Take an optimistic view as we embark on a new week…
- Geo-engineering is subject to conspiracy theories, but could it help save the planet?
- People may have exported marsupials from Australia 42,000 years ago – the findings suggest Pleistocene humans had “advanced maritime technology”.
- The solar superstorm in May this year caused the largest ‘mass migration’ of satellites in history.
- Mexico weighs indigenous traditions in new psilocybin mushroom legalization bill.
- Rock carvings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs found underwater near Aswan.
- The new science of animal minds (non-subscriber access available here).
- AI can strategically lie to humans. Are we in trouble?
- ‘Almost complete’ dinosaur fossil revealed after historic flooding rains in Brazil.
- Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale seen off Ireland for first time in 114 years.
- Could we turn Mars into another Earth? Here’s what it would take to terraform the Red Planet.
- Trump allies want to “Make America First in AI” with sweeping executive order to remove safety regulations on AI development.
- Also: the crypto and AI tech bros are all in on Trump, pretty much buying the candidate in order to remove regulation from their shitty technologies, regardless of the human toll.
Quote of the Day:
I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
Peter Thiel (Tech billionaire and Trump backer)
