From hobbits to the X-Files, the Daily Grail news briefs have got your favourite topics covered!
- Ancient drought may have wiped out the real-life ‘hobbits’ of Flores 61,000 years ago.
- Scientists map the brain waves behind the intense effects of ayahuasca.
- Mystery as ‘The Black Vault’ with 3.8 million files on UFOs and other topics is wiped clean hours after Trump demands alien docs released.
- How white elites drained ancient art of its color.
- Why human intuition is still science’s greatest tool in the age of AI.
- Dolphins and orcas are now using other animals as toys (and hats).
- ‘A joyful day’: Final piece of Sagrada Familia’s central tower put in place, bringing it to its maximum final height of 172.5 metres, 144 years after work began.
- What growing up on Mars would do to the human body.
- The curious life of a clever slime mold: In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled organism performs some impressive tricks of learning and memory.
- Genetic analysis reveals an alternative explanation for the ancient Jomon migration to Japan.
- Conspiracy theorists feed on distrust in institutions – the Epstein files will embolden them.
- Thomas Jefferson’s fossils: What can the American statesman’s mistaken ideas about fossils tell us about science and belief in the early United States?
- Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot has found its star.
Thanks Kat.
Quote of the Day
Not all those who wander are lost.
J.R.R. Tolkien
