QuoteFormer NASA engineers with California-based Sonic Fire Tech found that using sound waves can snuff out blazes and potentially be used to stop another Pacific Palisades inferno.

In order for flames to burn it needs three things, oxygen, fuel, and heat. The technology works by targeting oxygen molecules using low-frequency sound waves that vibrate them, stopping the fire from growing.

"Sound waves vibrate the oxygen faster than the fuel can use it, and break the chemical reaction of the flame," Remington Hotchkis, Chief Commercialization Officer at Sonic Fire Tech told The Post.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/30/us-news/nasa-engineers-help-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise/

QuoteAn apparent torture chamber was later discovered inside a small closet at his home.

Police also found false ID cards, a fake police badge, several women's blouses, six pairs of women's shoes and room-rental fliers that Cota gave out around the San Jose State University Campus to try and lure students to live in his apartment.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/us-news/remains-of-suspected-serial-killer-fernando-cota-booted-from-us-military-cemetery/

QuoteSex is concentrated within a small, yet sexually active, group of people. In one study, it was reported that the 5% of the population with the highest number of vaginal sex acts (penile–vaginal intercourse) accounted for more vaginal sex acts than the bottom 50% of the population with the lowest number of vaginal sex acts. The 5% is thus having half the (penile–vaginal) sex in the world.

Using the Gini index, it is found that the distribution of the number of sex partners both for men and women throughout their lifespan is as unequal as the distribution of wealth among the most unequal countries in the world (South Africa Gini 0.63 in 2014 and Namibia Gini 0.59 in 2015). The number of female sex partners is more unequally distributed among single men (Gini 0.60) than the number of male sex partners is among single women (Gini 0.58) although both male and female sex partners are highly concentrated among people.

While sex is not like money or wealth in every aspect, the lack of access to sexual experiences can be seen as a concern for distributive justice6 and a problem for public health since an active sex life is beneficial for people's health and well-being.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.13134

QuoteA total of 93,642 individuals (3.9 %) had at least one violent conviction. The distribution of convictions was highly skewed; 24,342 persistent violent offenders (1.0 % of the total population) accounted for 63.2 % of all convictions. Persistence in violence was associated with male sex (OR 2.5), personality disorder (OR 2.3), violent crime conviction before age 19 (OR 2.0), drug-related offenses (OR 1.9), nonviolent criminality (OR 1.9), substance use disorder (OR 1.9), and major mental disorder (OR 1.3).

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3969807/