding planet earth besides the collection of data and the mysteries of alien life perhaps the most wondrous aspect of voyager 2039s

teen sues apple for 1 billion over false arrest
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an 18-year-old from new york has filed a 1 billion lawsuit against apple over a false arrest he says happened because of what he believes to be apple039s face recognition system nypd officers arrested ousmane bah on november 29th after he was falsely linked to a series of apple store thefts in boston new jersey delaware and manhattan apparently the real perpetrator used a stolen id that had his name address and other personal information however since the id didn039t have a photo the lawsuit claims apple programmed its stores039 face recognition system to associate the real thief039s face with bah039s details however an apple spokesperson told engadget that the company does not use facial recognition in its storesread more: https:wwwengadgetcom20190423apple-facial-recognition-false-arrest-lawsuitsubscribe to engadget on youtube: http:engtcosubscribeengadget039s buyer039s guide: https:wwwengadgetcombuyers-guideget more engadget: like us on faceb

amazon is looking for a city to become its second headquarters engadget today
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city competitiveness likely reaching a whole new levelhttps:wwwengadgetcom20170907amazon-wants-us-cities-to-bid-for-its-second-major-hqamazon is looking for a second company headquarters and wants cities around the us to convince the retail giant why it should take up residency with them amazon says it plans to invest more than 5 billion in the new site called hq2 while creating up to 50000 new jobs and claims the development will bring quottens of billions of dollars in additional investmentquot to whichever area wins the bid the company points to its seattle location as evidence of this claiming that investments in the site from 2010 to 2016 brought in an quotadditional 38 billion to the city039s economy -- every dollar invested by amazon in seattle generated an additional 14 dollars for the city039s economy overallquotthe company has produced an eight-page request for proposal document with submissions open until october 19 2017 amazon said it would prioritize bid

andy plesser: cisco expects 12 billion net connected devices by 2014 and plans to deliver video to many
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las vegas cisco systems expects that there will be 12 billion devices connected to the internet by 2014 and plans to deliver video to many of these devices through cisco videoscape says murali nemani director of video solutions in this interview with beettv

colorado test wells reveal more than 1 billion barrels of oil for anadarko
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dallas -- anadarko petroleum corp said monday that results from early drilling indicate that the company could produce the equivalent of more than 1 billion barrels of oil from an energy field in colorado anadarko said that 11 horizontal wells drilled in the wattenberg field yielded quotstrongquot initial rates of production and high levels of liquids which have commanded better prices than natural gas

richest company comparison
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an animated comparison of the richest companies in the world some of the biggest brands and corporations that influences our every day lives - how rich amp successful are they how much are these corporations such as google apple amp alibaba worth which are the biggest and most successful companies in the world which companies you should invest in also includes the top 50 most valuable companies globally note: 1 a green block represent usd 1 billion dollars or 10 million 100 dollar notes compacted together which would form a cube about 2m 67ft long 2 values are based on market capitalization taken from stock exchanges from 6th to 10th march 2018 market capitalization fluctuates tremendously hence the valuation may change by the time you watch this video 3 only public listed companies with a valuation exceeding 1 billion usd and are popular with most worldwide consumers are listed music used: kevin macload - mystery saxlist of featured companies: huawei del monte acer

the hubble ultra deep field - the most important image ever taken
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the hubble ultra deep field in 3d wmv 9hd 1280x720 astronomers in 1996 attempted something extraordinary they pointed the hubble space telescope into a part of the sky that seemed utterly empty a patch devoid of any planets stars and galaxies this area was close to the big dipper a very familiar constellation the patch of sky was no bigger than a grain of sand held out at arms lengththis was a somewhat risky move by the scientists after all observing time on this telescope is in very high demand and some questioned whether it would be wasted trying to look at nothing there was a real risk that the images returned would be as black as the space at which it was being pointednevertheless they opened the telescope and slowly over the course of 10 full days photons that had been travelling for over 13 billion years finally ended their journey on the detector of humanity039s most powerful telescope their feeble signal collected almost one by onewhen the telescope was finally closed a

