Happy eclipse day to all who celebrate!
- Hidden world beneath Machu Picchu revealed by laser technology: Archaeologists have identified more than 2.5 kilometres of previously undocumented pre-Hispanic roads near the famous landmark.
- Earth’s molten core suddenly reversed direction – and scientists don’t know why.
- Seeing ghosts is good for you? How unexplained experiences changed people for the better.
- The Kardashev Scale: When scientists do bullshit and Elon Musk picks up on it.
- Related: Elon Musk is full of shit – we’ve reached the endgame of tech billionaires using science fiction as a marketing tool.
- ‘Real mummy’s curse’: Health warning over growing trade in mummified human remains.
- Learn about Japan’s centuries-old legend of the hollow UFO ship.
- Related: Utsuro-Bune – does this Japanese story describe an encounter with a UFO?
- Interstellar travel may soon be within reach: Compact sensor-packed probes, propelled by laser- or Sun-powered sails, could be humanity’s first scouts to another star system.
- Feeling a presence, seeing visions, déjà vu? Huge study maps the ‘uncanny’ experiences we rarely talk about.
- Ends with a bang: Why lightning stopped stalking the Strait of Malacca.
- Can skeptics survive the misinformation age? As AI and social media make falsehoods harder to detect, the community devoted to debunking bad information faces an uncertain future.
- King Tut was buried with more than a hundred pairs of underwear — all tailored to fit his massive butt.
Quote of the Day
The cosmic ballet goes on.
