House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”
In an already bloated military defense budget, the House Committee on Armed Forces recently marked up the National Defense…
What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?
Story at a glance… Since 2014, multiple Earth-like planets have been discovered in our galaxy. While too far to…
Witnesses Say U.S. Forces Have Killed Civilians in Several Ways Following Suicide Bomber
PICTURED: A U.S. Air Force Airman guides qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support…
If We Really Want to Save the World’s Biodiversity: Recognize Indigenous Land Rights
DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Cameroon. April 1st 2019. PICTURED: A chief of the Baka pygmies looks pensive in a forest…
The MEND Protocol and the End of Alzheimer’s?
Clinical trials of a new precision, or functional medicine approach to targeting, and reversing cognitive decline from Alzheimer’s Disease…
Afghanistan Update: Taliban Retake Provinces and Coordinate with U.S. Over Airport Crisis
PICTURED: A U.S. Air Force Airman guides qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support…
Sitting on the Buckle of Italy
We all know how much Italy looks like a boot. This August I traveled right across where the laces…
438-Year Old “Massive” Coral Discovered in the Great Barrier Reef in “Excellent Condition”
PICTURED: Nathan Cook, one of the members of a citizen science project that uncovered an enormous coral in the…
Perseverance Rover Drills Up Nothing: Why?
PICTURED: An image taken by the rover of the borehole made in the recent failed extraction. PC: NASA/JPL-Caltech. MARS.…
Afghanistan Four Days Later: Girls Return to School and First Official Presser
PICTURED: Taliban official spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid gives a press conference in Kabul. PC: Reuters. Fair Use. Story at a…
Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline
Story at a glance… When receiving a sample of a young mouse’s gut microbiome, age-related cognitive decline was reversed…
World Governments Hash Out Positions on New Taliban Government and Evacuation Crisis
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Afghan War Wraps Up: Kabul Falls: New President Named: Country Holds its Breath
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial
Story at a glance… The analyst who blew the whistle on Obama’s drone assassination program has received a 3-year…
Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach
PICTURED: A Bengal tiger in the wild. PC: Rohit Varma. CC 4.0. Story at a glance… The tiger home…
Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses
PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…
Moon Commits to Peace Efforts as Koreas Restore Communications After Year of Radio Silence
PICTURED: President Moon Jae-in and DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un meet to shake hands across the border in the…
New Mexico Wilderness Area Grows by 50% After Largest-Ever Land Donation
Sabinoso Wilderness Area in New Mexico, an inaccessible and tiny refuge just 5 years ago, has grown by almost…
As Perseverance Prepares to Take First Samples, New Theory for Identifying Life Helps Guide the Way
PICTURED: A light-colored “paver stone” like the ones seen in this mosaic will be the likely target for first…
Oxford IPCC Panelist Admits Cow Methane is Not Honestly Accounted For
In a paper published last year, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change member and Oxford professor of geosystem science Myles…
