Loot the body of today’s Grail news briefs for any hidden treasure:
- Why so weird about Tolkien? Silicon Valley founders’ weird fixation with fantasy.
- Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines.
- The hunt for alien technosignatures is getting a high-tech upgrade.
- We’re close to translating animal languages – what happens then?
- A 6th Century Byzantine bucket found at Sutton Hoo is believed to have been a cremation vessel, according to archaeologists.
- Related: Spiritualism at Sutton Hoo – the supernatural elements that Netflix’s The Dig left out of one of archaeology’s greatest stories.
- U.S. immigration authorities are children’s DNA to a criminal database.
- Six strange animal evolutions: Sometimes natural selection leads to some bizarre but useful quirks.
- Google’s new AI video tool generates convincing deepfakes of riots, conflict, and election fraud.
- Would first contact with aliens melt our minds?
- Traces of mysterious ancient human population discovered in Colombia.
- Patient receives brain implant that can wirelessly control computers.
- ICE gets trolled after asking if people have been harmed by aliens.
- Video of the Day: Average Joes vs the volcano.
Thanks to @phildean.bsky.social.
Quote of the Day
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J.R.R. Tolkien
