Slow news day? Never fear, the Grail news briefs always has plenty to keep you busy…
- Archaeologists conclude that Nordic runes carved in bedrock in northern Ontario were probably the work of a Swede working in the region in the 1800s.
- A.I. is poised to rewrite history – literally. (Archived page link)
- Did China’s first emperor send an expedition west on a quest for the ‘elixir of life’?
- Can your brain talk to others while asleep? This experiment says yes.
- Where hobbits come from: tracing the origins of Homo floresiensis.
- Vast ancient settlement, hidden for tens of thousands of years, rediscovered underwater off the coast of Australia.
- Psilocybin therapy offers “paradigm-changing alternative” to conventional treatment for depression, clinical trials show.
- Strange metal from beyond our world spotted in ancient treasure stash.
- Related: King Tut was buried with a dagger of ‘extraterrestrial origin’.
- Several of RFK Jr’s picks for vaccine committee have clearly expressed antivaccine sentiments in the past, and appear to have little experience with vaccine science at all.
- How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology
- Empire of flight: They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?
- Can humans live under the sea? This live experiment plans to find out.
Quote of the Day
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
