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The Tragic Physics of the Deadly Explosion in Beirut
A blast injury specialist explores the chemistry—and history—of explosions like the one captured in videos that…
Fun New Way to Annoy Your Friends: Text Them in Hieroglyphics
You know you want to. Read more at Popular Mechanics…
Why You Can Smell a Fart Through a Mask
As that anti-masker having a tantrum in a Panera pointed out, you can smell a fart…
Microsoft Proves AI Can Realistically Sing Lyrics
The new experiment could have implications for the music industry. Read more…
The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius
Futon salesman Jason Padgett cared little about anything beyond partying and chasing girls, then one fateful…
The world’s first fully painted film
The work of Van Gogh is brought to life in a beautiful new trailer for Loving…
Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
The basic idea behind all nuclear power plants is the same: convert the heat created by…
Hong Kong Police Quickly Enforce China’s Security Law as Thousands Protest
Thousands of protesters, unbowed by a new national-security law imposed by China, staged the largest show…
India Blocks TikTok Amidst Border Tensions With China
The Indian government has blocked TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps in the wake of ongoing…
Death from above? Fireball may have destroyed ancient Syrian village
The village of abu hureyra was a mound settlement in northern syria around 13,000 years ago.…
Earth’s rock-solid connections between Canada and Australia contain clues about the origin of life
Felsic rocks are generally relatively low density — for a rock. Half dome in California is…
An extraordinary escalation ‘using rocks and clubs’
The most serious face-off on the world’s longest unsettled land border in nearly half a century…
Deepfake Tech Drastically Improves CGI Princess Leia in ROGUE ONE — GeekTyrant
The movie featured some very cool moments involving Darth Vader and the surprise appearance of a…
After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract
At Microsoft-owned GitHub, the parent company’s decision to stop offering facial recognition software to police reinvigorated…
Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations we’ve removed
Today we are disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations — the only…
The US could shift to 90-percent renewable energy by 2035 at no extra cost
The US could but most probably won’t shift to 90-percent renewable energy by 2035 at no…
How the U.S. Stole an Island
The remote, militarized island that the US secretly stole. Read more at YouTube…
After 10 Years, Someone Finally Found This Millionaire’s Buried Treasure
Five people have died searching for Forrest Fenn’s precious jewels. But is the dangerous game actually…