Are the TikTok deepfake videos of Tom Cruise doing magic and playing golf a threat to global democracy? Not exactly. “[T]he reality is that they took a lot of time, technical expertise, and the skilled performance of a real actor,” reports VICE News. “Rather than predicting a dark future of disinformation for the masses, they’re simply another example of what can…
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Decapitated Stone Age woman’s head rolled into a cave in Italy
After a woman died and was likely dismembered, her skull went on a “long and bumpy ride.” Source: https://www.livescience.com/rollaway-neolithic-skull.html
2 ancient stone coffins for husband and wife unearthed at Israeli wildlife park
Two ancient stone coffins that may have once held the remains of a husband and wife have been rediscovered in a wildlife park near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Source: https://www.livescience.com/israel-sarcophagi-husband-wife-discovered.html
Rare Roman era phallus carving found in UK
An excavation in the UK unearthed the Roman-era stone carving of a phallus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-phallus-carving-uk.html
Upheaval and extinctions linked to magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago
42,000 years ago, a breakdown in Earth’s magnetic field led to environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-field-reversal-42000-years-ago-neanderthal-extinction…
Stonehenge was built with bits of an older Welsh Stone Age monument
A few centuries before the earliest standing stones were placed at Stonehenge, they may have stood in a circle 280 kilometres away in Wales, the remains of which have just been identified Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267537-stonehenge-was-built-with-bits-of-an-older-welsh-stone-age-monument/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Future of Jobs is Here: 10 Courses to Take in 2021
By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer, Coursera As the new year unfolds, many challenges from 2020 persist: the pandemic continues to affect economies around the world and unemployment rates are still high. As we prepare to take advantage of new opportunities in 2021, professional development is top of mind for many. How can I gain […]
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Woman’s IUD ‘eroded’ through her uterus and punctured her bladder
A bladder stone had formed on the device. Source: https://www.livescience.com/iud-punctured-bladder.html
How Will America’s Investigators Identify Capitol Hill Protesters?
“Both local police and the FBI are seeking information about individuals who were ‘actively instigating violence’ in Washington, DC, on January 6,” writes Ars Technica. Then they speculate on which tools will be used to find them:
While media organizations took thousands of photos police can use, they also have more advanced technologies at their disposal to identify participants, following what several…
Woman’s garden ‘stepping stone’ turns out to be an ancient Roman artifact
Nobody knows how this 1,800-year-old Roman carving ended up in an English garden. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-slab-found-english-garden.html