No garbage whatsoever in today’s news briefs, it’s all gold!
- Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old ‘standing stone circles’ discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- The scholar who inspired a legion of cranks: the vexed legacy of Charles Fort (for those without subscriber access, link here).
- We are not machines: we need new metaphors that put life at the centre of biology.
- Something’s been making this incredible geometric pattern for 500 million years and we have no idea what.
- The cosmic sublime: on the unpredictability and allure of comets.
- Cave discovered on Moon that is at least 100 metres deep could be ideal place for humans to build a permanent base.
- Stunning Tang dynasty mural in tomb unearthed in China may portray a ‘Westerner’ man with blond hair.
- Will space-based solar power ever make sense?
- Gulf War Illness breakthrough offers hope after condition perplexes doctors for decades.
- Evidence of ancient human interactions with intelligent ‘lost’ species offers clues to their mysterious disappearance.
- The MAGA Plan to end free weather reports: Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Quote of the Day:
For a lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.
Evelyn Underhill
