North Korea in recent weeks has revved up its cycle of missile provocations—its go-to method of securing leverage against the United States and South Korea in the on-again off-again nuclear negotiations. On September 11, it launched a long-range cruise missile described as a “strategic weapon of great significance”—implying a nuclear component. Less than a week… Continue reading North Korea’s ‘Business as Usual’ Missile Provocations
“Wait, What?” Even Reuters Tripping Out On 55-Year Delay To Release Pfizer Vax Data
Last week attorney Aaron Siri of Injecting Freedom reported that the FDA is going to take 55 years, or until 2076, to disclose all of the data and information it relied on before approving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Following its… Continue reading “Wait, What?” Even Reuters Tripping Out On 55-Year Delay To Release Pfizer Vax Data
Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells
When the first sponge genomes were sequenced in the early 2000s, researchers were surprised to find that sponges not only have roughly as many genes as humans and other complex creatures but also have many of the same genes. Sponges are among the earliest branching lineages on the evolutionary tree of animal life; their simple… Continue reading Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells
China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss how the China-Russia relationship affects U.S. interests; how raising the minimum wage could affect workers’ health insurance coverage; the benefits of increasing funding for women’s health research; improving supply chain resilience; one approach to countering extremism in the military; and how refugees use digital technology during displacement. Photo by Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik… Continue reading China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap
Letter To A Tyrant | ZeroHedge
Authored by Margaret Anna Alice via ‘Through The Looking Glass’ Substack, I won’t bother to reason with you or appeal to your compassion – because you have none. You are a foul, fetid, festering, fiendish, fear-fomenting fecker devoid of soul, purpose, and meaning. No matter how many lives you masticate, hearts you shred, minds you… Continue reading Letter To A Tyrant | ZeroHedge
Looking for Life on Mars – Issue 107: The Edge
Terri Randall’s hope when she makes films about space exploration—like Chasing Pluto, for example, or Death Dive to Saturn—is that viewers share scientists’ excitement. That rush of success and discovery. “Look at this moment, and look at his eyes, and look at what he’s so excited to do, and work on for so many years,… Continue reading Looking for Life on Mars – Issue 107: The Edge
The U.S. Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons to Counter China’s New Missile Silos
The discovery of what appear to be hundreds of new missile silos under construction in China has inspired arguments that imply the United States needs more nuclear weapons. Matthew Kroenig, a Defense Department adviser during the Trump administration, suggested in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that “the Pentagon should study whether it can meet… Continue reading The U.S. Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons to Counter China’s New Missile Silos
China’s Orbital Bombardment System Firing Hypersonic Weapons Showed Unprecedented Capability, FT Says
Since the Financial Times reported China conducted two hypersonic tests over the summer, US officials have expressed concern about technological advances because no nation (except China) can propel a hypersonic weapon into space that can fly over the South Pole, rendering US missile defense systems useless. In other words: a possible checkmate. In a new report via FT,… Continue reading China’s Orbital Bombardment System Firing Hypersonic Weapons Showed Unprecedented Capability, FT Says
The Brain Can Recall and Reawaken Past Immune Responses
Dogs that habitually hear a bell at chow time become classically conditioned to drool at the mere chime, as the physiologist Ivan Pavlov showed in the 1890s: Their brains learn to associate the bell with food and instruct the salivary glands to respond accordingly. More than a century later, in a paper published today in… Continue reading The Brain Can Recall and Reawaken Past Immune Responses
Danchenko Indictment: How Dossier Non-Source Sergei Millian Was Framed
Above, Sergei Millian and Donald Trump — a fateful picture for the targeted Belarusian-American. By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsNovember 10, 2021 In January 2017, Igor Danchenko, a primary source for the Steele dossier, told FBI officials in a debriefing that one of his sources for derogatory information about Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia was merely an… Continue reading Danchenko Indictment: How Dossier Non-Source Sergei Millian Was Framed