Scientists Reflect on Anthony Fauci’s Impact

Anthony Fauci, who has been the top infectious-diseases adviser in the United States for almost 40 years, announced on 22 August that he would resign from his leadership roles in December. Although many scientists are saddened to be losing his guidance, they understand his desire to step down. No other federal scientist has held a… Continue reading Scientists Reflect on Anthony Fauci’s Impact

Deadly Clashes In Tripoli May Signal Imminent Libyan Civil War

At least 23 people have been killed and 87 injured in Tripoli as tensions between rival political groups erupted into street combat on Saturday. The United Nations has called for an immediate ceasefire. U.S. ambassador Richard Norland urged rival parties to agree to an early date for elections, and to reduce tensions “before things get worse.” … Continue reading Deadly Clashes In Tripoli May Signal Imminent Libyan Civil War

What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key.

To Martin Rees, the United Kingdom’s Astronomer Royal, AGN feedback offered a natural way to connect the relatively tiny black hole to the galaxy at large. Two decades earlier, in the 1970s, Rees correctly hypothesized that supermassive black holes power the luminous jets observed in some far-off, brightly glowing galaxies called quasars. He even proposed,… Continue reading What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key.

Tilting The Scales | ZeroHedge

Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Tilting the Scales As we wrote on Friday afternoon (here on ZeroHedge), Powell was given the opportunity to speak in a format that let him sound like the inflation hawk that he probably really isn’t. What he really did was tilt the scales. Prior to Friday, the market… Continue reading Tilting The Scales | ZeroHedge

How Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary Harms Intersex People

In the summer of 1996 a small group of people met in northern California to share their experiences with intersex variations. One participant, Heidi Walcutt, said that doctors surgically reduced her clitoris as a young child “to more closely approximate a normal female appearance.”  This resulted in nerve damage that would blunt sexual sensation later… Continue reading How Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary Harms Intersex People

The Mandela Effect, the Full Moon effect, the Third Secret of Fatima, & More Patrons’ Questions

Podcast: Download MYS222: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us… Continue reading The Mandela Effect, the Full Moon effect, the Third Secret of Fatima, & More Patrons’ Questions

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US Sends Two Warships Through Taiwan Strait In 1st Since Pelosi Visit

The US Navy has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in a significant first sail through since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan early this month. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville traversed “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international… Continue reading US Sends Two Warships Through Taiwan Strait In 1st Since Pelosi Visit

‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop

Say two parties, Alice and Bob, want to exchange a message in secret, even under the watchful gaze of a potential attacker. They begin with a collection of points connected by edges called a graph. Each point represents a different elliptic curve. If you can transform one curve into another in a particular way (via… Continue reading ‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop