Gorge yourself on this feast of news briefs…
- The surprising reason Inca children were drugged with coca leaves and ayahuasca before human sacrifice.
- Rare ‘Wicked’ bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand.
- Unearthing ancient Sudan’s powerful, complex past.
- 1100-year-old ‘altar of skulls‘ found in Mexico cave.
- Florida’s weeping icon of Saint Nicholas: No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.
- There should be more evidence of alien technology than alien biology across the Milky Way.
- Aliens created our universe in a lab, scientist suggests.
- There’s a new asteroid deflection system in the works, and it could be up by 2025.
- Honeybees can learn the difference between odd and even numbers, just like us.
- Are cold showers healthy? Why the jury is still out on Wim Hof.
- Related: Documentary explores the possibility of gaining ‘superpowers’ via meditation and focused breathing.
- Dream hacking: is this the dystopian future of advertising?
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Quote of the Day:
Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.
Garrison Keillor