- Bizarre blue blobs hover in Earth’s atmosphere in stunning astronaut photo. But what are they?
- How an asteroid impact would transform the food we eat.
- The weird plan to hide a ‘backup copy’ of life in lava tubes on the Moon.
- Why technologically advanced aliens would have to be social creatures.
- UFOs, intelligence and Cassandra’s curse.
- The trippy truth about Amanita muscaria, the world’s most famous mushroom.
- Related: Mushrooms in Wonderland – psychedelics in Victorian England.
- ‘Life after death?’: Study details man’s chilling account of being conscious even after his heart stopped.
- Scientists engineer bacteria to recycle plastic waste into valuable chemicals.
- New analysis of obsidian blades reveals dynamic Neolithic social networks.
- Image(s) of the Day: the Yeti scalp of Khumjung.
Quote of the Day:
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
Carl Sagan
