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Examples of podomorphs interacting with the microtopography of the rock. Credit: Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2026). DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.7002 Etched into the ancient rocky outcrops of southern Scandinavia and large boulders left behind by retreating glaciers are footprints, also called podomorphic petroglyphs. Some are barefoot with every toe visible, while others carry the imprint of strapped sandals. A recent study argues that these human footprints created during the Scandinavian Bronze Age, roughly 3,700 to 2,500 years ago, were not mere art or decorative symbols because the petroglyphs weren't placed at random. They were deliberately arranged around water sources and shallow depressions...

For more than two centuries, scientists have tried to determine one of the most important numbers in physics: the universal gravitational constant, known as "big G." It defines the strength of gravity throughout the universe, influencing everything from falling objects on Earth to the motion of galaxies. Yet despite its importance, researchers still cannot agree on its exact value. That uncertainty weighed heavily on Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), as he prepared to open a sealed envelope containing a crucial secret number. For nearly 10 years, Schlamminger had devoted much of his...

After decades of stigma, researchers are studying cannabis and its compounds like never before. As regulations and restrictions ease in many parts of the world, including the US, this controversial plant and its ancient health claims are finally being put to the test. For many years now, scientists have noticed that some cannabis users tend to have lower body weight and a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those who don't use cannabis. That is somewhat unexpected, as cannabis is known to trigger the 'munchies', or an appetite for food, in those who use the drug. Now,...

Speaking virtually Monday at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv, Musk said Neuralink’s work restoring speech, movement, and eventually vision amounts to “Jesus-level technologies.” The comments arrived alongside fresh timelines for Neuralink’s expansion, including a new prediction that the company could implant its vision-restoration device, Blindsight, into a human patient before the end of this year.For investors, this was more than another headline-grabbing Musk appearance. It was a reminder that one of the world’s richest men is trying to build an entirely new medical and computing industry at the same time the AI boom is reshaping capital...

An interview for the ages. IMHO - one of the most important interviews I've ever watched. I HIGHLY recommend you take the time to watch this interview. Tommy explains his battle with Islam, why, and what is wrong with the Church in the UK.

In the dark tunnels of an active mine near Timmins, Ontario, something extraordinary is leaking out of the Earth. Long-term measurement provided evidence of sustained accumulation and discharge of natural hydrogen generated within Earth’s crust. Barbara Sherwood Lollar In the dark tunnels of an active mine near Timmins, Ontario, something extraordinary is leaking out of the Earth. It isn’t toxic gas, but pure energy. For the first time, geochemists have captured and measured sustained bursts of “white hydrogen” emanating directly from billion-year-old rock formations. The discovery was led by researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa....

Inside a hidden burial chamber, researchers found 22 painted coffins and sealed papyri linked to the mysterious Singers of Amun. © Archaeologists Found Coffins Stacked Like A Sacred Archive. Credit: Canva A tightly packed rock-cut chamber beneath the Luxor desert has yielded one of the more striking funerary finds from Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period: 22 painted wooden coffins belonging to women who served as Singers of Amun, stacked in ten horizontal rows alongside eight sealed papyri stored inside a ceramic vessel. The discovery was announced in March 2026 by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities following excavations in the Asasif...

The Thief on the Cross - Billy Graham

A new Toyota dealer bulletin is starting to spread online, and it’s raising a question most enthusiasts never expected to ask in 2026: why is Toyota suddenly telling dealers to substitute engine oil? The internal document (2026-013), dated April 30, 2026, warns Toyota Parts and Service Managers about temporary supply issues involving Toyota Genuine Motor Oil 0W-8 and 0W-16. According to the bulletin, Toyota and ExxonMobil “may experience challenges in fulfilling demand” due to “production and logistics constraints within the global petrochemical supply chain.” And honestly, the timing is hard to ignore. Toyota Is Reportedly Facing A Supply Issue With...

