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How a Patch of Moss Helped Cops Bust a Grave Robbing Ring

According to a study published in Forensic Science Research , a small clump of moss helped cops expose a big grave robbing operation at Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago. That little patch of green fuzz helped secure convictions against four cemetery workers. The study was published recently, but it’s about a case that dates back to 2009, when investigators found evidence that employees had been digging up older graves , relocating the remains, and reselling the burial plots. Prosecutors later determined that roughly 1500 bones from these 29 people were disturbed and reburied in some other spot on the grounds. Exhausting every resource possible, the FBI brought in Matt von Konrat, a botanist from Chicago’s Field Museum. von Konrat analyzed a tiny piece of moss found buried along with some relocated remains. He identified it as Fissidens taxifolius , more commonly known as pocket moss . It was a small, seemingly insignificant discovery, but one that broke the case wide open. That moss w...
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Eat This Food Every Day to Slow How Fast You’re Aging

A large U.S. study analyzing nearly 5,000 people linked diets built around plant-based foods to slower biological aging. That means it won’t slow the physical appearance of aging, but rather it slows your DNA’s level of decay. It’s all based on what scientists call the epigenetic clock, a method that tracks chemical changes influencing how genes behave over time. Another way to think of it is like the rings you count to tell a tree’s age. We may look a certain age, and numerically we may be a certain age, but genetically, depending on a myriad of factors, including diet, we could be significantly older than we actually are, or much younger. Researchers, who published their findings in the journal Aging , examined data from two major long-term health surveys and consistently found that people who ate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and beans, along with eating fewer animal products, had noticeable signs of being biologically younger than their chronological age. On an in...
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Weekly Horoscope: April 12-April 18

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The cosmos are not playing around this week. A New Moon in Aries lands mid-week, and it’s bringing the kind of reset energy that actually means something—fresh starts, bold intentions, and a very low tolerance for anything you’ve been putting off. Mercury moves into Aries, too, shaking off the dreamy Pisces fog and replacing it with sharp edges and faster thinking. Pay attention, stargazer. The sky is handing you a rare combination of clarity, drive, and genuine opportunity, and it would be a shame to sleep through it. Mars conjuncts Neptune early in the week, which adds a layer of intensity to everything—inspiration and confusion arriving in the same package. The trick is knowing which one you’re dealing with before you act on it. Stay present, trust your instincts, and read your sign below. The stars have a lot to say. How will your sign fare this week? Aries: March 21 – April 19 Mars conjuncts Neptune early in the week, and the combo is equal parts electric and disorienting. Yo...
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A Massive Chimp Community Collapsed Into Civil War, and the Details Are Horrifying

A community of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park essentially functioned as a microcosm of a stable human society. They shared their space, groomed each other, and maintained alliances that forged a cooperative bond, strengthening their community. And then, in 2015, this great chimp society came crumbling down, with researchers describing it as something akin to a gruesome and brutally violent civil war. The Ngogo chimpanzee group split into two factions—Western and Central. The researchers, who published their findings in the journal Science , aren’t exactly sure what sparked the dramatic split. They know that at first it just looked like a minor social drift. But by 2018, that escalated into lethal violence. At least 28 chimps have been killed, including 19 infants. The attacks seem coordinated and targeted, often with displays of gruesome, stomach-churning violence. The Western group was the smaller of the two, but in time gained dominance. Its population numbers grew as it syst...
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Pregaming Annihilation—This Week on VICE: Members Only

To get past the paywall, sign up for VICE membership . A Digital Only subscription is $2 a month (or $20 a year, if you prefer), while $70 a year gets you the full digital package plus 4 issues of VICE magazine, delivered straight to your door. (All three kill all the ads on this site.) For anyone in the business of having opinions, the last few weeks must have felt like an all-you-can-eat buffet, most likely with the same end result (feeling sick on a spiritual level and also like your heart might explode at any moment). Kanye West has been banned from entering the UK, which prompted Wireless (which he was due to headline three nights in a row) to cancel the entire festival. Jake Paul did ayahuasca and now thinks metal is alive . And against the background hum of potential nuclear war, Pitchfork’s Best Albums Bracket contest entered its final stage, with the two finalists being OK Computer by Radiohead and Kid A by Radiohead. Which didn’t help at all. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Do...
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Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s True Identity Has Been Revealed. Or Has It?

We know for sure the creator of Bitcoin was someone named Satoshi Nakamoto, although everyone is pretty sure that was a pseudonym. It’s been a bit since we had a new grand reveal of the real person behind the dollar sign B symbol, so the New York Times swooped in with a sprawling, exhaustive investigation that reveals bitcoin’s true creator is… some dude named Adam? Maybe? The latest attempt to solve it comes not just from the  New York Times  but also  from John Carreyrou, the author of Bad Blood. That’s the nonfiction investigative work that chronicled the rise and fall of Theranos, the Elizabeth Holmes company that promised to revolutionize blood testing technology but was all a bunch of lies. Carreyrou and article co-writer Dylan Freedman argue that Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin and likely one of the wealthiest people on the planet, is actually a British cryptographer named Adam Back. Carreyrou’s case doesn’t appear to be a bunch of hastily thrown-togeth...
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Nintendo Switch Online Adds One of the Most Popular Arcade Titles of All-Time Today

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Nintendo Switch Online members get an exciting update today that brings three new classic NES games to the service, including the console’s take on one of the 1980s’ most iconic arcade hits. Pac-Man and Two Other NES Titles Arrive On Switch Online Today Prepare to be a-maze-d! #NintendoSwitchOnline members can now enjoy three more classic #NES games: PAC-MAN Mendel Palace THE TOWER OF DRUAGA pic.twitter.com/TId6fEaV5W — Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) April 9, 2026 Nintendo surprised fans this morning with the announcement of three new titles being added to the library of classic NES games available through the subscription service. The biggest highlight for many gamers is likely the NES adaptation of Pac-Man . Pac-Man was remade and released many times over the years for various consoles, including the Game Boy, but the NES version was the first time many gamers had the chance to play it at home (aside from the lucky households who had an Atari 2600 in the early 1980s)....
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