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  • FUTURES

Location, velocity, end point

A calculated risk.
By
  1. Matt Tighe

    1. Matt Tighe is an associate professor of ecosystem modelling at the University of New England, Australia, and an avid fan of horror, fantasy and science fiction.

A male figure floats in space in front of door frame that opens onto another world

Illustration by Jacey

Three more days of going over my calculations, of checking and rechecking, of trying to think and not think at the same time. It cannot work, and yet it has to work. There are too many variables, an infinity of possible outcomes. I need just one.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04191-5

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