- Trump signs law making a crewed mission to Mars a NASA priority.
- Is consciousness real?
- Well, at least we can agree that nanoscale flying saucers with lasers are real…sort of.
- Terrifying insect-sized robots could render humanity extinct ‘by the end of this century’, expert warns.
- Crossword coincidences.
- This ‘ghost plane’ crash is one of the weirdest mysteries of 2017.
- Infant’s rare ‘parasitic twin‘ successfully removed with surgery.
- Chinese scientists use remote sensing technology to detect underground remains of the Great Wall.
- How a 400,000-year-old skull fragment hints at an ancient unified humanity.
- How to use science and magic to make a mummy in 70 days. Would make a catchy book title.
- Sea otters may have been using stone tools for thousands, or even millions, of years, say scientists.
- Video of the Day: Watch the machinery of biology at work in this time lapse video of tadpole egg cell division.
- Bonus Video of the Day: Whale shoots a rainbow out of its blowhole.
Thanks to @AnomalistNews and @MattStaggs.
Quote of the Day:
I don’t want to really scare you, but it was alarming how many people I talked to who are highly placed people in AI who have retreats that are sort of ‘bug out’ houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan.
James Barrat
