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Ancient Greek mystery cult priestesses may have chemically tweaked fungus to induce psychedelic hallucinations
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (610+ words) Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during their rituals, a new chemical analysis suggests. Night Sky This Week Priestesses of a mysterious cult in ancient Greece and Rome may…...
NASA telescope spots first alien 'astrosphere' around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (514+ words) The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away. Night Sky This Week What it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the "Moth" Where it is: About 117 light-years away in…...
Scientists made AI agents ruder — and they performed better at complex reasoning tasks
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (511+ words) A new project allowed AI chatbots to interrupt, stay silent or speak up the way humans do in conversation, and it made them smarter and more accurate. Night Sky This Week When artificial intelligence (AI) is allowed to behave more…...
Acing this new AI exam — which its creators say is the toughest in the world — might point to the first signs of AGI
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (928+ words) Humanity's Last Exam is a PhD-level benchmark designed to test the limits of AI reasoning. Although Google's Gemini 3 scored a staggering 48.4%, experts stress that this does not indicate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Night Sky This Week Researchers…...
'It doesn't lie. So who are you?': What happens when DNA tests show a woman is not the mother of the child she gave birth to?
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (662+ words) "At first, I kind of laughed " But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces." In this book excerpt, Lise Barn'oud explores the limitations of DNA testing. Night Sky This Week Lydia Fairchild was 26 years old…...
Want to see the total lunar eclipse? Here's the gear you'll need for March.
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (852+ words) While the total lunar eclipse on March 3 is the main event of the month, there's plenty more to see throughout the month of March " here's everything you need to marvel at the night sky this month. Night Sky This Week…...
Follow the BBC's Kingdom on your travels with this great deal on a top-rated VPN
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (346+ words) If like us, you enjoy immersing yourself in natural history documentaries, such as the BBC's Kingdom, when traveling it can be a frustrating wait until you return home to watch the next episode. Our tech-savvy colleagues at TechRadar and T3 have…...
Incomplete remains of world's 'youngest' impact crater spotted lurking in Chinese forest — Earth from space
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (446+ words) When was it taken? Oct. 8, 2021 The Yilan crater is an incomplete, nearly circular impact crater located in the Lesser Xing'an (also spelled Khingan) mountain range of China's Heilongjiang province, around 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of the town of Yilan. It is…...
2,800-year-old mass grave of women and children discovered in Serbia reveals 'brutal, deliberate and efficient' violence
6+ day, 1+ min ago (454+ words) An analysis of a mass grave found in northern Serbia is revealing new information about violence in Early Iron Age Europe. Archaeologists have analyzed a mass grave in southeastern Europe that held the remains of women and children who were…...
Lotus shoes: Tiny footwear for Chinese women whose feet were bound as children
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (261+ words) Lotus shoes are tiny footwear associated with foot-binding, a beauty practice that lasted for at least a millennium in China. What it is: Extremely small footwear Where it is from: China When it was made: Between 1000 and 1950 More than 1,000 years…...
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