Happy Yule… and here are today’s headlines:
- Mars dried out over a much longer period than previously thought
- SLAM: Archaeologists’ Dig Licenses Revoked After “Million Mummies” Claim
- Man Makes Rare Medieval-Era Discovery: Experts Say Expect ‘More Like This’
- Mysterious Explosions and Flashes, Filmed but Still Unexplained
- NASA releases ‘astronaut’s-eye view’ of Orion capsule’s fiery reentry
- Sedentary Agricultural Lifestyle Led To Lighter Human Bone Structure
- New MH370 Conspiracy Theory Reinforces ‘Military Shoot-Down’ Idea
- Wikileaks Has Offered Little on the Great UFO Government Coverup
- Earth’s Longest Night: The Myth and Mystery of the Winter Solstice
- This Girl Joined Tinder Pretending To Be A Ghost, And Guys STILL Hit On Her
- Centaurs, Soviets, and Seltzer Seas: Mariner 2’s Venusian Adventure (1962)
- One day, robots may work in zones too dangerous for humans
- Meanwhile, this may be as close to Rosie the Robot Maid as we’ve gotten
- Circus Dyed Dogs to Pass Them Off as Pandas, Cops Say
- Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk
- Way to Go: ‘Bourbon Virus’ Never Before Seen in Western Hemisphere
- Cyborg Superpower: Man can “hear” the Internet
Special thanks to our fellow Yuletide esotericists Mark Brady and Janet Fitzgerald for links in today’s roundup.
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