News Briefs 25-02-2015Grail-seekerWednesday, February 25th3 Comments1 min read I prefer a good conspiracy theory over bad science (and bad science journalism) every time! Trolling conspiracy theorists, for science. Experts using fake monsters to test how people report encounters with mythical creatures. Working class monster: how folklore became a class signifier. Ancient shrines used for divination found in Armenia. Manannán Mac Lir: Games of Thrones sculptor’s statue found. Early humans made animated art. Fairy castles in the sky. Climbers mystified by ‘bloodcurdling screaming’. Is this why quantum computers don’t work? Using sound shifts to trace language evolution. Four new giant Siberian craters found after a flash of light. Wise up. Artificial intelligence could kill us because we’re stupid, not because it’s evil, says expert. Voices of the dead: the strange origins of eye idols. Cathedral grave may have belonged to a medieval knight. How extreme isolation warps the mind. Precognition: the shape of things to come? Quote of the Day: Where’s your will to be weird? Jim Morrison