You won’t believe some of the incredible things that are in the Friday Grail news briefs…
- New study finds that Easter Island’s giant statues might have ‘walked’ to their final platforms, just as local myths said.
- The Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study finds.
- The puzzle of the ‘idiot savant’: The convergence of singular talent and profound disability confounded scientists eager to place humans into neat categories.
- 18 years ago, Earth’s gravity glitched – the answer was buried 1,800 miles underground.
- 200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices.
- The super powers of Dune: The possibility of ‘extraordinary’ human development.
- Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know.
- Scientists just reversed Alzheimer’s in mice – could they do it in humans?
- Indigenous myths reveal that the Amazon supported vast and complex ancient urban societies – an interview with archaeologist Stéphen Rostain.
- The surprising medicine hidden in honeybee pollen.
- Scientists studied ayahuasca users — what they found about death is stunning.
- These Colombian mummies were buried with death masks fused to their faces. Now, scientists digitally reconstruct their faces after 500 years.
- The surprisingly lifelike behavior of mindless material: New ways of studying the origin of life are leading to a better understanding of consciousness and the mind.
- Video of the Day: The dry-stacked stones of Great Zimbabwe are a medieval engineering wonder.
Quote of the Day
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we receive information and communicate, but who directs it and for what purposes? We must be vigilant in order to ensure that technology does not replace human beings, and that the information and algorithms that govern it today are not in the hands of a few.
