Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a year without any major pestilences? 2019 seems like it was so long ago, and we may never see another year like it. All of the measures that global authorities have imposed to try to end the COVID pandemic have failed, and now we are being told that we are just going to have to live with COVID on a permanent basis. … Read onHAVE THE “PANDEMICS OF 2022” ALREADY STARTED?

As humanity's efforts to find out more about space heats up, NASA has hired a priest and other religious experts to help earth dwellers prepare for the possibility of life from another planet … Read onNASA HIRES PRIEST TO PREPARE HUMANS FOR AN ALIEN DISCOVERY AND CONTACT

What is socialism? And what do socialists really want in 2021? (Now going into 2022!) Just what is socialism? … Read onWHAT IS SOCIALISM?

Giving US taxpayer money to China and India doesn’t make a lot of sense when they have two of the largest economies … Read onIT PAYS TO POLLUTE – GREATEST POLLUTERS CHINA AND INDIA SET TO RECEIVE $2 BILLION IN CLIMATE AID

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a $275 billion deal with China in 2016 in order to prevent a crackdown … Read onDEAL WITH THE DEVIL: APPLE SIGNED $275 BILLION CONTRACT WITH CHINA TO AVOID CRACKDOWN

Muslims are converting to various Christian denominations in droves in every part of the world. Muslims have come to faith in Jesus Christ over … Read onMORE MUSLIMS CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY THAN EVER BEFORE

The hidden cause of common symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches could be a nutrient deficiency … Read on7 COMMON NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES: KNOW THE SIGNS

Thousands of migrants die as they walk through the Panama jungle to reach President Joe Biden’s half-open border … Read onMIGRATION EXPERT DESCRIBES MASS DEATHS ON JOE BIDEN’S TRAIL OF TEARS

People throughout Georgia are creeping tentatively through yards and nature trails this fall in hopes of not walking headfirst … Read onINVASIVE JORO SPIDERS SPINNING GOLDEN WEBS IN GEORGIA

It’s more “symbolic than substantial,” but that doesn’t mean it’s consequence … Read onWHAT THE US’S DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT OF THE 2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS DOES — AND DOESN’T — MEAN

Since reports of the Omicron variant emerged in late November, US health officials have urged people to get vaccinated and boosted … Read on‘$1,000 PER SECOND’ IN PROFITS PFIZER & BIONTECH SAY THAT A THIRD VACCINE SHOT IS THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE OMICRON COVID VARIANT

Those potentially embroiled, the supremely powerful and wealthy, you'd think the episode might be generating more headlines. At the moment, though, it’s not. And the fact that it's being treated almost like … Read onTHE TRUTH ABOUT THE WORLD THE GHISLAINE MAXWELL TRIAL HAS REVEALED

Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space. Left unregulated, the insatiable demand for faster delivery will only hasten the erosion of community life. When we think of resource frontiers, it calls to mind the rugged, glamorous classics: oil booms, gold rushes, or, in the not-so-distant future … Read onTHE DARK SIDE OF 15-MINUTE GROCERY DELIVERY

One of the strangest statues that I have ever seen in my entire life has just been set up right outside UN Headquarters … Read onTHE UN JUST PUT UP A GIANT STATUE IN NEW YORK THAT RESEMBLES A “BEAST” DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Resist Anchorage Assembly’s tactics to control our words, thoughts & bodies ... People can only tolerate this treatment for so long. It is time for these Assembly members to back off their ideological attacks on area residents and listen to the people they are attempting to suppress … Read onTACTICS TO CONTROL OUR WORDS, THOUGHTS & BODIES

With tomorrow’s wars likely to be faster, more high-tech, and less human … Read onKILLER ROBOTS: WATCH HOW AI-PROGRAMMED MILITARY ROBOTS COULD MAKE HUMAN SOLDIERS COMPLETELY OBSOLETE

Sniffles, headaches, and tiredness appear to be the hallmarks of Omicron, according to a major study that suggests the mutant virus … Read onSNIFFLES, HEADACHES, & TIREDNESS APPEAR TO BE THE HALLMARKS OF OMICRON

Looking back at 2021 in the hope of having something sensible to say about the past year, I found myself musing on a perennial question. Is history a story of progress, in which greater numbers of human beings become healthier, happier … Read on2021: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

The plan was that I’d meet Theral Golden at a park atop Signal Hill with sweeping views of Los Angeles’s harbor. The 50-year West Long Beach … Read onL.A.’S BACKED-UP PORT IS SMOTHERING NEIGHBORHOODS IN SMOG

From daring rescues to medical breakthroughs, here are 12 OF THE HAPPIEST STORIES OF 2021. Finding uplifting news stories … Read on12 OF THE HAPPIEST STORIES OF 2021

I remember my undergraduate days, several decades ago, very well. It was a heady, wonderful time when I first discovered the life of the mind. My ideas and opinions … Read onTHE TYRANNY OF THE WOKE

A Finnish Tesla owner received a repair bill totaling almost half of what he initially paid for the car. His response? … Read onFINNISH MAN BLOWS UP HIS TESLA TO PROTEST $22,600 REPAIR COST

The past two years have fundamentally transformed just about every nation on the entire planet, and there will be no going back if the elite have their way … Read onTHEY ARE WORKING RELENTLESSLY TO TRANSFORM OUR SOCIETY INTO A DYSTOPIAN “BIG BROTHER” HELLHOLE

With technological advances continuing to evolve, so does the existence of negative media and misinformation. A new analysis written by The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel highlights the discussions presented Richard Seymour's book titled, The Twittering Machine. Seymour noted that if social media “confronts us with a string of calamities … Read onHOW 'ONLINE GARBAGE' IS MAKING US MISERABLE

Jeopardy! is awarding women’s records to a transgender man, and corporate parent NBC News is hailing Amy Schneider as the “highest-earning female contestant in the game show’s nearly 57-year run … Read onERASING WOMEN: TRANS ‘JEOPARDY!’ CONTESTANT TAKES CROWN FOR HIGHEST-EARNING FEMALE WIN STREAK

Mike Rowe said, 'We're in a world where people are doing things that we can see, but we're being told that that's not happening'. Biden White House tries to convince Americans on 'transitory inflation,' and they're not buying it … Read onMEDIA GASLIGHTS AMERICANS ON 'TRANSITORY INFLATION'

In late 2021, Twitter users shared an old list of 10 problems that could halt the march of progress in the early 21st century. In 1997 … Read onDID WIRED MAG PUBLISH ‘SCARY ACCURATE’ PREDICTIONS ABOUT 21ST CENTURY IN 1997?

“Not religious” has become a specific American identity—one that distinguishes secular, liberal whites from the conservative, evangelical right. The idea of American exceptionalism … Read onTHREE DECADES AGO, AMERICA LOST ITS RELIGION. WHY?

Sri Lankan government’s efforts to hold on to foreign exchange reserves blamed for creating shortages of basic goods. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Chandhana Silva and his family are belt-tightening in more ways than one these days. The 45-year-old father of two works as a hotel waiter in the capital Colombo. His take-home pay … Read onAS FOOD AND ENERGY PRICES SOAR, SRI LANKANS GO WITHOUT

Deep-learning algorithms such as AlphaFold2 and RoseTTAFold can now predict a protein’s 3D shape from its linear sequence — a huge boon to structural biologists. A model of the human nuclear pore complex, built using AlphaFold2 and structural data. Deep-learning algorithms such as AlphaFold2 and RoseTTAFold can … Read onARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POWERS PROTEIN-FOLDING PREDICTIONS