With Russia now having enough troops and equipment in place to invade Ukraine if diplomacy fails, one fallout of such an invasion could be a massive refugee or migration crisis. If that happened, there would be significant humanitarian, political, and economic implications for both the Ukrainians who flee and for the European nations they go… Continue reading How to Manage a Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life
Billions of years ago, some unknown location on the sterile, primordial Earth became a cauldron of complex organic molecules from which the first cells emerged. Origin-of-life researchers have proposed countless imaginative ideas about how that occurred and where the necessary raw ingredients came from. Some of the most difficult to account for are proteins, the… Continue reading Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life
Apple & Google Payment Systems Block Russians, Causing Chaos In Moscow Metro System
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Russians attempting to use Apple Pay and Google Pay found that their access had been blocked, causing chaos in the Moscow Metro system. Irish journalist Jason Corcoran tweeted the following image, which shows long queues at the Moscow metro station after both payment systems stopped working for… Continue reading Apple & Google Payment Systems Block Russians, Causing Chaos In Moscow Metro System
Finding Teachers and Bus Drivers Is a Big Problem, but a Different Staffing Challenge Is Looming in School Districts
Back in fall 2021, we at the American School District Panel surveyed school districts nationwide to better understand their staffing challenges in the pandemic’s third school year. The results echoed media accounts: large majorities of districts report they don’t have enough staff to hire—particularly substitutes, bus drivers, and special education teachers. When we conducted in-depth… Continue reading Finding Teachers and Bus Drivers Is a Big Problem, but a Different Staffing Challenge Is Looming in School Districts
Will the Russian Invasion Accelerate Peak Oil?
It was 1973 when a war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led Saudi Arabia and other oil producers to impose an embargo on crude shipments to the United States. Oil prices soared, and the way the world consumed energy changed. France built a fleet of nuclear power plants. Japan did, too; it… Continue reading Will the Russian Invasion Accelerate Peak Oil?
“Nobody Is Watching”: Musk Lampoons President Biden During SOTU For Failing To Mention Tesla
It looks like Elon Musk’s ongoing feud with President Biden is still…well, ongoing. The Tesla CEO Tweeted at the President on Tuesday night, criticizing him for not mentioning Tesla during his State of the Union address. During the address, President Biden made mention of a combined $18 billion in investments made into electric vehicles by Ford… Continue reading “Nobody Is Watching”: Musk Lampoons President Biden During SOTU For Failing To Mention Tesla
Dr. Edwin May, Psychic Theories (Precognition, Remote Viewing, Entropy)
Podcast: Download MYS198: In the second part of his interview with Dr. Edwin May, who has spent more than 40 years doing parapsychological research, Jimmy Akin asks Dr. May about some his most unique views, they discuss the role of precognition, and he asks what an “entropy bomb” is. Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading Dr. Edwin May, Psychic Theories (Precognition, Remote Viewing, Entropy)
Not So Quiet on the Southern Front
Antarctica, as one of the largest shared spaces on the planet, represents an emerging nexus of geostrategic competition. Australia may have reason to be troubled by this. As a longstanding champion of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), and as Antarctica’s largest claimant, any fracturing of the status quo could force Australia to reappraise its strategic… Continue reading Not So Quiet on the Southern Front
The Push to Move Past the Pandemic: COVID Quickly, Episode 25
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We demystify the research and help you understand what it really… Continue reading The Push to Move Past the Pandemic: COVID Quickly, Episode 25
After “Significant Declines” In Price & Liquidity, VanEck Suspends Creations For Largest Russia ETF
Update (1705ET): Things just got a little more problematic for anyone with Russian exposure. VanEck is halting the creation of shares for the VanEck Russia ETF (RSX), the world’s largest Russia-focused exchange-traded fund, due to “significant declines” in value and liquidity of Russian securities. “Although shares of the Fund are expected to continue trading on… Continue reading After “Significant Declines” In Price & Liquidity, VanEck Suspends Creations For Largest Russia ETF