Plenty of insights and different perspectives in today’s news briefs collection…
- Is Christianity based on psychedelic trips? A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.
- Archaeologists uncover new evidence for prehistoric comet impact.
- Scientists intrigued by almost perfectly circular pit on the surface of Mars.
- Tomorrow people: for the entire 20th century, it had felt like telepathy was just around the corner. Why is that especially true now?
- What self-medicating animals can teach us about medicine.
- ‘Fossil viruses’ embedded in the human genome linked to psychiatric disorders.
- Mysterious ‘Seahenge’ structure in the UK may finally be explained.
- Mushroom guru Paul Stamets hires union-busting firm to block employees’ push to unionize over allegations of low pay and insurance disruptions.
- Zodiac signs have zero bearing on our state of mind, researchers find.
- 2,000-year-old rock art, including nearly 140-foot-long snake, may mark ancient territories in Colombia, Venezuela.
- ‘Sham’ surgery can actually fix our bodies. So why are some against it?
- Woman pronounced dead is found alive at funeral home.
- Giant venomous flying spiders are on their way to New York.
Thanks to @kayorchison.bsky.social.
Quote of the Day:
While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity.
Reid Wiseman (NASA astronaut)
