Police excavations at a cafe in the quiet English city of Gloucester revived a half-century-old puzzle: What happened to Mary Bastholm, a carefree 15-year-old girl who went missing in 1968.
Scientists are going back to Einstein to best Yoda — and know the fate of the universe
In the 2002 blockbuster Star Wars movie “Attack of the Clones,” Jedi Masters Obi-wan Kenobi and Yoda use a detailed three-dimensional map of their galaxy to solve an intriguing political puzzle. That map, while no doubt an amazing (if fictional) achievement, pales in comparison with the goals of a new telescopic facility that is just …
The most important Tokyo Summer Olympics story is not related to sports
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US intelligence officials have no evidence confirming Navy pilot UFO encounters were alien spacecraft
US intelligence officials have found no evidence confirming that unidentified flying objects encountered by US Navy pilots in recent years were alien spacecraft but also have not reached a definitive assessment as to what these mysterious objects might be, according to five sources familiar with the findings of an upcoming report on UFOs that is …
A man who killed his wife on an Alaskan cruise after she demanded divorce was sentenced to 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors say
A Utah man who admitted to beating his wife to death aboard a cruise ship in Alaska in 2017 was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
A ‘person of interest’ has been named in the 2000 death of a Massachusetts teenager
A man who was previously convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping, and who died in 2016, has been named as a “person of interest” in the death in 2000 of a teenager in Warren, Massachusetts, officials said Thursday.
Here’s how to watch this month’s ring-of-fire solar eclipse
This month offers a number of treats for skywatchers, including a partial solar eclipse that in some areas will appear as a so-called “ring of fire.”
United plans supersonic flights by 2029
United Airlines announced a deal to buy 15 supersonic jets, planning to carry passengers on the ultra-fast planes by 2029.
Bill Ackman’s SPAC is close to a deal valuing Universal Music at $40 billion.
It would be the largest special purpose acquisition company transaction to date.