In 1968, an influential new book blew society’s collective mind. The Population Bomb, by husband and wife team Paul and Anne Ehrlich, predicted a world in which hundreds of millions of people would starve to death in the 1970s, despite anything we may do to stop it. If you’re reading this in the far future … More Population Dud, TOS: S3E16 “The Mark of Gideon”
In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia brought rabbits as a source of food. With no native predators in their new home, the rabbit population exploded, and became one of the country’s most devastating invasive pests. Thus is the inspiration for this Star Trek story. Perhaps one of the most iconic episodes of the … More Additional Multiplication, TOS: S2E15 “Trouble with Tribbles”
A snapshot of a population after a disaster event does not always offer information on what the nature of the population was prior to the catastrophe. Upon receiving an ‘Earth style’ distress signal (SOS), the Enterprise crew was astonished to discover a second Earth lightyears away from the original. The main crew beamed down to … More Generation Exterminate, TOS: S1E8 “Miri”
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