A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [is.gd/kJ1EUt].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
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Futurism & Strange Science
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [is.gd/kJ1EUt].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
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Futurism & Strange Science
* "He’s back: LA’s enigmatic ‘Jetpack Man’ spotted AGAIN soaring thousands of feet over California coast, FAA remains baffled" (2020-12-25, rt.com/usa/510707-la-jetpack-man-video/) [archive.is/xVKL1]
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* "Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees" (2020-12-24, by National Research Council of Science & Technology, via phys.org/news/2020-12-korean-artificial-sun-world-sec-long.amp) [archive.is/GV5p7]
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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Researchers identify over 109,000 impact craters on moon" (2020-12-26, news.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-26/Researchers-identify-over-109-000-impact-craters-on-moon-WwKMEAqBC8/index.html) [archive.is/ibVHW]
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Ancient News
* "Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2020" (2020-12-26, ancient-origins.net/news-general/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-0014720) [archive.is/TLXHi]
Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Researchers identify over 109,000 impact craters on moon" (2020-12-26, news.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-26/Researchers-identify-over-109-000-impact-craters-on-moon-WwKMEAqBC8/index.html) [archive.is/ibVHW]
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Ancient News
* "Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2020" (2020-12-26, ancient-origins.net/news-general/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-0014720) [archive.is/TLXHi]
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* "Why Christmas is Held on December 25th" (2020-12-26, ancient-origins.net/news-general/why-christmas-held-25th-december-001161) [archive.is/Fjbld]
* "Jesus’ Birthplace And The Holy Land’s Ancient Pilgrimage Routes" (2020-12-24, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/jesus-birthplace-0014714) [archive.is/iNPXW]
* "Ancient Eulogia Token Depicts An Unusual Nativity Scene" (2020-12-25, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/nativity-scene-0014715) [archive.is/Egwkw]
- image caption: An ancient token depicting the Nativity scene from the Israel Museum.
* "An Ox, an Ass … a Dragon? Sorry, there were no Animals in the Bible’s Nativity Scene" (2020-12-24, ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/no-animals-bible-nativity-scene-009313) [archive.is/f63NQ]
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- image caption: In 1993, Sam Olynyk, Lee Olynyk and Ron Toewes found at Last Chance Creek, near Dawson City, the then most complete and best-preserved specimen of a mummified extinct animal in Canada, the Equus lambei or Yukon horse.
* "Spectacular Ice Age rock paintings found in Colombian rainforest; Archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of prehistoric paintings of animals and humans in a remote area of Colombia. Some now-extinct animals are depicted, meaning the art is likely more than 12,500 years old" (2020-12-21, dw.com/en/spectacular-ice-age-rock-paintings-found-in-colombian-rainforest/a-55960718) [archive.is/VSzCN]
* "Be Merrie All: Medieval Christmas Celebrations" (2020-12-23, ancient-origins.net/history/christmas-0014710) [archive.is/g9IOx]
* "The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus" (2020-012-24, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/ancient-origins-santa-claus-001137) [archive.is/wFabj]
* "The Holly and the Mistletoe: Ancient Roots of Christmas Symbols" (2020-12-22, ancient-origins.net/news-general/ancient-roots-christmas-customs-001162) [archive.is/N5GiK]
* "Saturnalia: The December Festival of Joy and Merriment in Ancient Rome" (2020-12-17, ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/saturnalia-ancient-rome-004963) [archive.is/mWIxC]
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* "More Hope For 'The True Holy Nail'?" (2020-12-24, ancient-origins.net/news-general/holy-nail-0014711) [archive.is/p6s2N]
* " 'Nail from Christ's crucifixion' is found inside box inscribed with 'Jesus is King' in a hidden chamber of Czech monastery" (2020-12-22, dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9079801/Nail-Christs-crucifixion-inside-box-inscribed-Jesus-King-Czech-monastery.html) [archive.is/VlQON], synopsis:
A secret chamber was discovered beneath a monastery in the Czech Republic.
Archaeologists found an ancient wooden box adorned with a gold plate.
The plate was inscribe with the letters 'IR' that translates to 'Jesus is King'.
Inside the box was a six-inch nail that allegedly comes from Christ's cross.
Experts are set to have the nail verified for authenticity sometime next year.
- image caption: Archaeologists working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic unearthed the six-inch long piece of nail inside a box adorned with a 21-karat gold cross. The box was built between 260 and 416 AD and is inscribed with the letters 'IR,' which translates to 'Jesus is King'
* image (2020-12-21, https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/archeologove-zrejme-nasli-v-milevsku-cast-hrebu-z-kristova-krize/1973973) [archive.is/1UxXj], caption: On December 21, 2020, an exceptional archaeological discovery, one of the rarest Christian relics, a box with a cut off part of the nail from the Right Cross (pictured), the cross on which Christ died, was presented in the Milev Monastery in Písek.
