The AI revolution will not be televised…
- The US intelligence community is embracing generative AI.
- The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens.
- Found: the records of Pompeii’s survivors, showing how they rebuilt their lives in the aftermath of the historic volcanic eruption.
- Big Brother of the brain is here – a behavioural neurologist spells out the danger (non-paywall version here).
- Magic mushrooms have overwhelmingly become the most-used psychedelic drug in the US according to a new report, which estimated that 8 million adults may have consumed psilocybin in 2023.
- Astronomers spot seven stars that may sport alien megastructures — but many are skeptical of aliens.
- Secrets of ancient Egyptian crocodile cult revealed by mummified croc.
- Birthing the Jersey Devil: for centuries, a fork-tailed mythical creature that lurks in the pinelands of the Garden State has served as a reminder of the horrors that result when reproductive freedoms are destroyed.
- Modern racism rests on scientific theories from the 19th century.
- Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into pictures with unprecedented accuracy.
- ‘The last 12 months have broken records like never before’: Earth exceeds 1.5C warming every month for entire year.
- Video of the Day: The incredible powers of transcendental thinking, explained by a neuroscientist.
Quote of the Day:
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
Aldous Huxley
