There’s no sleight-of-hand in today’s Grail news briefs…
- The short, dramatic history of alien abductions in the United States.
- What is it like to die? The reassuring science of near-death experiences.
- Gold coins from ‘world’s richest shipwreck’ off the coast of Colombia reveal 300-year-old depictions of castles, lions and Jerusalem crosses.
- ‘It involved the Mafia, Freemasonry and the Vatican’: The mysterious murder of ‘God’s Banker’.
- Strange radio pulses have been detected coming from ice in Antarctica.
- Animals taught us culture: Prehistoric humans didn’t create art and architecture out of nothing – they took inspiration from the nonhuman world.
- The CIA releases 54 declassified documents related to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
- ChatGPT tells users to alert the media that it is trying to ‘break’ people – machine-made delusions are mysteriously getting deeper and out of control.
- I witnessed the birth of an immortality cult – surely it can’t last? (Archived page link)
- ‘Lost Colony’ of Roanoke may have assimilated into Indigenous society, archaeologist claims — but not everyone is convinced.
- This squid was discovered in 1898 – scientists just saw it alive for the first time.
- Hear from UFO believers at this year’s “Contact in the Desert” conference, who hope Trump will finally prove them right.
Thanks to imagicalgreek and @cambskeptics.bsky.social.
Quote of the Day
When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow’s-point-of-view is seldom necessary..
Terry Pratchett (in ‘Small Gods’)
