How to throw your weight around…

• South America’s other ‘Easter Island’.
• Megaliths in South-East Asia: the sacred stones of Borneo.
• Is this the key to cracking long-dead languages?
• Jeff Bezos-backed ‘10,000-year-clock’ may open for tours in 00002 years, project chief says.
• Transformers star Megan Fox was inspired by Ancient Aliens to create her own ancient mysteries show, Legends of the Lost.
• NASA scientist says space alien search should be more ‘aggressive’.
• The ‘pissing fly’ urinates faster than cheetahs run, teaching scientists about new forms of speed.
• Farm animals may soon get ‘new features’ through gene editing.
• Meet the man who can hold his breath for 24 minutes.
• The dark side of mindfulness: it’s supposed to be calming, but there’s growing evidence the fashionable therapy can be harmful.
• Going out on a high: the doctor advocating LSD for the dying.
• 4000-year-old game board carved into the Earth shows how ancient nomads had fun.
• Right to end life on Earth: Can corporations that spread climate change denialism be held liable?
• Listen to the ‘sounds’ of wind on Mars for the first time.

Quote of the Day:

Corporate power, rationalized by free enterprise myths, is the central problem of freedom in our time.

Michael Harrington