BigHistoryNCL

Big History @HistoryNCL @UniofNewcastle. Tweets by Dr. Scott Ashley and Dr. Christina Mobley @christinamobley.

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The very first voyage into Big History starts in just over a week's time.
#HCA1002 #BigHistory: From the Big Bang to Climate Change
Because History is more than just the History of us.

https://t.co/Eb6gfFCpH6

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What is the point of SETI/astrobiology? B/c sometimes you need a sample of more than one. 🌍🌎

Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life https://t.co/2vEttVCjQe

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2012. The book was on the shelves of Waterstones. There are zero grounds for saying, ‘we didn’t know’ - the experts knew and were telling you, again and again.

https://t.co/CDYTOs0zrj

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For our seminar this week .... Just a reminder that all this was being talked about.

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"I was told ten years ago: Beware of a new virus, maybe a coronavirus, emerging from a wild animal, maybe a bat. Those were the warnings I put into Spillover."
Orion Magazine | Why David Quammen Is Not Surprised https://t.co/QVehUVZdE2

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When Voyager 1 & 2 are eventually found will the aliens EITHER think the 1970s were the climax of Earth civilization OR ...

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What is Big History? Here are (some of) the manuals.

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We don’t know for certain if there is life elsewhere in the universe. We do know there is life on this dot. Cherish it.

BBC News - Nasa 're-masters' classic 'Pale Blue Dot' image of Earth https://t.co/mmFtLKfn3u

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Green screen ✅
Fuzzy Microphone 🎤🦔 ✅
Ring light & tripod 💡 ✅
Camera 📽 ✅
Action! 🎥 🎞 🍿
The Big History team is all set to record our course intro videos! Can’t wait to meet our students next week. 🥳
#HCA1002 #BigHistory

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Many thanks to @christinamobley for her awesome work on making this amazing video trailer for #HCA1002 Big History.

https://t.co/0Z6TKXAbDR

@historyNCL @ArchaeologyNCL @ClassicsNCL

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Practice wonder, creativity, and humility in a History for the twenty-first century. Register for #HCA1002 #BigHistory.
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Attention student earthlings, Want to learn about the history #Pandemics, #ClimateChange, the planet, the universe?

Register for #HCA1002 #BigHistory and time travel with us, no science required. 👩‍🚀🌍🔥☄️ 1/4

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We will explore the ways people understand the cosmos and our place in it. Along the way, we will ask big questions about the history of humanity, Earth, and the universe: Where did we come from? Why are we here? What does the future hold? #HCA1002 #BigHistory
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New simulations support the idea of a “big bounce,” a replacement for the Big Bang that sees the universe contract and expand in a never-ending cycle. https://t.co/cE7KXowxBv

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People often assume that hunter-gatherers only lived in nomadic, egalitarian bands. But throughout history, HGs built societies as complex & stratified as those of many agriculturalists. My new favorite example are the Calusa, who built a kingdom & state in SW Florida. [thread]

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Now there's a sight to capture the imagination - comet Neowise caught streaming between the @AveburyNT stones.

Photo: James Dobson

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I have rarely been so keen to buy a tea-towel.

[William Morris Soc @WmMorrisSocUK]

Missing #strawberries at #Wimbledon? Our online shop features gifts in the iconic 'Strawberry Thief' design, inspired by William Morris’s observation of thrushes under strawberry nets at his home, Kelmscott Manor, like this gorgeous @radicalteatowel.
https://t.co/uGFWSK2L9H