Just another edition of the Monday Grail news briefs…
- Weird ice that could form on alien planets observed for the first time.
- Life as we don’t know it: some aliens may need sulfuric acid like we need water.
- A new humanoid robot prototype uses fluid-filled muscles to kick its legs while hanging.
- The smarter AI gets, the more it starts cheating when it’s losing.
- There may be downsides now that Mark Zuckerberg can read your thoughts with a scanning device.
- Strange metal from beyond our world found in an ancient treasure stash.
- First 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere reveals bizarre weather.
- Are chatbots of the dead a brilliant idea or a terrible one?
- This ‘psychedelic church’ is handing out magic mushrooms to hundreds of members for free.
- The dogs of Chernobyl are going through strange genetic changes and scientists are still trying to figure out why.
- A man in 19th-century Italy preserved his own brain to fight eugenics.
- AI designed an alien chip that works, but experts can’t explain why.
Quote of the Day:
The stakes … are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Barbara Jordan
