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- 160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens.
- From stellar engines to Dyson bubbles, alien megastructures could hold themselves together under the right conditions.
- Will dogs ever talk? Scientists take a serious look at an age-old question.
- South African San rock art reveals trance dances and initiation ceremonies.
- So you want to lucid dream? Here’s how. (See also Paul Devereux’s Lucid Dreaming: Accessing Your Inner Virtual Realities for more detailed instructions.)
- 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death.
- The brain might not function like we thought it did: Complex thought may be organized by connection, not anatomy. (Archived page link)
- ‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks 4 seconds closer to midnight as unregulated AI and ‘mirror life’ threaten humanity.
- Playing in flatland: Physicists believe a third class of particles – anyons – could exist, but only in 2D.
- Yes, one image from space can change humanity’s perspective.
- Related: The Overview Effect.
- New research debunks Trump and RFK Jr’s claims linking Tylenol to autism.
- This man’s body was found preserved on a block of ice in a Colorado shed – he had been there for 30 years, a guinea pig for his grandson’s immortality experiments.
- Silicon Valley goes to war: The tech industry’s whiz kids once promised convenience at your fingertips. Now they’re embracing the military-industrial complex to ‘defend the West’.
Quote of the Day
The rational fear of those who dislike economic inequality is that the rich will convert their economic power into political power: that they’ll tilt elections, or pay bribes for pardons, or buy up the news media to promote their views. I used to be able to claim that tech billionaires didn’t actually do this—that they just wanted to refine their gadgets. But unfortunately in the current administration we’ve seen all three.
Paul Graham (Founder of Y Combinator)
