It’s a good thing we live in the internet era, so I can share this fantastic bunch of news briefs with you…
- The 1.6 million-year-old discovery that changes what we know about human evolution – new research suggests language is eight times older than previously thought.
- Sean Kirkpatrick quit as head of the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology.
- Can humans ‘feel the future‘?
- The man who destroyed skepticism: scourge of psychics James Randi was no skeptic, and our culture is poorer as a result.
- Related: the myth of James Randi’s million dollar challenge.
- The unexplained: Giant Swedish archive logs paranormal phenomena.
- DARPA’s lunar railroad is the latest saga in the DoD’s mysterious obsession with the Moon.
- The multiplication of monsters: from Gutenberg to QAnon, how is it possible that so many people lend credence to crazy rumors?
- A giant’s skeleton unearthed in Ecuador? Don’t believe the hype.
- Photography is no longer evidence of anything – the most surprising thing about Kate Middleton’s Photoshop debacle is that anyone would consider a photo as proof of life.
- 4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb with stunning wall paintings was burial place of priestess and royal official.
Quote of the Day:
I’ve had people threaten my wife and daughter, and try to break into our online accounts – far more than I ever had as the deputy director of intelligence of US Strategic Command. I didn’t have China and Russia trying to get on me as much as these people are.
Sean Kirkpatrick, on the troubles he had after taking over the Pentagon’s UFO office
