Extinction means the end.   The  ultimate fate of our universe  depends on your scientific beliefs. If the universe goes through a repeated series of Big Bangs and Crunches by expanding and contracting, there might be no end. However, the prevailing sense today is that the universe will continue to expand and reach the Big Chill where everything approaches absolute zero, oh, maybe  100 trillion years from now . However, there are too many unknowns, like the effect of dark energy/matter, etc., to know for sure. A more sensible, but equally futile, analysis has to do with the 10 most likely ways for humanity to disappear.  Every few years, some one or organization makes such a prediction.  Here is new effort, a book published on 17July2025,  The Anti-Catastrophe League , by  Tom Ough .  #10 - Asteroids One of the biggest was a 9 mile wide monster that led to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago. On 30June1908, mere 200 footer (...

First, from the  New York Times  this morning: President Biden will meet with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London tomorrow. Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby is also tomorrow, followed by the All-Star game on Tuesday. NATO leaders are scheduled to meet for a summit in Lithuania starting Tuesday. Friday is Bastille Day in France. The Wimbledon women’s singles final will be on Saturday, and the men’s final is on Sunday.  The surprise so far is 16-year old  Mirra Andreeva  of Russia, playing here for the first time, earning a spot in the fourth round. The conventional Christian view of evolution can be found in the  King James version of  The Bible , where  Genesis  says (y ou can refer to the first link to view missing elements ): [ 1 ] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [ 3 ] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [ 8 ] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and ...