Today’s news briefs cover the range of history, from new to old…
- ‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: a soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI-warfare conference.
- The great ‘lost civilization’ debate: Graham Hancock vs Flint Dibble on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
- DNA confirms there is a big cat roaming the British countryside.
- Related: the last wolf in England.
- Vatican tightens rules on supernatural phenomena with release of new guidelines.
- 130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues.
- New AI generates CRISPR proteins unlike any seen in nature.
- Explaining the mystery of sacred geometry: from the mandala to fractals, people across cultures have given spiritual significance to repetitive patterns for millennia.
- Why some physicists think we are living inside a black hole.
- Neanderthals made the oldest string ever found, providing new insights into the technology and culture of our hominin cousins.
- Nearby TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet may have a rich atmosphere after all.
- Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas.
Thanks to @johnreppion.bsky.social.
Quote of the Day:
Computers are like Old Testament gods – lots of rules and no mercy.
Joseph Campbell
