Today’s news briefs are devilishly interesting!
- Nope – it’s never aliens: claims of alien starships visiting Earth always fall short, but people still fall for them. (Non-registration link)
- Videos of chimps saying ‘mama’ fuel debate around speech capabilities in non-human apes.
- CIA denies conspiracy theory that it used MK-ULTRA on Trump shooter.
- Let’s be clear: ChatGPT isn’t ‘hallucinating’ — it’s just churning out bullshit.
- The Loch Ness Monster look-alike lurking beneath Lake Tahoe.
- The overpopulation myth, debunked by a data scientist.
- Scientists analyse the camera used to take the Cottingley Fairies photos – and finally reveal the truth about the famous snaps.
- These bacteria trigger a sex change in wasps — scientists finally know how.
- UFO sightings are ‘not necessarily about aliens’: how a crowdsourcing app is gathering data for air safety.
- The ‘Toynbee Tiles’: what’s with these plaques about resurrecting the dead on Jupiter?
- Gaia theory: The once-controversial idea that life shapes Earth’s evolution.
Quote of the Day:
The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.
Carl Sagan
