colonization

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A good share are actively planning for Mars colonization.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

While NASA’s goal is to establish more of an outpost dedicated to expanding the reach of the U.S., others are planning something straight out of the works of Andy Weir or Robert Heinlein: colonization.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

But for Caleb Scharf, an astrobiologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a future of space colonization is written in the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Portuguese colonization beginning in 1500, the forced migration of roughly 4 million enslaved Africans, and later waves of European and Japanese immigration produced what the authors describe as the richest genetic diversity in the world.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Before we trace Khoisan survival beyond the Bantu tide, let’s see what archaeology tells us about Africa’s other great prehistoric population movement—the Austronesian colonization of Madagascar.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond