Please peruse the Friday news briefs carefully to check for any glitches in the Matrix…
- Comet 3I/ATLAS is about to make its closest approach to Earth. Please do not dress in black and wear Nikes in anticipation while watching the livestream.
- Lost rooms have suddenly appeared in an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
- Ufology and mysticism are on the rise:
- A thousand-year drought may have driven the ‘hobbits’ to extinction, new research reveals.
- Vesuvius supposedly exploded in August – so why were Pompeii victims wearing heavy clothing?
- The strange world of David Lynch: Ten entry points into the television, movies, short films and TV appearances of the lauded director.
- Spiders on Jupiter? Scientists uncover secret origins of arachnid-like ‘demon’ lurking on gas giant’s moon.
- Related: Remember that time the Russians found scorpions on Venus?
- Will AI kill science, or will it foster a scientific revolution? The answer depends on something no one knows: What is science?
- 143 years at the edge of the possible: How British scientists turned ghost hunting into an academic discipline.
- In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars.
- The USA’s ‘Genesis Mission‘ for AI: Moonshot or madness?
- Elon Musk predicts AGI by 2026 (he predicted AGI by 2025 last year).
- Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery of these freaky blue cosmic flashes.
- Psilocybin might fix your depression by rewiring your brain, study finds.
Quote of the Day
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde