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* "Archaeologists find 1,000-year-old Christian jewellery mould" (2020-07-21, swissinfo.ch/eng/archaeologists-find-1-000-year-old-christian-jewellery-mould/45917948) [archive.is/QrgPG]
- image caption: The mould is just 9 centimetres long.
* "Does This Ancient Mold Depict Christ Or Odin? You Decide" (2020-07-25, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/christ-or-odin-mold-0014027) [archive.is/GKAE5]
- image caption: Engravings on the back side of the artifact with the raven symbol at the top.
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* "Excavating Pompeii" (video, 2020-12-27, newsus.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-27/Excavating-Pompeii-Wygr3u3JFS/index.html) [archive.is/khfJk]
* "Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii" (2020-12-26, reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii-idUSKBN2900D3) [archive.is/2C2eA]
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* "New Tech Reveals Origin Of Egyptian Mummies’ Skin Color" (2020-12-17, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/egyptian-mummies-0014687) [archive.is/0rnal]
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* "Lost Great Pyramid Relic Surfaces In A Cigar Box in Scotland!" (2020-12-17, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/pyramid-relic-0014685) [archive.is/1t2a2]
* "Great Pyramid: Lost Egyptian artefact found in Aberdeen cigar box" (2020-12-16, bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-55315623) [archive.is/tlb9e]
* "Lost artefact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Aberdeen; Wooden fragment from at least 3000BC discovered by chance by Egyptian university researcher" (2020-12-16, theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/16/lost-artefact-from-great-pyramid-of-giza-found-in-cigar-box-in-aberdeen) [archive.is/5usGU]
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* "3300-year-old baboon skull may tell of mysterious ancient kingdom" (2020-12-15, sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/3300-year-old-baboon-skull-may-tell-mysterious-ancient-kingdom) [archive.is/VthYR]
* "Baboon Skull Could Lead to the Long Lost Land of Punt" (2020-12-17, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/baboon-skull-0014683) [archive.is/DV1M4]
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* "New Evidence Suggests Early Humans HIBERNATED In Caves, Like Bears" (2020-12-21, ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/human-hibernation-0014700) [archive.is/LHDc0]
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* "How Doggerland Sank Beneath The Waves (500,000-4000 BC) // Prehistoric Europe Documentary" (2020-01-26, youtube.com/watch?v=DECwfQQqRzo) [archive.is/DZKhQ]
* "Human and cervid osseous materials used for barbed point manufacture in Mesolithic Doggerland" (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X20304697) [archive.is/crwQV]
* "Ancient European Hunters Carved Human Bones Into Weapons Scientists suggest 10,000-year-old barbed points washed up on Dutch beaches were made for cultural reasons" (2020-12-21, smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-european-hunters-carved-human-bones-weapons-180976570/) [archive.is/N9AwC]
* "Stone Age Peoples Made Bone Arrowheads - From Human Bones!" (2020-12-22, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/bone-arrowheads-0014706) [archive.is/YO1t2] [begin excerpt]:
Revealing the Lost Secrets of Doggerland
Approximately 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, rising sea levels fed by melting glaciers submerged the land bridge that once connected the British Isles with mainland Europe, which scientists have named Doggerland. Little did anyone realize that archaeological treasures were lying buried on the bottom of the North Sea as a result of this deluge, in the form of artifacts left behind by hunter-gatherers who roamed the area during the last Ice Age.
These treasures remained hidden and inaccessible for thousands of years, until human ingenuity intervened. The 20th century invention of deep sea mechanical dredgers allowed engineers to scoop out tons of material from the bottom of the North Sea, which was then used to rebuild and refortify the eroding shoreline of the Netherlands.
Mixed in with the muck were an impressive collection of fossils and human-crafted artifacts, fascinating remnants that could potentially reveal new details about the lost nomadic lifestyle of the hunter-gatherers who populated Stone Age (Mesolithic Era) Doggerland. These artifacts were found scattered across Dutch beaches, where they were eagerly harvested by archaeologists, anthropologists, fossil hunters, and other interested parties. Among these artifacts were some small, sharp, pointed weapons that had been crafted from bone, presumably for placement on hunting tools like arrows, spears, and harpoons.
The bone points in themselves weren’t an eye-opening discovery, since similar pointed weapons had been found at other sites in Europe and Asia. The difference was that instead of being excavated during scientific explorations, they’d simply appeared almost as a form of refuse, casually and haphazardly strewn across the North Sea beach sand by dredging operations. Perhaps because of the way they’d been discovered, over the years little serious research had been performed to investigate their properties.
That is, until the Leiden University research team of decided to apply sophisticated molecular measuring techniques to determine the animal sources of the recovered arrowheads. These techniques can identify specific protein markers or signatures that are unique to each animal species, including human beings.
