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Paramount Pictures (And the Navy) Present Top Gun Maverick: Coming Soon to Recruit Near You
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Paramount Pictures (And the Navy) Present Top Gun Maverick: Coming Soon to Recruit Near You

June 1, 2022

Memorial Day-weekend movie-goers have been tickled by the blatant U.S. Navy and Air Force recruiting booths set up in…

Full Genome Sequenced of Man from Pompeii Reveals a Diverse Italy
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Full Genome Sequenced of Man from Pompeii Reveals a Diverse Italy

May 26, 2022July 10, 2025

1,943 years ago, a man in his mid 30s was buried under the burning ashes of Mount Vesuvius, as…

DHS Shuts Down Disinformation Governance Board After Just Three Weeks of Backlash
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DHS Shuts Down Disinformation Governance Board After Just Three Weeks of Backlash

May 19, 2022

On Monday, the Dept. of Homeland Security announced they were shutting down the so-called “Disinformation Governance Board” after backlash…

American Produce Has Lost as Much as 80% of its Nutrition Since the 1950s
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American Produce Has Lost as Much as 80% of its Nutrition Since the 1950s

May 9, 2022June 30, 2025

If you wanted to replicate the vitamin A content of an orange grown in 1940s America, one would have…

Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance
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Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance

May 4, 2022

In its Annual Statistical Transparency Report, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence admitted to running 3.4 million…

Physical Activity For Work Shortens Lifespan: For Leisure Extends It
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Physical Activity For Work Shortens Lifespan: For Leisure Extends It

March 16, 2022

Not all squats are created equal. The one you do to sculpt your legs, stay fit, or warm up…

NATO’s Nazis: Full-Blooded Racial Purist Militias Pictured with UK Rocket Launchers
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NATO’s Nazis: Full-Blooded Racial Purist Militias Pictured with UK Rocket Launchers

March 15, 2022

PICTURED: Azov Battalion members inspect NATO-made weaponry. PC: NEXTA, retrieved from Twitter. As WaL reported recently, persistent accusations of…

The Gut Microbiome Contributes to Social Dominance
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The Gut Microbiome Contributes to Social Dominance

March 10, 2022May 29, 2024

A certain type of bacteria, combined with one of the most short-chain fatty acids in the human body, seems…

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration

March 8, 2022

PICTURED: Trilha da Figueira Nature Reserve in Brazil’s Paraná state. PC: João P. Burini. CC 4.0. The oft-ignored middle-child…

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Brain Speed Doesn’t Begin to Decline Until Age 60

February 21, 2022

Mental processing speed does not start to decline until age 60, according to analysis of over a million participants…

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Sitting in Front of the TV Increases Risk of Death Even Among Active People

February 10, 2022

While watching Netflix, a film, or sports after a day at work can be a desirable way to relax,…

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Scientists Discover A New Coral Reef—One of the Largest and Most Pristine on Earth

February 3, 2022

PICTURED: Alexis Rosenfeld photographs deep-water corals off Tahiti. PC: UNESCO/Alexis Rosenfeld/1 Ocean ©. Released. A field of rose shaped…

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Millions of Hectares of Rainforest Spared From Development by Indonesian Government: Conservationists Remain Wary

January 17, 2022

PICTURED: Revoked oil palm plantation permits total 1.7 million hectares. On January 6th, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that…

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There Were 31 Ship-Mounted Nuclear Weapons In Play in The Falklands War: Declassified Files Show

January 7, 2022

PICTURED: British warships, pennants painted over, off Gibraltar in March 1982, heading for the Falklands. PC: Pete Reeves CC…

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Apparent Sacrificing of Secondary Forests is Saving Virgin Ones

January 4, 2022

PICTURED: A slash and burn agriculture landscape in the Amazon. PC: Matt Zimmerman. CC 2.0. Year over year increases…

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The Great Blue Wall Initiative: COP26 Countries Protect Biodiversity and Use of Oceans

December 17, 2021

One of the lesser-discussed features of COP26 was the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), announcing a…

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Palm Oil Fatty Acids Linked With Colorectal, Breast, Skin, Mouth, and Prostate Cancers

November 13, 2021

Palmitic acid, the world-changing fatty acid in palm oil, has been shown in recent years of research to induce,…

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Here’s What We Learned from the Moon Rocks China Recently Brought Back on Chang’e-5

October 19, 2021

PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…

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Global Government Debt Joins U.S. Levels At Double that of GDP

October 13, 2021

The Fiscal Monitor, a yearly report issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found that at the end…

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The Brain Prefers to Create Memories Out of The Best Life Stories

October 4, 2021

As our life unfolds, the hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for creating short term memories for long…

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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

Andy Corbley July 11, 2026

It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley

Andy Corbley July 3, 2026

Americans have a funny way of relegating certain ingredients to specific functions that don’t always serve the overall purpose…

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Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory

Andy Corbley June 18, 2026

There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…

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