Apologies if today’s Grail news briefs lead to the end times…just doing God’s work!
- Do cells have intelligence? This respected scientist says we are “oblivious to all kinds of minds not like ours”.
- Non-profit group plans to launch a probe that will reach the nearest alien star system, Alpha Centauri…in 80,000 years.
- Can science test the possibility of reincarnation?
- Related: What happens when a skeptic digs into the reincarnation research of Dr Ian Stevenson?
- From Nefertiti to Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s biggest mysteries have yet to be solved.
- A history of unicorns: Unicorns have pivotal roles in mythology, fantasy and fiction – but they sound just about ‘real’ enough that zoologists have long written about them and aimed to work out what they might have been based on.
- El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds.
- How a ‘psychic’ horse named Clever Hans changed the way we do science.
- Related: Horses aren’t shy when asking humans for help.
- AI‑designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep pace.
- Near-death experiences follow the same pattern worldwide, landmark study finds.
- Vikings really did reach North America a thousand years ago — and now we know exactly when. A story of stars, trees, solar bursts, and Vikings.
- The Nerd Reich wants to ‘destroy’ democracy, and its mask has slipped.
- Related: The Technocratic Conspiracy: How tech tycoons plan to disrupt democracy and become the new rulers of the world.
Quote of the Day
There is a demonstrated degree of learning and some degree of problem-solving that go down at least as far as molecular networks… Our ability to to recognize and communicate with novel intelligences depends on us getting beyond our our evolutionary biases.
Michael Levin
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