Don’t accept cheap imitations…only the Grail news briefs will do!
- 6,000-year-old submerged bridge found in Spanish cave redefines Mediterranean history.
- Boeing Starliner stranded in space suddenly started making a repeating ‘pulsing’ sound on the weekend. Nothing to worry about I’m sure…
- What was the first recreational drug? (Interested in learning more? Plenty of fascinating details on drug use in ancient cultures can be found in Paul Devereux’s excellent book The Long Trip.)
- Also: The ancient, astonishing history of yerba mate.
- NASA’s solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space.
- Crows are even smarter than we thought – new evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities. (Non-subscription link)
- ‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman?
- A newly mapped underwater mountain off the coast of Chile could be home to 20 previously undiscovered species.
- A puzzling radio ring near our galactic center could be from a new class of astronomical object.
- Al Naslaa rock: Saudi Arabia’s enigmatic sandstone block that’s split perfectly down the middle.
- Feds to get early access to OpenAI, Anthropic AI to test for doomsday scenarios.
- Image of the Day: Moon and mountain of Mars.
Quote of the Day:
Up to the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality.
Buckminster Fuller
