Well it’s Friday…again.
- Magic died when art and science split.
- Related, from Alan Moore: Fossil angels – reinventing the arte of magick as the magic of art.
- Do plants have minds? In the 1840s, the iconoclastic scientist Gustav Fechner made an inspired case for taking seriously the interior lives of plants.
- These conspiracy theory believers went deep down the rabbit hole — then found a way out.
- Harvard researchers say hidden UFO civilization could be on Earth.
- Julius Evola: the occultist who became the far-Right’s favourite philosopher.
- UN head warns world not to let artificial intelligence control nuclear weapons.
- NASA says there was no emergency on-board the International Space Station after ‘disturbing’ medical situation was heard on ISS livestream, disclosing that it was a simulation that was mistakenly broadcast.
- Why we tell bees about death: the connection between apiarists and funeral rites stretches back centuries.
- What could aliens look like?
- Deep-sea squid that broods giant eggs could be a brand new species.
- A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled.
Quote of the Day:
The oak could easily turn our arguments against her soul back against ours.