See you on the other side…
- Two asteroids, one dinosaur extinction: second crater bolsters double impact theory.
- Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth — and could trigger auroras this weekend.
- World’s longest treasure hunt ends after 31 years, 5 months and 9 days, with the discovery of the ‘Golden Owl’ in France.
- New data suggests that spiritual transformations tied to psychedelics may lead to lasting psychological benefits.
- Can you really ‘feel’ when you’re being watched?
- ‘I had a near-death experience after doctors injected me – it changed my view of religion and reality.’
- Christian Nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it.
- The mountains where Neanderthals forever changed human genetics by interbreeding with us.
- CRISPR treatment helps brain stem cells regain youth in mice.
- Image(s) of the Day: See a tardigrade ride a worm in a collection of September’s best science images.
Quote of the Day:
Paul Virilio said “When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution. Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress.”
Every one of these new things we build shapes our lives, carries consequences. But we can’t stop inventing, can we? We are compelled to invent. It is written into our DNA. Man is the technological animal. Invention is what has gotten us this far, made us the masters of this planet. But it is also what traps us. It is a compulsion. We cannot stop, no matter what the consequences.
Ray Nadler (in ‘The Mountain in the Sea’)
