God knows it’s been a hell of a news week – let’s bring it home with the Friday news briefs!
- Many of the Dead Sea scrolls may be older than thought and force a rethink of ancient Jewish history, new analysis finds.
- When people hear voices, but only when they want to: An unusual collaboration between scientists and psychics could transform the treatment of auditory hallucinations.
- What Isaac Asimov reveals about living with A.I. (Archived page link)
- Scientists finally found the psychedelic source of LSD.
- 5,000-year-old missing formula for ‘Egyptian Blue‘ reveals unusual optical, magnetic and biological properties.
- Two journals have upcoming special issues on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
- Will we ever prove string theory?
- Deep time and the revenant: In enigmatic burials, crafted to bind the bodies within, we can see how truly ancient our fears of the undead must be.
- How paradoxical questions and simple wonder lead to great science.
- Scientists found 6,000-year-old human remains – but no other people before or after them share their DNA.
- New Russian satellite appears to be stalking U.S. satellite in orbit.
- U.S. state of Louisiana passes bill to ban ‘chemtrails.
- Archaeologists are unearthing a massive Maya city that’s been hidden for 3,000 years.
- Curious humpback whales approach humans and blow bubble ‘smoke’ rings.
Quote of the Day
Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small…and you will escape the jealousy of the great.
Philip K. Dick
