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- Egyptologist in Paris discovers secret messages on Luxor obelisk.
- Experiments to dim the Sun will be approved within weeks.
- Myanmar authorities arrest astrologer for causing panic by predicting a new earthquake in a viral TikTok video, just weeks after the magnitude 7.7 quake that killed thousands.
- The evidence for biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b is flimsy, at best.
- Could the answer to Fermi’s paradox be stealth AI probes?
- Phoenician culture spread through the ancient Mediterranean mainly through cultural exchange, rather than mass migration, genetic study concludes. (Archived page link)
- Image of the Day: Curiosity rover spotted from Mars orbit.
Quote of the Day:
Because we didn’t tax tech billionaires properly over the last few decades, they now have such absurd wealth that their bad ideas have a gravitational force that can bend society.
