It’s the hump day (not to be confused with Humpty) Grail news briefs…
- Living creatures cast a faint aura that stops at death, study suggests.
- Consciousness begins in the body, not the mind, groundbreaking study finds – could that save countless coma patients?
- Discovery of ancient lost settlement on Scotland’s Isle of Skye rewrites early human history.
- Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants – in multiple ways – to treat open wounds and other injuries.
- 11 NASA astrophysics missions are at risk of cancellation as it faces its greatest budget cut in history.
- Ancient ritual drug use found at Chavín de Huántar in Peru.
- Related: Enter the jaguar – psychedelics in ancient Peru.
- SETI survey reveals unexplained pulses from distant star.
- Does physics truly have anything to say about consciousness?
- Gravity could be proof that we’re living in a simulation, new theory suggests.
- Scientists reveal how DMT alters brain activity and consciousness.
- Defeating death: On the motivations and methods of people who want to live forever.
Quote of the Day:
Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
Marcus Aurelius
