Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife – but don’t bank on it

Quantum information can never be destroyed, so some of the essence of you could live on after death – but it’s not going to help the physical you Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833122-200-physics-might-create-a-backdoor-to-an-afterlife-but-dont-bank-on-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

The Short Weird Life — and Potential Afterlife — of Quantum Radar

sciencehabit writes: A mini-arms race is unfolding in the supposed field of quantum radar, spurred by press reports in 2016 that China had built one — potentially threatening the ability of stealthy military aircraft to hide from conventional radars. Governments around the world have tasked physicists to look into the idea. Whereas a conventional radar searches for objects by detecting pulse…

Upload review: An odd afterlife where your brain is kept in the cloud

Greg Daniels’s new show Upload is fizzing with interesting ideas, but the characters may not be strong enough to keep you interested, writes Emily Wilson Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632861-000-upload-review-an-odd-afterlife-where-your-brain-is-kept-in-the-cloud/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

The Good Place is over, but I’m never going to say goodbye

The Good Place, a sitcom on Netflix about an afterlife with characters who represent me at my worst – and best – is over, but I can’t stop rewatching the show, says Chelsea Whyte Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234857-the-good-place-is-over-but-im-never-going-to-say-goodbye/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

The Good Place review: It is over, but I’m never going to say goodbye

The Good Place, a sitcom on Netflix about an afterlife with characters who represent me at my worst – and best – is over, but I can’t stop rewatching the show, says Chelsea Whyte Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234857-the-good-place-review-it-is-over-but-im-never-going-to-say-goodbye/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Ghost Hunters S2 promises ‘indisputable proof’

Season two of the rebooted Ghost Hunters TV show will reportedly offer up concrete evidence of the afterlife. One of most popular paranormal TV shows … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334755/ghost-hunters-s2-promises-indisputable-proof…

Mummies of ancient Egyptian priests found buried with thousands of afterlife ‘servants’

A massive burial ground holding the remains of several high priests of ancient Egypt, along with their assistants, has been discovered in the northern part of the site of Tuna el-Gebel. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mummies-of-high-priests-in-ancient-egypt.html