š The Curiosity Files #27
Curiously exploring the mysteries of our past, present, and future
āCuriosity is its own reason. Arenāt you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure behind reality?ā Albert Einstein
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Twice a week, Iāll journey through the most fascinating discoveries across ancient history, human origins, space, consciousness, cutting-edge science and the unexplained.
š„ Top Stories
Scientists decode mysterious Inca quipu writingā¦
Mysterious human lineage discovered in DNAā¦
Easter Islandās undeciphered Rongorongo scriptā¦
7-million-year-old skull sparks bitter feud over human originsā¦
Neanderthal fingerprint may be worldās oldest portraitā¦
Whale bone tools date back 20,000 years, reshaping prehistoryā¦
Small dwarf galaxies may have ended created light in the universeā¦
Should we seed Saturnās moon Enceladus with Earth microbes?
Planets formed out of orderānew model rewrites solar system historyā¦
How astronauts survive Earthās deadly radiation beltsā¦
Bodyās rhythms help shape our sense of self and identityā¦
DĆ©jĆ vu may be brain glitchāor hint at quantum entanglementā¦
Quantum physics could resolve whether we have free willā¦
Ice Age fossils show puzzling lack of evolutionary changeā¦
Orangutan call rhythms may unlock secrets of human languageā¦
Strange object blasts X-rays and radio waves every 44 minutesā¦
Is mathematics invented or discovered?
Photon in two places at once threatens multiverse theory
and much, much moreā¦.
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š Todayās Book
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney
"The story of how one language left the steppes of Ukraine and became the earth's dominant language family has become clearer and more exciting than ever before. Hooray for a book where the author's curiosity, diligence, and literary craft gets it all down in what will stand as the go-to source for a generation.ā - John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax
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