Gather around the fire and listen in on the Friday Grail news briefs we’ve gathered…
- The hunt for ‘Planet Nine’: Why there could still be something massive at the edge of our solar system.
- Superhero origin story alert: Radioactive wasp nest found in decommissioned nuclear weapons plant.
- Christian missionaries are targeting isolated tribes in Brazil with solar-powered audio devices that recite biblical readings in multiple languages.
- CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies.
- Good news for Mars settlers: The Red Planet’s glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests. (The bad news for settlers remains that Mars has toxic soil, no oxygen, and insanely cold temperatures.)
- Excavation begins in Poland for alleged Nazi gold hoard.
- J. Allen Hynek, UFOs, and PR.
- Why the latest hot trend of ‘vibe physics’ is the ultimate example of AI slop: The conversation you’re having with an LLM about groundbreaking new ideas in theoretical physics is completely meritless.
- Conspiracy theories have leached into public life. Is it scepticism towards power or a complete worldview?
- Unprecedented 4,000-year-old 3D polychrome mural discovered in Peru.
- Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists’ view of our species.
- What searching for aliens reveals about ourselves.
- QAnon isn’t dead: It lives in the heart of the Republican party. (Archived page link)
Quote of the Day
What we now want most is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth and the elimination of that fanatic devotion to exalted ideals of national egoism and pride, which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife.
Nikola Tesla
