RIP Richard Carpenter, creator of Robin of Sherwood & Catweazle.
- Into the Woods: on British forests, myth & now.
- The 10 best woods & forests for myths & legends of ancient Briton.
- SETI site up again & searching for extraterrestrial signals. I never tire of watching the opening intro to the movie Contact.
- Dolphins greet each other with polite ceremonies while at sea.
- 50kg metal sphere falls from the sky in Brazil. Then someone poked it with a stick.
- Don’t panic! 1 in 8 chance of a catastrophic solar megastorm by 2020.
- What music will be played in a Japanese built space elevator?
- Creativity, evolution of mind, & the vertigo of freedom.
- Creativity & the differently wired: the positives of Asperger’s syndrome.
- Artist James Gurney reveals how he tricks the eyes.
- Awakening Sight: losing an eye taught photographer David Ulrich to see in other ways (Amazon US, Kindle, & UK).
- Westerners flock to experience the traditions of Nepal shamans.
- However, one Nepal shaman is accused of burning a woman alive for witchcraft.
- Huge, intricate geometric designs made by walking in the snow.
- The handwriting of Freud & Jung reveals two men of contrasting temperaments.
- Coincidence studies: proposing a science of synchronicity. Download EdgeScience #9 for the full version, and other terrific articles.
- The Emotional Oracle Effect: how people who trust their feelings are more likely to accurately predict the future. Or you can just use the Force.
- How many neurons make a human brain? Billions fewer than we thought.
- Ötzi the Iceman has had his genome sequenced, 5300 years after his death.
- Neanderthals already on the way out before the arrival of modern humans?
- New evidence suggests Stone Age hunters from Europe discovered America.
- Study of Aboriginal rock art in Australia’s Kimberley region given a financial boost.
- How much would it cost to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu today?
- Through the sands of time; vintage photos of Egypt from the 1870s.
- At last, a politican I’d want to vote for! Cat runs for Senate.
Thanks to Greg & the Anomalist.
Quote of the Day:
Lately, I’ve been re-reading psychology books and I have felt singularly defrauded. All of them discuss the mechanisms of dreams or the subjects of dreams, but they do not mention, as I had hoped, that which is so astonishing, so strange — the fact of dreaming.
~ Jorge Luis Borges
