Monolith Returned

from artnet A Mysterious Steel Monolith Was Discovered in the Utah Desert. Is It a Work of Art—or the Work of Aliens? Theories about who or what is behind the object have started circulating online. Cue Also sprach Zarathustra.  A mysterious steel monolith has been...

Mushies Going Mainstream

from The Observer The Hunt For The Other Magic Ingredients In Magic Mushrooms By Chris Roberts Harvesting Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms from their growing tubs May 19, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images In the late...

Brain Decoder

from NextGov Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface. By Mila Jasper But researchers funded by the U.S. Army developed a machine-learning algorithm that can model and decode these...

Stupid Asteroid

from CNN Dinosaurs would have continued to thrive had it not been for the asteroid, researchers say By Amy Woodyatt, CNN An artist’s interpretation of the asteroid impact that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs Dinosaurs were doing well and could have continued...

Kid Groupie

from Vulture Our ‘Lost’ Weekend With Van Halen A couple college dudes won an MTV contest to tour with Van Halen. Then all hell broke loose. By Chris Lee On an overcast morning in the spring of 1984, Kurt Jefferis and Tom Winnick, a couple of college-age bros of no...