Listen carefully to today’s news briefs…
- It’s been nearly 2 decades since the ‘Tic Tac’ incident – here’s what we know about the iconic UFO encounter.
- ‘Bigfoot sightings’ are almost always this animal in disguise – a biologist explains.
- Harvard astrophysicist to continue search for alien spacecraft ‘wreckage’ in the ocean north of Australia.
- Seven stories of ghosts in weird places.
- Related: The world’s oldest ghosts.
- Scientists have traced 70% of meteorite falls to three collisions that occurred in the asteroid belt within the past 40 million years.
- Archives of the Impossible at Rice University marks 10 years: exploring supernatural encounters and exponential growth.
- High school students who came up with ‘impossible’ proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem.
- Could alien life thrive without a home planet? Study suggests self-sustaining habitats may be possible beyond Earth.
- When does the first spark of human consciousness ignite?
- Elon Musk is offering people his sperm while creating a family compound in Texas.
- Do you really want to live forever?
- The science of fighting our nightmares: researchers around the world are working on ways to regain control of our minds during sleep and battle the monsters that torment us.
- Image of the Day: A glowing river in the sky over France.
Quote of the Day:
We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.
Louis Brandeis (in 1941)