Collin Blinder

2 months ago | science.org | Collin Blinder

When a massive asteroid slammed into the Moon’s southern region 3.8 billion years ago, it shot out debris that—with energy 130 times greater than Earth’s entire nuclear arsenal—carved lunar fissures comparable in size to the Grand Canyon within minutes. The finding, reported today in Nature Communications, doesn’t just illuminate a cataclysmic bit of lunar history—it may have cleared up a concern for future NASA missions.

2 months ago | santacruzsentinel.com | Collin Blinder

Francisco Rivero proudly shows off a large stainless steel pod in the middle of a cavernous concrete room. He unlatches its heavy vault door, swinging it open slowly to reveal an inner chamber just large enough for a person to lie inside. Rivero is a funeral director at Pacific Interment Service in Emeryville, and the futuristic machine is an aquamation system. It uses water to dissolve every part of the human body except for the bones and teeth — a process also called alkaline hydrolysis.

2 months ago | readingeagle.com | Collin Blinder

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2 months ago | mercurynews.com | Collin Blinder

Francisco Rivero proudly shows off a large stainless steel pod in the middle of a cavernous concrete room. He unlatches its heavy vault door, swinging it open slowly to reveal an inner chamber just large enough for a person to lie inside. Rivero is a funeral director at Pacific Interment Service in Emeryville, and the futuristic machine is an aquamation system. It uses water to dissolve every part of the human body except for the bones and teeth—a process also called alkaline hydrolysis.

2 months ago | courant.com | Collin Blinder

Will the “unbirthing” process of aquamation replace burial and cremation? Though relatively new, one California mortuary believes it's the future of the funeral industry