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- Secret memo raises more questions about UFO shootdowns over Alaska and Canada.
- Mysterious 1.4-million-year-old stones may represent an ancient human quest for the perfect sphere.
- The room-temperature superconductor that wasn’t – we have good explanations for why a chemical called LK-99 behaved the way it did.
- Lemuria, the weirdest continent that never existed.
- Bronze Age girl found buried with more than 150 animal ankle bones, potentially to help her to the next world.
- The 3 myths of mindfulness: is mindfulness really the panacea it’s touted to be, or are we glossing over some fundamental flaws?
- These enigmatic Viking symbols, used in ancient encrypted messages, keep one of history’s strangest language secrets.
- A ‘wild’ and mysterious discovery just upended our idea of black holes.
- Archaeologists are using modern tools to learn about visitors to an ancient Egyptian temple.
- Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video.
Quote of the Day:
There’s a temptation, especially when [scientists are] talking to a denier or when it’s a public health emergency, to say, “This is true. We have the proof. Go out and do what we say.” That’s dangerous because once trust is lost, it’s almost impossible to get it back.
So, my advice to scientists is to lean into the idea of uncertainty. That doesn’t mean that you have to say, “Well, we don’t know, so go ahead and take your hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID.” Just because you can’t prove something with 100% certainty doesn’t mean that every hypothesis is equally valid. Some hypotheses are better warranted by the evidence than others. And no matter how well warranted a scientific hypothesis is, it could still be overthrown by future evidence. That’s just the nature of the scientific beast. But I think the lay public is smart enough to understand that. In fact, that builds trust.
