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- Ancient astronaut theorist Erich von Däniken has passed away aged 90.
- How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by right-wing figures like Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance? (Archived page link)
- One of the last Siberian shamans was an 18th-century woman whose parents were related, DNA study reveals.
- “A potential biosignature is awaiting return now”: Congress abandons retrieval of Martian rocks that may hold evidence of extraterrestrial life.
- Reawakening the ‘Stoned Ape’: On the possible psychedelic origins of language, and why there might be better options than attending a ‘once every 17 years’ hypersexual psychedelic zombie orgy swarm party.
- Aerial aliens: Why cloudy worlds might make detecting extraterrestrial life easier.
- Killer robots and the fetish of automation: How Terminator-style tropes have distracted from the rise of a military-tech complex.
- Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
- The real Da Vinci Code: Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.
- The pagan heart of Florence + The Machine: Welch’s new album continues the band’s long-running dialogue with magic, myth, and modern witchcraft.
- Discovery of oldest known cremation in Africa sparks archaeological mystery.
- Video of the Day: Stunning 25-year timelapse shows a supernova tearing through deep space.
Quote of the Day
Silicon Valley is the biggest existential threat American democracy has ever faced, and we need to treat it as such.
