News Briefs 08-02-2018red pill junkieThursday, February 8th2 Comments3 min read John Anthony West, riding shotgun with Starman en route to the stars on their Tesla is just the way I want to imagine him right now. Ad Astra. Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have also killed all the Krakens. Tracing the looooooooooooooong lineage of cockroaches. Turns out rats are so sociable, they do each other favors and cash in on IOUs. Neanderthals used fire to perfect hardwood tools 170,000 years ago. Ticking time bomb of mercury concealed beneath Earth’s permafrost. One of SETI’s founders says it’s high time for a rebrand –maybe it’s also high time for a change in methodology? For artist and alleged abductee David Huggins, losing his virginity was literally out of this world. Making sense of the paranormal. The Victorian woman who drew pictures of ghosts. Chicagoans and University psychologist speculate on Mothman. In Washington, Bigfoot eludes official state recognition yet(i) again. How a 1924 Bigfoot battle in Mt. St. Helen helped launch a legend. This new Winter Olympics pavillion is possibly the darkest place on Earth. Tangentially Speaking talks to Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections. How to become a centaur. Red Pill of the Day: Dinosaur lady of South Carolina avoids jail –yes, it did feel good writing that headline. Quote of the Day: Few things in this world are more predictable than the reaction of conventional minds to unconventional ideas. John Anthony West