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Parting Stones is reshaping the way we cremate our dead relatives, turning them into a luscious pile of clattering stones.

Science & Energy

You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into

Palantir's X account shared a new tweet that embedded a controversial video of its CEO Alex Karp, using a very particular choice of words.

Wait, Did Palantir Just Make a Joke About Its CEO Doing Cocaine?

By Victor Tangermann

The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a drone strike.

Russia Damaged Protective Dome Around Chernobyl, Can No Longer Contain Radiation

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in America and Europe have discovered one remarkable organism in California: an amoeba that can survive extreme temperatures.

Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive Incredible Temperatures

By Sharon Adarlo

Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently rhapsodized that US air strikes on Venezuelan civilians would be good for business, if only it were legal.

Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business

Neumayer III Antarctic station was built on 16 hydraulic stilts that can lift the 20,000-square-foot facility over the surface of the ice.

This Peek Under an Antarctic Base Is Absolutely Wild

By Victor Tangermann

A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.

Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers

A Campbell Soup executive made explosive comments during a rant, saying he didn't want to eat "bioengineered meat" and 3D-printed chicken.

In Leaked Audio, Campbell’s Soup Exec Rants About “Bioengineered” Meat That “Came From a 3D Printer”

By Victor Tangermann

A massive fire broke out inside the convention center hosting over 50,000 UN delegates attending COP30, forcing an evacuation.

Fire Breaks Out at UN Climate Summit

British military tested out a powerful laser that can take down high-speed drones which have become widely available in the battlefield.

British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser

By Sharon Adarlo

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.

Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures

By Sharon Adarlo

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China has successfully completed its first proof-of-concept experiment.

Quantum Physics

Giant Chinese Orb Detects “Ghost Particles” While Buried Under Mountain

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says the country has no choice but to move the nation's capital amidst an unprecedented water crisis.

President of Iran Says It’s Forced to Move Its Entire Capital City

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

Scientists Say Huge Structures Inside Earth Are Related to the Origin of Life

By Victor Tangermann

A startup called Mission Barns is using pig fat to grow pork in a bioreactor, a process with major implications for the meat industry.

New Startup Harvests Bacon Without Killing Pig

A researcher uncovered evidence that 171 SpaceX Starlink satellites used by the US government were broadcasting in the "wrong direction."

SpaceX Has Wildly Screwed Up Its Military Satellites, Researcher Finds