Reading these news briefs means you have officially joined the Grail gang…
- NASA wants to send nudes to aliens and hello Houston, is this Grindr?
- Related: Comics legend once designed his own ‘Pioneer plaque’ because he was worried our attempts to contact aliens might attract a ‘tiger’.
- New Fermi Paradox solution just dropped: Extraterrestrial civilisations grow so large they ‘burn out’, missing the chance to set out for new worlds.
- Anonymous, anti-capitalist and awe-inspiring: were crop circles actually great art?
- Related: Our review of The Field Guide: The art, history and philosophy of crop circle making, from way back in 2006.
- Seven puzzles that perplexed people for centuries.
- The long and gruesome history of people trying to live forever.
- Relax people, the ‘Birds aren’t real’ conspiracy theory is satire. (Unfortunately, the rest of the stupid conspiracy theories around at the moment like QAnon, not so much.)
- Giant squid that washed up on a South African beach was ‘incredible to see’.
- Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025.
- Video of the Day: This tunnel optical illusion is blowing people’s minds.
Quote of the Day:
If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture – that is immortality enough for me.
Edward Abbey
