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Screenshot of a Stellaris event window titled "Mass Extinction: Frozen" showing a painted icy landscape with a futuristic base. Text: "An unnatural shift in the atmosphere's chemical make-up resulted in the slow but irreversible onset of an ice age - one that began before the formation of the Terran Regency and is likely to persist long after our passing. The exact cause remains unknown, but probable explanations…

Aliens Too Smart to Wipe Themselves Out, Surely

A Stellaris game event dryly jokes that no intelligent species would be dumb enough to cause its own climate disaster, a sly nod to the science-class warnings Xennials grew up with.

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Screenshot of a Stellaris event window titled "Mass Extinction: Frozen" showing a painted icy landscape with a futuristic base. Text: "An unnatural shift in the atmosphere's chemical make-up resulted in the slow but irreversible onset of an ice age - one that began before the formation of the Terran Regency and is likely to persist long after our passing. The exact cause remains unknown, but probable explanations…

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