- Iconic ‘Alien’ artist H.R. Giger has passed away at age 74.
- Norse UFOs may be ‘sparks’ from a giant battery created by the unique geology of the Hessdalen Valley.
- SETI astronomer reveals how maths will translate extraterrestrial language.
- Pope Francis says he would definitely baptise aliens, if they asked him to.
- The hidden truth behind a lost Mars lander.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson says he has no time for people who ask deep philosophical questions. And yet he idolises Isaac Newton?
- Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe. But can you play Quake in it, that’s the important question…
- This upsetting sleep phenomenon is very real…and very mysterious.
- Stonehenge discovery blows lid off old theories about builders of ancient monument.
- 5600-year-old tomb and mummy discovered in Egypt.
- Parting shot: Last Tasmanian Tiger bites photographer’s bum.
- Carnivorous cryptic plants of the world.
- Coffin found in Florida woods, full of medieval weaponry.
- Plans for a Satanic ‘Black Mass’ at Harvard abandoned after protests.
- The not-so-distant future, when we can all upgrade our brains.
- The Bem precognition meta-analysis vs those whacky skeptics.
- “We should be wary of creating a class of self-satisfied debunkers“.
- FDA approves the world’s first commercial mind-controlled prosthetic arm.
- Collapse of the western Antarctic ice sheet is “unstoppable” and a 13-foot sea level rise is now “inevitable”, say researchers. Let’s watch beach-front real estate values and see what happens…(don’t hold your breath, I’d hate for you to be injured).
- Brain, heal thyself! Children born with split brains can develop new ‘wiring’ not present in normal brains.
- Can plants communicate?
- The media panic about London’s “child-killing snakes” is bull***t.
- The greatest discovery in science this year may be about to go down in flames.
- Image(s) of the Day: Fantastic Fungi: The startling visual diversity of mushrooms.
Quote of the Day:
My childhood was very happy, and my parents have been very nice to me. I think that most of the images in my paintings are evil, but you can’t say that I’m evil. It’s just that evil is much, much more interesting than Paradise…