found: youngest galaxy and oldest star
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this was a big week for space astronomers found both the oldest galaxy we039ve ever seen and also the youngest star both were formed just after the big bang occurred 13 billion years ago and trace is here to tell you what these two findings can teach us about the origins of everythingread more:most ancient star lurks on our cosmic doorstephttp:newsdiscoverycomspaceastronomymost-ancient-star-lurks-on-our-cosmic-doorstep-140210htmquotrecords for furthest biggest and brightest are always being broken in astronomy but one of the more intriguing records has just been smashedquotanu astronomers discovery oldest starhttp:newsanueduau20140210anu-team-discovers-oldest-starquota team led by astronomers at the australian national university has discovered the oldest known star in the universe which formed shortly after the big bang 137 billion years agoquota single low-energy iron-poor supernova as the source of metals in the star smss http:wwwnaturecomnaturejournalvaopncurrentfullnature12990htmlquotthe element abundance ratios of four low-mass stars with extremely low metallicities abundances of elements heavier than helium indicate that the gas out of which the stars formed was enriched in each case by at most a fewand potentially only onelow-energy supernovaquothubble telescope reveals one of the youngest galaxies ever seenhttp:wwwlivesciencecom43258-youngest-galaxy-hubble-telescope-deep-viewhtmlquota new deep view of the universe from nasa039s hubble space telescope has revealed one of the youngest galaxies ever observed by astronomersquothubble and spitzer space telescopes quotspyquot one of the youngest galaxies in the universehttp:wwwiacesdivulgacionphpop1=16ampampid=836ampamplang=en moviequotresearchers from the instituto de astrofsica de canarias and la laguna university lead the international team that has analyzed the imagesquotwatch more:what is a supernovahttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ezpx_xqk0cetesttube wild cardhttp:testtubecomdnewsdnews-437-pets-make-us-healthierutm_campaign=dnwcampamputm_medium=dnewsampamputm_source=ythow big is the universehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=hz0kgvwgwxq____________________dnews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories ampamp perspectives you won039t find anywhere else new videos twice daily watch more dnews on testtube http:testtubecomdnewssubscribe now http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=dnewschanneldnews on twitter http:twittercomdnewsanthony carboni on twitter http:twittercomacarbonilaci green on twitter http:twittercomgogreen18trace dominguez on twitter http:twittercomtrace501dnews on facebook https:facebookcomdiscoverynewsdnews on google http:gplustodnewsdiscovery news http:discoverynewscom

jodie foster says big budget films ruin viewing habits - movie talk
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on this episode of collider movie talk tuesday january 2nd 2018 kristian harloff perri nemiroff john rocha and ken napzok discuss the following:1 star wars the last jedi passes 1 billion less than 3 weeks in theatres2 jodie foster blames superheroes for quotruiningquot movie audiences3 opening this week insidious: the last key4 john williams to compose han solo theme in solo: a star wars story5 new tv spot and motion posters released for a wrinkle in time6 mail bag7 live twitter questionswith less than 12 hours to go before ringing in 2018 star wars: the last jedi passed 1 billion at the global box office - in less than three weeks - joining beauty and the beast the fate of the furious and despicable me 3 in the billion dollar club for 2017 its also the highest grossing film of 2017 domestically beating out beauty and the beast wonder woman and guardians of the galaxy vol 2in a new interview with radio times jodie foster was discussing her direction on

the seventh billion economistcomvideo
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world population the seventh billion the planet039s population is hurtling towards 7 billion but its growth will start to slow

are humans contributing only 3 of co2 in the atmosphere
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sources1:00 http:louderwithcrowdercomtop-5-climate-change-myths-debunked1:18 http:notrickszonecom20130302most-of-the-rise-in-co2-likely-comes-from-natural-sourcessthashiexmn9dndpbs1:30 -- co2 graph from https:wwwepagovclimate-change-sciencecauses-climate-change1:46 production of co2 graph from cdiac cdiacornlgovtrendsemisglo_2013html1:58 no tricks zone ibid2:35 this graph of solar output comes from https:taminowordpresscom20160422sunspots-and-solar-output which is not a peer-reviewed source but ive checked it against official data and it is accurate see a similar graph at the australian bureau of meteorology: http:wwwswsbomgovauimageseducationalthe20sun20and20solar20activitygeneral20infosolar-outputpng2:44 oceans absorbing co2: 1 global carbon budget 2013 le qur et al earth system science data 2014 2 ocean uptake of fossil fuel co2 quay et al science 1992 3 ameriflux project us department of energy3:

7 billion national geographic magazine
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read more about this important issue at http:ngmnationalgeographiccom7-billionwith the worldwide population expected to exceed sevenbillion in 2011 national geographic magazine offers a 7-part series examining specific challenges and solutions to the issues we face the magazine introduces the series with its january cover story quot7 billionquot offering a broad overview of demographic trends that got us to today and will impact us all tomorrow the first in-depth story will appear in the march issue focusing on humans039 impact on the planet039s geology other stories will follow throughout 2011

how much is apple worth form 10-k reveals company has over 80 billion in cash
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on wednesday apple disclosed that they currently have 81570000000 in cash 132 million square feet of building space and 60400 full-time employees

panasonic annual loss expected to be 55 billion their worst in a decade
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by isabel reynoldsreuters - japanese electronics maker panasonic corp forecast an annual net loss of 420 billion yen 55 billion its biggest in a decade as restructuring costs ballooned and a soaring yen and weak demand in the united states and europe eroded income panasonic accelerated the pace of restructuring as it races to shake off losses at its tv unit -- a problem it shares with rival sony -- and strips out overlapping businesses after its buyout of subsidiary sanyo