A Nobel Prize-winning physicist shared a chilling prediction that suggests we “have about 35 years” before a global catastrophe wipes out humanity. David Gross, who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, said he believes that rising global tensions and rapid technological development are creating conditions that could dramatically impact humanity’s future within just a few decades. His comments arrive at a time when conflicts continue across several regions and concerns about nuclear weapons and emerging technology remain part of international debate. Nuclear war threat In an interview with Live Science, the Nobel laureate pointed to long-standing concerns about nuclear conflict, explaining that even after the Cold War ended, the threat never fully disappeared. “Even after the Cold War ended, when we had strategic arms control treaties, all of which have disappeared, there were estimates that there was a 1% chance of nuclear war every year,” he said, adding that the likelihood may now...
Christa Gail Pike, who has been on Tennessee’s death row for decades, is now actively fighting to stop her execution as it is scheduled for September 30, 2026. Christa Gail Pike was only 18 when she became involved in a shocking crime that would later make national headlines for years. In Tennessee, she was involved in the brutal torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, whom she reportedly saw as a romantic rival, and later shocked classmates by allegedly showing them a fragment of the victim’s skull. Pike was sentenced to death in March 1996. The seven-man, five-woman jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Tennessee Department of Correction According to news reports at the time, she broke down in uncontrollable sobs when the sentence was handed down in court. Christa, who was 20 at the time, became the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in the United States. Now, after more than three decades behind bars, Pike is set to make h...