Enjoy the fun of today’s news briefs….
- The first of us? Plant fungus infected a human in first reported case of its kind.
- ‘Ritual text’ from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey.
- ‘We’re entering a new golden age for deranged UFO documentaries, and I couldn’t be happier.’
- Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they’re not entirely sure how it works.
- Iranian authorities say AI could help issue fatwas faster than ever before.
- In depression treatment trials, the placebo effect is growing stronger.
- Is consciousness part of the fabric of the universe?
- Scientists collect entirely new type of virus from Marianas Trench ocean abyss.
- Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending.
- Wild elephants seem to have been domesticated…but not by humans.
- Herostratus: the man who destroyed an ancient wonder of the world.
- A square, flat Earth and round heaven meant the world to ancient China.
- Beetle named after Hitler is being driven to extinction by neo-Nazis collecting it.
Thanks to @FringeQuest.
Quote of the Day:
I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible to systematize confusion and contribute to the total discrediting of the world of reality.
Salvador Dali
