Today’s news briefs were assembled by hand by a human, but not a loud and confident one…
- Mystery unsolved: Ancient Golan stone circle was not an astronomical observatory after all.
- Where should we search for extraterrestrial life?
- Why computer scientists consult oracles.
- Rewriting archaeological history: Early Near Eastern architecture was far more advanced than we thought.
- Scandinavians came to Britain long before the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, genetic study finds.
- Why time slows down in altered states of consciousness.
- Humans didn’t kill the ancient ‘Hobbits’ on Flores Island – something else probably did.
- Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews.
- Elon Musk says “We’re going straight to Mars, the Moon is a distraction.”
- ‘Mystery volcano’ that erupted and cooled Earth in 1831 has finally been identified.
- ‘Multiverse simulation engine‘ predicts every possible future to train humanoid robots and self-driving cars.
- Also: Google wants to simulate the world with AI. So will it be simulations all the way down, or is it already simulations all the way up?
Quote of the Day:
The box contains us. The box contains everything. And inside the box, there’s another box. Ad infinitum, ad nauseum. Uh-oh.
