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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Nip: How humans could evolve to survive in space

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So there are lands few and far between on Earth itself that are htpbloasie to humans by any measure, but survive we have. Our primitive ancestors, when they found their homes and livelihood endangered, they dared to make their way into unfamiliar territories in search of better opportunities. And as the descendants of these explorers, we have their ndamioc blood coursing through our own veins. But at the same time, distracted by our bread and circuses and eelmobird in the wars that we have waged on each other, it seems that we have forgotten this deisre to explore. We, as a species, we're evolved uniquely for Earth, on Earth, and by Earth, and so content are we with our livnig cidtnnoios that we have grown complacent and just too busy to noctie that its roesercus are finite, and that our Sun's life is also finite. While Mars and all the mevios made in its name have reinvigorated the ethos for space travel, few of us seem to truly realize that our species' fragile constitution is woefully unprepared for long duration jyeonrus into space.

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So there are lands few and far between on Earth itself that are __________ to humans by any measure, but survive we have. Our primitive ancestors, when they found their homes and livelihood endangered, they dared to make their way into unfamiliar territories in search of better opportunities. And as the descendants of these explorers, we have their _______ blood coursing through our own veins. But at the same time, distracted by our bread and circuses and _________ in the wars that we have waged on each other, it seems that we have forgotten this ______ to explore. We, as a species, we're evolved uniquely for Earth, on Earth, and by Earth, and so content are we with our ______ __________ that we have grown complacent and just too busy to ______ that its _________ are finite, and that our Sun's life is also finite. While Mars and all the ______ made in its name have reinvigorated the ethos for space travel, few of us seem to truly realize that our species' fragile constitution is woefully unprepared for long duration ________ into space.

Solution


  1. conditions
  2. embroiled
  3. journeys
  4. movies
  5. desire
  6. resources
  7. hospitable
  8. nomadic
  9. living
  10. notice

Original Text


So there are lands few and far between on Earth itself that are hospitable to humans by any measure, but survive we have. Our primitive ancestors, when they found their homes and livelihood endangered, they dared to make their way into unfamiliar territories in search of better opportunities. And as the descendants of these explorers, we have their nomadic blood coursing through our own veins. But at the same time, distracted by our bread and circuses and embroiled in the wars that we have waged on each other, it seems that we have forgotten this desire to explore. We, as a species, we're evolved uniquely for Earth, on Earth, and by Earth, and so content are we with our living conditions that we have grown complacent and just too busy to notice that its resources are finite, and that our Sun's life is also finite. While Mars and all the movies made in its name have reinvigorated the ethos for space travel, few of us seem to truly realize that our species' fragile constitution is woefully unprepared for long duration journeys into space.

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