- The claim that Halloween is ‘pagan’ is largely a 19th century myth.
- Disease, demons, and discord – how the vampire myth was born.
- Related: The werewolf – examining the history behind one of the most enduring monster myths.
- ‘A Mystery to Ourselves’: from the Witches of Warboys, to an epidemic of Tik Tok tics.
- Dark mathematical pattern explains why so few Roman emperors died of natural causes.
- Astronomers spot dark matter creating eerie clones of a distant galaxy.
- China’s FAST telescope could detect self-replicating alien probes.
- NASA launches robotic archaeologist ‘Lucy’ on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids.
- Will billionaires share life-extending tech with the rest of us?
- Scientists genetically modify plants to grow meat protein.
- New Zealand council ends contract with wizard after two decades of service. Council members are no doubt in the pocket of dragon lobbyists…
Quote of the Day:
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Frederick Douglass
