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- Chinese scientists shoot down idea oddly shaped Oumuamua asteroid was an alien spaceship, despite Harvard University professor insisting it could be a ‘thin craft’ transmitting probes to Earth.
- Rare Byzantine coin may show a ‘forbidden’ supernova explosion from A.D. 1054.
- JWST’s first glimpses of early galaxies could break cosmology.
- This man is trying to put mirrors in space to generate solar power at night.
- Selling “longtermism”: How PR and marketing drive a controversial new movement.
- Massive study of ancient DNA reveals hidden history of civilization and language.
- 70-year-old quantum prediction comes true, as something is created from nothing.
- For neuroscience, magic opens a doorway to multiple realities.
- The still-unexplained deaths that inspired A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Related: Eternal nightmare – sleep paralysis found to be linked to traumatic experiences and stress.
- Modern warfare: watch the U.S. Army prepare for a 40-drone swarm attack.
- Virtual computer built inside Minecraft can now play Minecraft.
- Constipated scorpions and love at first sight inspire this year’s Ig Nobel winners.
Quote of the Day:
Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.
David Chalmers