This week in science and technology news we’re covering at The Debrief: For decades, physicists have argued about Richard Feynman’s Sprinkler Problem, involving the question of how a reverse sprinkler would operate. Now we may finally know the answer… elsewhere, new studies reveal how breathwork may trigger psychedelic-like states, emotional breakthroughs, and psychological insights without drugs. Meanwhile, a stone sphere unearthed at an archaeological site in Azerbaijan is reportedly unlike anything previously documented in the South Caucasus.
Also, in an exclusive feature, University of Toronto bioethicist KM Bowman, Ph.D., writes for The Debrief about his firsthand experience with uncontacted indigenous tribes: “Through the haze stood a man. Barely clothed, carrying what appeared to be a weapon of some form, he remained motionless for only a few seconds before silently disappearing back into the forest.” In his essay, Bowman shares his experience and asks whether governments can protect “the uncontacted.”
Finally, here’s a look at more stories The Debrief is tracking right now…
- A Solution to a Famous Feynman Problem, ‘Psychedelic’ Breathwork, and an Odd Stone Sphere is Unearthed
- The Uncontacted: Living in Voluntary Isolation, These Are the People Governments Pretended Didn’t Exist
- Scientists Find Intense Breathwork Can Trigger Psychedelic-Like States and Lasting Psychological Changes
- Feynman’s Famous Physics Problem of a Sprinkler Running in Reverse has a Surprising New Solution
- Surprised Scientists Witness the Ocean Floor Literally Splitting Apart at Its Seams
- Did this Ancient Human Survive Being Stabbed in the Face 100,000 Years Ago?
- Modern Neuroscience Is Starting to Look Surprisingly Similar to Freud’s Theory of the Mind
- AI Identifies the Most Effective Ways to Measure Water’s Hidden Structure
- Mysterious Stone Sphere Unearthed at Ancient Site in Azerbaijan Baffles Archaeologists, Raises New Questions About Neolithic Technology
- MIT Engineers Unleash New ‘Aerial-Aquatic’ Robot That Can Swim Underwater and Fly Like a Bird
- These Unusual Step-Like Structures on Hillsides Baffled Darwin 150 Years Ago—Now Scientists Finally Know Their Origins
- This Color-Changing Material Could Give Robots a New Way to Detect Touch
- Pentagon Releases New Batch of UAP Videos and Historical Files, But Clarity Remains Elusive
- James Webb Space Telescope Reveals New Features of an Unusual Galaxy That Left Baffled Astronomers Questioning Its Origins
- For the Last Century, This Creature Was Thought to Only Exist in Hawaii—and Scientists Just Spotted One in the Himalayas