This system seeks to offer an understanding of how technologically-advanced civilizations can sustain their home world's ecology.

Due to human impact, the earth is now considered a "hybrid planet"

Earth & Energy

Scientists announced a new classification schema for life in our universe that takes into account the global effects of industrious species.

Due to Human Impact, the Earth is Now Considered a “Hybrid Planet”

"The discovery of seven new exoplanets orbiting the relatively-close star TRAPPIST-1 forces us to rethink life on Earth."

Sci-Fi Visions

Bill Nye explains some of the theory behind time travel.

How Much Energy Would We Need to Power a Time Machine?

Time travel could rely on entropy.

Off World

A Type IV civilization is a society that has managed to harness the energy of the entire universe. 
To get here, we would need to tap into energy sources unknown to us using strange laws of physics (laws that may or may not exist). 

Kardashev Scale: This Is What Life Will Look Like When We Harness the Energy of the Entire Universe

Welcome to a universe of possibilities. 

Sci-Fi Becomes Sci-fact; The Real Star Trek:

According to the Kardashev scale, a Type III civilization is a society that has managed to harness (and control) the energy output of a galaxy. Here's what that means.

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of an Entire Galaxy

Ever seen the Borg from Star Trek or the Reapers from Mass Effect? This could be where we are headed.

Hard Science

According to the Kardashev scale, a Type II civilization is a society that has managed to harness (and control) the energy of a star. Here's what that means. 

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Control the Power of an Entire Star

Here's what it would be like on a world with unlimited energy. 

The Alcubierre warp-drive

invisibility cloaks

Mars rover

discovery of the Higgs

Kardashev Scale

traveling across interstellar space

unimaginable power and energy

advance beyond

Let’s be honest, we have our fair share of problems on planet Earth: war, floods, disease, poverty, and environmental destruction (the list goes on and on, really). But we also have a lot of things going for us: the Alcubierre Warp Drive, invisibility cloaks, the Mars rover missions, the discovery of the Higgs (again, the […]

A Brief Explanation of the Kardashev Scale: How Far Can Humanity Really Advance?

This is what our world could look like millennia from now.

a precious article

Carl Sagan

To measure the level of a civilization’s advancement, the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to utilize. Notably, the amount of power available to a civilization is fundamentally linked to how widespread the civilization is (you obviously can’t harness the power of a star if you are confined […]

The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Zero Civilization

Getting out of the Stone Age isn't easy. 

To measure the level of a civilization’s advancement, the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to harness. Obviously, the amount of power available to a civilization is linked to how widespread the civilization is (you can’t harness the power of a star if you are confined to your […]

Kardashev Scale: What It’ll Be Like When We Harness the Power of an Entire World

We will be able to manipulate (and, in many ways, manufacture) our own world.

How Advanced Races of Intelligent Beings Could Live in Black Holes

Type 1 civilization designation on the Kardashev scale may be possible in the next 100 years, which could influence the survival of mankind.

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