We humans like to think we’re special. The first, the best, the only intelligent species to ever walk the Earth. But what if we’re wrong? What if a civilization rose, built cities, mastered technology—and then vanished long before we arrived? Sounds like science fiction, right? But it’s an actual scientific question known as the Silurian…
An In-Depth Explanation of the Great Kardashev Scale
Have you ever wondered what it might be like if humanity could control the energy of an entire planet—or maybe even a star? The Kardashev Scale, developed by Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev in 1964, gives us a way to imagine how far a civilization can go based on how much energy it can harness. It’s…