CNEOS1 2014-01-08

from The Daily Beast A Harvard Physicist Is Racing to Prove This Meteorite Is an Alien Probe Fragments of a peculiar meteorite crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2014. Avi Loeb thinks they may be proof that intelligent extraterrestrials exist. by David Axe Photo...

NFT Win

from artnet A U.S. Court Has Handed a Legal Victory to Digital Artist Kevin McCoy in an Ownership Challenge Over the First-Ever NFT The judge called the lawsuit an attempt to ‘exploit’ questions of open ownership. by Eileen Kinsella Kevin...

Tattoo-proof

from The Atlantic Tattoos Do Odd Things to the Immune System When you stick ink-filled needles into your skin, your body’s defenders respond accordingly. Scientists aren’t sure if that’s good or bad for you. By Katherine J. Wu Corbis / Getty In 2018, I paid a man a...

Influence Over Artistry

from France 24 Electro-pop master M83: ‘We’re losing the mystery in music’ AFP Anthony Gonzalez, the man behind M83, the group that helped define electro-pop, fears for a music industry that increasingly wants artists to be influencers. M83 has had a...

Go Sumo!

from RealClear Books & Culture The Work of Sumo Japan’s National Sport Distills Competition to Its Essence By Oliver Bateman Sumo — a Japanese word (相撲) that literally means “striking one another” — is a sport that is almost wholly alien to the American...