If your trip to Mars has been postponed, why not bide your time with the Wednesday Grail news briefs?
- Scientists propose surprising link between space weather and earthquakes.
- The dying children who suddenly wake up.
- Related: When dying children suddenly awaken – investigating cases of ‘terminal lucidity’ in kids.
- How old is Chinese civilisation? It really dates back 8,000 years, an archaeologist argues.
- Scientists say we might have 33 senses – here’s the breakdown.
- The cataclysmic flood that wasn’t: Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean 5 million years ago. It turns out that probably didn’t happen, but there was still drama aplenty.
- The odds of Jesus Christ returning in 2026 just went up on the betting platform for rich idiots, Polymarket (the reason is that a secondary market opened that’s betting on whether the odds of Christ returning in the first market will climb above 5%).
- Ten ancient ruins that are older than the pyramids.
- ‘I’m the psychedelic confessor’: The man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness.
- Russian startup hacks pigeon brains, turns them into living drones.
- Is a Greek temple actually a representation of an overturned ship? A new theory revolutionizes the origin of classical architecture.
- American FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine.
- Scientists find evidence that ancient Romans used human poo as medicine.
Quote of the Day
Art isn’t just the end result.
