A man climbed inside a giant Roman storage jar around 1,600 years ago and never came out; archaeologists think they know what he was hiding from

More than 1,600 years ago, as fire engulfed a Roman settlement in what is now Bulgaria, a young man appears to have made a desperate decision: he climbed inside a huge storage jar and hid. He never came out. Archaeologists uncovered his remains inside the vessel during excavations at the ancient Roman colony of Deultum…

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Meet Nithya Tammana: The 11-year-old New Jersey inventor who built a sub-$38 moss filter that can remove up to 95% of lead from drinking water

Photo credit: actionfornature.org When Nithya Tammana learned that lead could enter drinking water through old pipes and plumbing fixtures, she did not treat the problem as someone else’s responsibility. The New Jersey student began researching affordable ways to make contaminated water safer, eventually focusing on a humble material often found growing on rocks, trees and…

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Saudi Arabia Oil Pipeline Attack: From Iraq to Yemen: How Iran-linked groups are putting Saudi energy routes under pressure

A satellite image shows smoke rising from area near East-West oil pipeline, in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (Picture credit: Reuters) Saudi Arabia on Saturday has temporarily shut down its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack on the vital energy conduit, in an escalation that has put further pressure on Iraq and raised fresh concerns…

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US lawmakers target 3 Indian tech firms: Why lawmakers want BellTroX, CyberRoot and former Appin blacklisted

Three lawmakers wrote to commerce secretary Howard Lutnick against three Indian IT companies. A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to blacklist three Indian companies over allegations that they have been involved in “hack-for-hire” operations targeting American citizens, businesses and lawyers.In a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Democratic Senators…

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Who is Chander Agarwal? Indian-origin CEO who spent $370,000 on ex-girlfriend for luxury gifts, loses repayment case | World News

Chander Agarwal, CEO and managing director of TCI Express/Image: TCI Express An Indian-origin CEO has lost a case seeking nearly $370,000 from his ex-girlfriend over luxury items, first-class flights and other expenses he paid for during their relationship, which he claimed were loans, CNN reported.Chander Agarwal, CEO and managing director of logistics company TCI Express…

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In 1984, Steve Jobs bought a 30-room, 17,250-sq-ft California mansion; after years of legal battles, it was demolished in 2011, while its pipe organ and historic fixtures were salvaged

The house was commissioned in the 1920s by Daniel C. Jackling, a self-made copper millionaire whose business transformed the American copper industry. For a house that once embodied California wealth and architectural ambition, the end came not with a grand renovation but with bulldozers. The Jackling House, a sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in the…

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‘We may not survive this’: Another Anthropic employee quits with stark AI warning

Joe Benton calls for greater transparency from AI companies. Days after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that AI companies were “gambling with our lives” in their race to build self-improving superintelligence, another employee from the company’s safety team has also stepped down, raising concerns over the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems.Joe Benton,…

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160-year-old St. Louis church went through a fire, 37 service requests and 2 structural condemnations; after a year-long legal fight, a neighbourhood group has won control to rehabilitate it

For years, a 160-year-old church in St. Louis stood as a reminder of a neighbourhood’s past while steadily becoming one of its most troubled properties. The vacant structure had endured a fire, repeated complaints and two structural condemnations. City records showed 37 service requests connected to the property, as concerns about its condition continued to…

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