Graham Hancock loves to say, “Things keep getting older,” but in the case of a particular, rude, geoglyph the opposite is true. Through the sheer power of science, and snails, Jennifer Ouellette lets slip the Cerne Abbas Giant’s biggest secret. And no, it has nothing to do with his most striking feature. In other news, […]

While magnetars being the culprit for this phenomenon is exciting, a sample of one does not make for a robust data set. Weirder still is what the astronomers didn’t see which only makes John Timmer’s editor’s headline all the more curious. Closer to home, Astronomers Find The Moon’s “Long-Lost Twin” in the form of a […]

Amidst this year’s craziness, folks are wondering if all of it is real in the vain hope of escaping this simulation gone crazy. Chris Lee wants you to consider Wigner’s friend, which is a different take on Schrodinger’s Cat, where quantum effects diminish before they become too large. But if they become too large, well… […]

Just last week The Anomalist considered Why The Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing, but Conor Purcell makes cosmology even stranger with quantum gravity. In short time condensed, much like space, raising the question of what came before or exists deeper in reality. If you’re not already reaching for your headache medicine, Sam Baron […]

To be blunt, corvids are really awesome. We reckon they’re smarter than octopodes, and maybe with a lick more of sense than us hairless apes with government-mandated tracking devices. Whenever something new comes up about our fine, feathered friends, like Scott Johnson’s investigation, we’re all over it like white on rice. Not only is it […]

All the dumb things? UFO project has $37 million deficit [Updated]  Ars Technica A couple of years ago, I received a review copy of a book titled Sekret Machines: Gods, which was billed as an “investigation of the UFO phenomenon.” The lead …

One of the recent archaeological arguments concerns how long ago did humans arrive in North America. Evidence is mounting for two waves of immigrants, but how did the first wave arrive? They followed the food along the ‘kelp highway’, according to Annalee Newitz. Amid the middens of countless, pre-Clovis artifacts, nothing quite as exquisite as […]

After nearly 600 years Earth’s most mysterious document’s been deciphered, but the message isn’t “Drink More Ovaltine”. Nicholas Gibbs confided in Annalee Newitz how the manuscript is a collection of… feminine hygiene tips? Not everyone’s sold on the proclaimation of The Voynich Manuscript Is Solved, like Klaus Schmeh, since the article in question is light […]

Ars Technica UK At least eight of UFO 50's games are instant retro classicsArs Technica UKThe esteemed developers of UFO 50, a collection of 50 (fifty) (yes, five-zero) NES-styled games coming out in 2018 as a single retail package, aren't helping matters. UFO 50 released a revealing trailer last month, and its team of developers, […]

Ars Technica PAX West: At least eight of UFO 50's games are instant retro classicsArs TechnicaThe esteemed developers of UFO 50, a collection of 50 (fifty) (yes, five-zero) NES-styled games coming out in 2018 as a single retail package, aren't helping matters. UFO 50 released a revealing trailer last month, and its team of developers, […]