The scientists weren’t sure if proteins would remain intact and un-degraded in bones that had been sunken in undersea mud for thousands of years. As it turns out, proteins can stay intact inside bones that have been preserved in this unique way, and when the Leiden researchers analyzed the bone points closely they discovered something unexpected. While most of the points were made from the bones of ancient red deer , a species common to the Doggerland region during the Mesolithic Era, two of the pointed weapons tested were found to have been carved from human bone fragments. [end excerpt]
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* "Miners Strike Ice Age Gold Finding a Mummified Wolf Cub" (2020-12-23, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mummified-animal-0010722) [archive.is/HPIeA]
- image caption: Mummified wolf cub found in Yukon.
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* "Spectacular Ice Age rock paintings found in Colombian rainforest; Archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of prehistoric paintings of animals and humans in a remote area of Colombia. Some now-extinct animals are depicted, meaning the art is likely more than 12,500 years old" (2020-12-21, dw.com/en/spectacular-ice-age-rock-paintings-found-in-colombian-rainforest/a-55960718) [archive.is/VSzCN]
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* "Ancient DNA Is Changing How We Think About the Caribbean; New research delivers surprising findings about Indigenous people in the region before contact with Europeans" (2020-12-23, nytimes.com/2020/12/23/opinion/dna-caribbean-genocide.html) [archive.is/Ovxo7]
* "DNA Study Rewrites Caribbean Population History" (2020-12-24, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/caribbean-dna-0014712) [archive.is/zM9do]
- image caption: The Caribbean Ceramic Age people had a different genetic profile, most similar to Arawak-speaking groups in northeast South America, and this is the type of pottery they created.
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* "Craniums and Controversies of the Chachapoya Cloud Warriors" (2020-12-16, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/chachapoya-0014682) [archive.is/VXZ3d]
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* "Hard Evidence of Neolithic Little People In Scotland, Hawaii, Indonesia…" (2020-12-25, ancient-origins.net/human-origins-religions/little-people-0014716) [archive.is/luB72]
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* "Gods and Robots: Ancient Dreams of Technology | Adrienne Mayor" (2020-03-07, Long Now Foundation, via youtube.com/watch?v=czj-7G6JzbQ) [archive.is/prm0B]
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* "Latvia’s Enigmatic Virtaka Cliff and Mysterious Gauja River Petroglyphs" (2020-12-26, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/virtaka-cliff-0014719) [archive.is/7DhUF]
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* "Famous Dogs in History, from Ancient Greece until Today" (2020-12-24, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/famous-dogs-0014713) [archive.is/Xk9Bm]
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* "Spitalfields Roman Woman Reveals London’s Multicultural, Morbid Past" (2020-12-16, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-woman-0014681) [archive.is/mDZtg]
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* "Medieval treasure trove ‘belonging to princess’ found in cornfield following tip off from village priest" (2020-12-21, thefirstnews.com/article/medieval-treasure-trove-belonging-to-princess-found-in-cornfield-following-tip-off-from-village-priest-18571) [archive.is/My0jp]
- image caption: The medieval riches are rumoured to have belonged to a Ruthenian princess and sister-in-law of 12-century Polish king Bolesław the Wrymouth were discovered in the small village of Słuszków. Atlas of Wrocław Architecture, ed. J. Harasimowicz
* "The Polish Princess, The Priest and the Treasure" (2020-12-22, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/princess-treasure-0014707) [archive.is/WJHsE] [begin excerpt]:
This rare 12th century treasure hoard included coins and jewelry belonging to a famous Ruthenian princess, who was the sister-in-law of the medieval Polish ruler , Bolesław the Wrymouth, who commanded over the whole of what is today Poland between 1107 and 1138 AD. A First News article says researchers at the Polish Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, at the Polish Academy of Sciences, call the discovery “extraordinary.” Their reason for choosing this specific word is because of the bizarre circumstances leading up to the discovery. [...]
