- The future is fungal: why the ‘megascience’ of mycology is on the rise. Featuring Rupert Sheldrake’s son Merlin, and his fantastic book Entangled Life (a great read, I highly recommend!).
- Florida is releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika.
- Horse eyeballs and bone hammers: the surprising lives of the Neanderthals.
- Discovery of 15,000-year-old engraved stones points to earliest evidence of human art in the British Isles.
- Our gods ride flying saucers: a personal word on the Aetherius Society.
- The deadly outcome of the Mantell UFO incident.
- A US Air Force F-16 pilot just battled AI in 5 simulated dogfights, and the machine emerged victorious every time. Skynet will accept our surrender now.
- Algorithm detects heart disease by analysing selfies.
- Texas QAnon supporter used a car to attack strangers she believed were ‘pedophiles’.
- Beliefs have a social purpose. Does this explain delusions?
- NASA predicts possible asteroid impact the day before the U.S. elections. Finally, a change for the better!
- Video of the Day: The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts.
Thanks Rick.
Quote of the Day:
Can the alterations in human consciousness and behavior brought about by psilocybin mushrooms be thought of as part of the extended phenotype of the fungus? The extended behavior of Ophiocordyceps leaves an imprint in the world in the form of fossilized scars on the underside of leaves. Can the extended behavior of psilocybin mushrooms be thought of as leaving an imprint in the world in the form of ceremonies, rituals, chants, and the other cultural and technological outgrowths of our altered states? Do psilocybin fungi wear our minds…?
Merlin Sheldrake (Entangled Life)
