🔎 The Curiosity Files #26
Curiously exploring the mysteries of our past, present, and future
“Curiosity is its own reason. Aren’t you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure behind reality?” Albert Einstein
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Twice a week, I’ll journey through the most fascinating discoveries across ancient history, human origins, space, consciousness, cutting-edge science and the unexplained.
🔥 Top Stories
Glastonbury’s mythical power endures—from Jesus to Blake to modern mystics…
Artifacts in Idaho link ancient Japanese and North American peoples…
Olmec origins may trace back to Paleolithic Siberian ancestors…
Virtual acoustics recreate soundscape of vast ancient underground city…
5,000-year-old desert city found—could it be the lost Atlantis of Arabia?
Cosmic rays may originate from black holes or neutron stars, study finds…
Distant new planet spotted beyond Neptune—rivaling Pluto in size…
Jupiter was once twice its current size, reshaping our early solar system…
Conscious AI may require evolution, not computation, to become sentient…
Fictional memories from books and films shape our real sense of self…
Mitochondria act as cellular “motherboards,” sensing and signaling widely…
Are plants and humans linked by a light-sensitive gut-brain connection?
Ancient fish had teeth that began as sensitive skin sensors…
Shape-shifting proteins sculpt plant roots and leaves at the cellular level…
New contact lenses give humans infrared vision—even with eyes closed…
UFO shapes may be engineered to bend space-time around them…
Light never tires: photons travel endless distances without losing energy…
and much, much more….
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📖 Today’s Book
The Mystery of the Navel Idols by Graham Langdon
The Mystery of the Navel Idols documents an intriguing global phenomenon that hints at a connection between ancient cultures. While traveling to sites and museums the world over the author discovered that many ancient cultures and civilizations produced statues and figurines that express a strikingly similar artistic motif with their hands meeting around their navel. The cultures that created these statues and figurines were not only separated by vast distances but by vast periods of time as well. This book documents the expression of this motif across 21 countries and 11,000 years.
🗿 Ancient Mysteries, Archaeology & Lost Civilizations
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