College radio used to have great music, from experimental jazz to progressive rock to fusion country to classical music. But then the Corporation for Public Broadcasting promised to help pay their bills... as long as they passed that money onto NPR. Your local university allowed its radio station to essentially launder money to NPR (and other even further-left organizations like Pacifica Radio). So when NPR claimed it received only 1% of its funding from the federal government, they meant only 1% came DIRECTLY from the federal government, but it nearly all came from the federal government. To the extent they...

President Trump just did something Washington has talked about for decades but never delivered: he built a tool that lets Americans see what their prescriptions actually cost and shop for the best deal. The White House announced a major expansion of TrumpRx.gov, the administration’s drug-price transparency platform, adding more than 600 generic medications to the site. TrumpRx and Most-Favored-Nations Drug Pricing: Saving BILLIONS for Americans.Watch President Trump deliver remarks on TrumpRx at 4:30 pm TODAY. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/BiGOIEtjqd— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 18, 2026Even more notable than the drug list is who Trump brought into the room to make it...

Funny how the media are all worked up that POTUS gets involved in GOP primaries to support his preferred candidates and, conversely, to defeat those who don't support him or his agenda. Presidents have done this since the political parties have existed in this country. They are called primaries, after all. Some more recent presidents, including and especially FDR, unleashed the IRS-DOJ-FBI against their political opponents -- AND media outlets and businessmen who were unfavorable to them and their agenda. The fact that POTUS is upfront and open about what he is doing is actually evidence of his honesty and...

Is Big Tech, once again, playing politics with the truth? In a move sparking widespread outrage and accusations of election-year manipulation, Google Maps has reportedly scrubbed satellite imagery of the devastating 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires, reverting affected Los Angeles neighborhoods to their pre-fire appearance. The timing, just weeks before key local elections, has California voices questioning whether Big Tech is once again playing politics with the truth. As reported by The New York Post, users searching streets like Homepark Avenue in Altadena, Iliff Street, and Radcliffe Avenue in Pacific Palisades now see lush, untouched landscapes instead of the charred...

I long took for granted that US opinion polls break down respondents into white people, black people and Hispanics. But I’ve come to look askance at this convention. Reporting on political views by race now seems perverse. It implies that a citizen’s primary identity is grounded in skin colour, and it reifies a way of thinking about the American people that is regressive, divisive, inaccurate and downright un-American. I was reminded of this recent point of annoyance last week when the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana congressional map that none too subtly contrived to create an additional majority-black district....

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...

A Southern California family rattled after discovering what appears to be the ashes of a stranger in an urn they ordered through Amazon say they are trying to do the right thing, but that the companies involved are not making it easy. Mark Culberston said the urn was one of a few his family purchased after the death of his grandfather early last year. After enduring months of grief at the loss of her husband, Culbertson’s grandmother was finally ready to place her late husband’s ashes within urns for family members. Culbertson explained to KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that all of...

PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, said on Monday ​that commercial oil inventories were depleting rapidly with only a few weeks worth ‌left due to the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Birol, who is participating in the Group of Seven finance leaders meeting in Paris, told reporters that the release of strategic oil reserves ​had added 2.5 million barrels of oil per day to the market, but ​said these reserves "are not endless". The onset of the spring planting and summer ⁠travel seasons in the northern...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said Monday that his country has no "aggressive plans or intentions" to attack any country including the United States – following a news report that the Communist-run island nation has acquired over 300 drones with possible plans to use them to attack American military vessels, the U.S. military base at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba, and possibly Key West, Florida. According to Axios, which based its report on classified intelligence that was shared by a U.S. official, the findings could become a pretext for U.S. military action against Cuba. The official said that the proximity of the...

Things got absolutely wild at a Mayor Karen Bass event in Los Angeles when she was approached and called out by an irate resident who called her out for her many governmental failures, not least of which is the disastrously bad homelessness situation in LA and the massive amount of city funding spent on dealing with it, to no good effect. As background, Mayor Bass is currently facing a stiff primary challenge from Spencer Pratt, who is running on handling the massive disaster that has been her response to homelessness, vagrancy, and the Pacific Palisades fire that wiped out thousands...

NPR is restructuring its newsroom, including cutting some reporting and editing jobs, as it attempts to keep pace with changing audience habits while adjusting to an era without federal subsidies.