Unleash your imagination by immersing yourself in the Wednesday Grail news briefs!
- Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield.
- To study Viking seafarers, this archaeologist undertook 26 voyages in traditional boats, discovering lost sea routes, hidden trade harbours and new respect for Viking seamanship. (Archived page link)
- Meet Britain’s real-life supervillain: Eccentric millionaire lives in a bunker beneath a Cold War radar – and is convinced he’s going to find UFOs.
- Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers.
- Fifty years of fractals: A half century ago ago, Benoit Mandelbrot coined the word “fractal” and pioneered a new type of geometry.
- AI is about to radically alter military command structures that date back to Napoleon.
- We know humans arose in Africa, but archaeology is only just uncovering the secrets of the continent’s early civilizations.
- Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian ‘demon’ god who inspired The Exorcist.
- Anti-vaccine RFK Jr. creates vaccine panel of anti-vaccine group’s dreams.
- Meanwhile, in a reality-based universe: Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia.
- From the NOPE files: This parasitic worm can turn off your pain and itch sensors.
- Unprecedented video shows catfish climbing straight up a waterfall.
- Video of the Day: The rock-hewn churches of Ethiopia.
Quote of the Day
Humanity, correctly seen in the context of the last five hundred years, is an extruder of technological material. We take in matter that has a low degree of organization; we put it through mental filters, and we extrude jewelry, gospels, space shuttles. This is what we do. We are like coral animals embedded in a technological reef of extruded psychic objects.
Terence McKenna