Over 6,500 silver coins placed in linen pouches were found strewn among silver ingots: gold rings and wedding bands . The archaeologist said one pot was “filled to the brim with denarii,” Roman silver coins that were minted from around 211 BC. A Cyrillic inscription on one of the rings was translated to “Lord, may you help your servant Maria,” and this was what identified the hoard as belonging to the Ruthenian “Princess Maria,” sister-in-law of 12-century Polish king Bolesław the Wrymouth. This is why researchers at the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Polish Academy of Sciences are calling the find “one of the most intriguing treasures in Poland.” [end excerpt]
- image caption: A pot was found filled with Roman denarii. (Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- image caption: The discovery was made by archaeologist Dr Adam Kędzierski from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Miscellany & Errata
* "Your complete guide to UFOs, mysterious deaths and space-time anomalies in Russia" (2020-03-30, rbth.com/history/331919-ufo-anomaly-dyatlov-mystery-russia) [archive.is/uCxji]
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* "Names of warriors from the Temple of Jaguars in Chichen Itza deciphered" (2020-12-19, theyucatantimes.com/2020/12/names-of-warriors-from-the-temple-of-jaguars-in-chichen-itza-deciphered/) [archive.is/odbu3]
* "Maya Elite List Deciphered At The Temple Of Jaguars" (2020-12-22, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/temple-jaguars-0014705) [archive.is/O8ljr]
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* "Earliest Evidence of Hardcore Horseback Riding in China" (2020-12-21, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/horseback-riding-china-0014701) [archive.is/IzEaV]
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* "Surprise Discovery of a Headless 'Buddha' Statue Beneath Chinese Apartments" (2020-12-19, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/buddha-statue-0014694) [archive.is/279kr]
* "Huge Headless Buddha Statue Found Propping Up Apartment Block In China" (2020-12-10, archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/huge-headless-buddha-statue-found.html) [archive.is/VyAn9]
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* "Revealing The Hellenistic Origins Of Jaffa, The Holiest Port" (2020-12-19, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/jaffa-0014696) [archive.is/bMaul]
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* "French customs seizes 27,000 looted archaeological artefacts; The “priceless” pieces were found at a Frenchman’s Belgian home and the “collector” in question now faces huge fines and a prison sentence" (2020-12-17, connexionfrance.com/French-news/French-customs-seizes-27-000-looted-archaeological-artefacts-found-at-collector-home-in-Belgium) [archive.is/6I8rq]
* "French Treasure Hunter Caught With 27000 Illegal Artifacts In Belgium!" (2020-12-19, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/illegal-artifacts-0014693) [archive.is/j7szT]
- image caption: A rare hollow copper Roman dodecahedron like this one was also found in the “thief’s” home in Belgium.
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* "A Sacred Light in the Darkness: Surprising Winter Solstice Illuminations at Spanish Missions" (2020-12-19, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/winter-solstice-illuminations-021133) [archive.is/YEMdj]
- image caption: The 2007 midwinter solstice illumination of the main altar tabernacle of Old Mission San Juan Bautista, California.
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* image showing Megalithic Baalbek in Lebanon
* "San Francisco's bizarre history of (literally) moving houses" (2020-12-17, sfgate.com/local/article/San-Francisco-bizarre-history-of-moving-houses-15803776.php) [archive.is/7HP2J]
- image caption: "Biggest Moving Job on Record." The Newton J. Tharp Commercial School being moved in San Francisco in 1913.
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Miscellany & Errata
* "Your complete guide to UFOs, mysterious deaths and space-time anomalies in Russia" (2020-03-30, rbth.com/history/331919-ufo-anomaly-dyatlov-mystery-russia) [archive.is/uCxji]
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* "Monolith mania moves to San Francisco after mysterious GINGERBREAD structure spotted" (2020-12-26, rt.com/usa/510780-san-francisco-gingerbread-monolith/) [archive.is/bz17f]
* "Ephemeral edible: gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop, then collapses; Christmas day sweet sighting in Corona Heights park attracted visitors who took pictures and even took a bite" (2020-12-26, theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/26/gingerbread-monolith-san-francisco-hilltop-collapses) [archive.is/Dwgz9]
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* "A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon; The Beresheet lunar lander carried thousands of books, DNA samples, and a few thousand water bears to the moon. But did any of it survive the crash?" (2019-08-05, wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar-lander-spilled-tardigrades-on-the-moon/) [archive.is/T2xxh]
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* "13 Scientists Say—in a Real Journal!—There's a Black Hole at the Center of Earth; They're trolling us ... we think. But how the hell did this get published?" (2020-09-28, popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34166354/black-hole-center-of-earth-fake-study/) [archive.is/Daeqm]
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Curiata
* "Five Minutes of Pink Oyster Mushroom Playing Modular Synthesizer" (2020-11-20, youtube.com/watch?v=-hlQHYtncww) [archive.is/l95rU]
* "How The F Does a Mushroom Play Eurorack Modular Synthesizer? I try my best to explain" (2020-12-19, youtube.com/watch?v=SKUNk8AQ-54) [archive.is/A34FY]
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* "Crows Are Self-Aware and 'Know What They Know,' Just Like Humans; Almost no other species has that kind of higher intelligence" (2020-09-28, popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34165311/crows-are-self-aware-like-humans/) [archive.is/UsgKa], synopsis:
In a study, crows performed a complex task that involved hundreds of firing sensory analytical neurons.
Crows can do jobs, share knowledge, and even ritualistically mourn their dead.
What this new study suggests is still being interpreted in the scientific community.
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