Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands due to be cryogenically frozen after they die — inside the industry selling life after death

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Dr. Jerry Lemler, former president and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, stands in the Patient Care Bay area where the heads and bodies of 49 individuals are being held in cold storage suspension, at the company's headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 12, 2002.
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Mysterious 'ghostly' shadows larger than planet Earth reappeared on Saturn's rings. NASA says it expects even more to appear soon.

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Image of Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
You can see Saturn's spokes as dark bruises on the left side of the planet's rings.

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A psychologist explains why you should probably practice more humility, and how not to be a pushover in the process

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When you approach challenging discussions with curiosity and humility, they become opportunities to learn and grow.

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Photo shows an orphaned chimpanzee rescued from being sold as a pet in the Republic of Guinea

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A chimpanzee grasps the wrought iron bars of its enclosure and looks directly at the camera with deep brown eyes.
This orphaned chimpanzee was being held until it could be rehabilitated into the wild.

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How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast

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A light colored Sea Otter floating on it's back in green colored water.
Sea otters had disappeared from Washington, Oregon, and other parts of the US until scientists relocated them to save them from a nuclear weapon test.

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A SpaceX rocket booster was ruined after toppling over in rough waters

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This 2016 photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the I Still Love You sea launchpad just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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Japan is close to becoming the 3rd nation to land on the moon in the 21st century. The US isn't one of them.

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a gold rover rests on the moon surface
An illustration of JAXA's SLIM spacecraft on the moon.

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One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide.

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solar panels stretch across fields with mountains in the distance
A solar farm operates next to Donggou village in northern China's Hebei province. Solar is now the cheapest form of electricity in a majority of countries.

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How a Vietnam vet saved his second marriage and overcame years of PTSD with help from MDMA therapy

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Compass Pathways is running a massive clinical trial that will likely help it turn a psychedelic substance into an approved medicine.
MDMA, like psilocybin mushrooms, is being investigated as a potentially therapeutic drug.

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Very rare rainbow clouds appeared for three days in a row in the Arctic over Christmas

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Rainbow colored clouds are seen strewn in the skies.
Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are seen in the sky over Jukkasjarvi, northern Sweden, on December 17, 2023, in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.

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