News Briefs 19-09-2012

Arr, here be the news, me hearties! But hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.

• Chris Carter argues why science does not conflict with evidence of ESP.
• Are our minds the products of our brains? Alex Tsakiris roasts the Thinking Atheist on the Skeptiko Podcast. You can actually hear Alex tear his hair out.
• Can mediums really talk to the dead? Dialogue with Julie Beischel & Dean Radin.
• There is no such thing as time. Unfortunately, birthdays still exist and Red Pill Junkie still has to get up at 6am 5am tomorrow.
• Oneironaut Ryan Hurd discusses lucid dreaming (Amazon US Kindle, UK Kindle).
• Volunteers take ecstasy & have their brains scanned for groundbreaking study.
• Flying-saucer shaped clouds invade Chile! Puts a new spin on castles in the clouds.
• Online Demotic script dictionary speaks for everyday ancient Egyptians.
• Indiana Jones would look right at home in vintage photos of Yucatán archaeology.
• Ceramic fragments reveal Ice Age people were creating evocative art.
• Artist creates colossal geometric patterns in the snow by stomping his feet.
• Neanderthals adorned themselves with feathers. Hopefully not because they thought it would allow them to fly, although that could explain their extinction.
• Tool-making crows have the ability to reason.
• Are you smarter than a chimp? Hrmph, whatever, I'm allergic to peanuts anyway.
• Video: watch gorillas captivated by a caterpillar. Who's watching us watching the gorillas watching the caterpillar?

Quote of the Day:

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson