How’s August working out for you?
- Humans have been making poison arrows for at least 70,000 years.
- Mysterious carvings and evidence of human sacrifice uncovered in ancient city.
- Who made the mysterious, ancient ‘cup and ring’ stone carvings, and why?
- For the first time, CRISPR gene editing has been used on squid. Do we really want to mess with the cephalopods?
- The biggest AI threat is already here.
- Immunology is where intuition goes to die: trying to understand how our bodies fight COVID-19.
- Meet the woman who wants to sell psychedelic drugs to scientists. Can we sponsor a free sample for Richard Dawkins?
- Scientists propose adding psychoactive drug to our water supplies.
- John Cleese’s next act: ‘I think there is life after death‘.
- Related: Is there life after death? John Cleese talks to the scientists who might have an answer.
- QAnon is running amok and the time has come for interventions.
- Neolithic ‘Woodhenge’ discovered at Perdigões’ Complex Portugal.
- Astrologers were the quants of the ancient world.
Quote of the Day:
A sickness known as hate; not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ – but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don’t look for it in the Twilight Zone – look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether.
Rod Serling
