This, surely, is the dumbest time to be alive…
- Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
- Google lifts a ban on using its AI for weapons and surveillance.
- Bonobos can tell when they know something that humans don’t, a trait thought to be distinctly human until now.
- A flooded quarry, a mysterious millionaire and the dream of a new Atlantis.
- Are aliens already watching? How Earth’s technosignatures shine across the galaxy.
- ‘Things I learned from reading Jacques Vallee’s Forbidden Science 6.’
- After 2,000 years, first glimpse inside ancient scroll burnt by Vesuvius eruption.
- Certain animal navigation abilities found to operate at or near quantum limit of magnetic field detection.
- Leonardo da Vinci’s forgotten sketch leads to the discovery of secret tunnels beneath an Italian castle.
- A missing link between concussion and Alzheimer’s. (Archive link)
- NASA launching ‘Blue Ghost’ spacecraft to investigate mysterious domes on the Moon.
- Psychedelic use linked to lower fear of death through enhanced transcendence beliefs.
Quote of the Day:
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane Goodall
