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For decades, social scientists, demographers and Christians themselves have told a familiar story about the state of Christianity in the United States: The country was rapidly secularizing. The Christian population was shrinking, on its way to becoming a minority religion. America may have been some years behind Europe in the process, but its pews were emptying steadily and inexorably. Now, that narrative may be changing. After years of decline, the Christian population in the United States has been stable for several years, a shift fueled in part by young adults, according to a major new survey from the Pew Research...

Researchers have developed a new type of photochromic glass that can store and rewrite data indefinitely.By embedding magnesium and terbium, they’ve created a material that changes colors under different wavelengths of light, allowing for high-density, long-term storage without power. This breakthrough could revolutionize data preservation.Exploring the Potential of Glass for Data StorageFor years, scientists have explored the potential of glass as a long-term data storage medium, drawn to its ability to preserve information for eons without requiring power. One promising candidate is photochromic glass, a special type of glass that changes color when exposed to different wavelengths of light. Now,...

In Genesis 2, we read about how God wants us to work. Verse 15, “And the Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and keep it.” Gardening, farm work, yard work. In 1 Corinthians 10 and Colossians 3, we’re told that whatever we do, we are to work heartily and diligently, as if we’re working for the Lord and not for men. And in 2 Thessalonians 3, we read that if anyone is not willing to work, then he should not be allowed to eat. Work is essential, not just for...

A duck farm on Long Island has hatched a new generation of chicks — beginning to replace the nearly 100,000 mallards they were forced to kill due to the spread of avian flu. Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue welcomed 3,700 new chicks just over a month after farm operators were forced to cull 99,000 ducks when an outbreak of H1N5 — bird flu — spread across the susceptible flock. About half of the newborn birds are female — with hens beginning to lay their own eggs at the age of six months. New York state had sanitized 15,000 eggs from...

A New Hampshire woman was arrested on Friday after police found footage of her urinating on food products at a local grocery store among a trove of online videos documenting similar disgusting acts dating back four years. Kelli Tedford, 23, allegedly tainted a slew of products at Monadnock Food Co-op in New Hampshire with her urine — costing the grocery store roughly $1,500 for the ruined products and cleaning expenses, the Keene Police Department said in a press release. The grocery store also had to issue a recall for its organic quinoa, cornmeal, polenta, coconut shreds and raw walnuts after...

Researchers discovered a tiny droplet of acid could do the job of large amounts of harmful chemicals usually used for turning aluminum transparent. (fotaro100/Shutterstock) =================================================================== In a nutshell * Scientists have developed a technique to transform aluminum into transparent aluminum oxide using just a droplet of acid and low voltage (2V), dramatically reducing chemical waste compared to traditional methods that require full immersion in acid baths. * The transparent material allows more than 70% of visible light to pass through while blocking some near-infrared light, making it potentially valuable for applications in electronics, solar panels, optical sensors, and energy-efficient windows....

The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson decided to co-author a book about what had led the Democratic party to defeat, with a focus on former President Joe Biden. The deeply sourced reporters found what they call a “cover-up” of the former president’s “serious decline.” The resulting book, titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” is coming out on May 20. The book’s publisher, Penguin Press, announced the project on Wednesday. “What you will learn makes President Biden’s decision to run...

Thanks to high-ranking connections, The Babylon Bee has obtained the following list of some of the things that responding government employees said they accomplished last week: 1. Responded to this email: Following directions is a top priority. 2. Hid in the janitor's closet from the DOGE guys: Sometimes it's best just to be honest. 3. Completed a game of Minesweeper on the highest difficulty: This type of genius should always have a job in the federal government. 4. Proofread a new series of instructional transsexual comic books for Guatemalan children: Changing the world is a tough job, but someone has...

Navy Seal Author and Historian Matt Bracken talks Dan Bongino and Kash Patel to the FBI. How the country feels like a DC Comic, the left not being able to keep up, run on gold, AI, cartels in Mexico, and much more.

The Biden regime’s total and shameless disregard for our national security and safety has hit a shocking new low—and investigative journalist Breanna Morello has exposed just how deep their betrayal goes. The short version is simple: Biden changed TSA guidelines to make it easier for illegals to fly. But it goes much deeper than that. Instead of protecting American citizens, the Biden regime was busy fast-tracking unvetted, no-ID illegals through TSA checkpoints. Why would they do that, you must be wondering? Well, it wasn’t for safety or security—many believe they did it to quickly clear the way for their top...

On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared during MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were “damn billionaires” that want “everybody else to eat dirt.” Warren said, “I don’t ask for the engineering reports on the bridge. What I know is that I have a government I can trust, and an Army Corps of Engineers that makes sure it’s a safe bridge to be able to travel over. The same kind of thing should be true with our financial infrastructure. You should be able to take out a mortgage or buy, use a credit card or...

Investigative reporter and right-wing influencer Chris Rufo just dropped a story that’ll have you seeing red. And while it’s no shock that employees inside the NSA have a secret chatroom—pretty much standard behavior for these anti-Trump types—it’s what they’re using it for that’s the real kicker. Forget swapping recipes or sharing family photos. No, this little hideout is being used to bash their new boss, Tulsi Gabbard and trash the so-called MAGA “cult.” ... Not only are they smearing Tulsi as “anti-queer” and a “Russian agent”—classic propaganda straight from the regime-run media playbook—but now they’re accusing her of being part...

TULSI GABBARD ANNOUNCES SHE HAS TERMINATED ALL 100+ NSA EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN TRANSGENDER SEX CHATS..... 1:32 FOX NEWS VIDEO AT LINK.................

US Department of Defense-linked labs are conducting experiments to mutate the SAT-2 virus in Armenia, docs leaked by an ex-USAID employee and cited by MyNews24 suggest. The ACCU Reference Medical Lab, associated with the Pentagon, collected SAT-2 virus samples in Turkiye and then handed them over to US Defense Attache in Armenia Colonel Kevin Steele for further experiments, correspondence indicates. Others purportedly involved include Mayo Clinic geneticist Peter Harris and the ACCU’s Daniela Peterova. The SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus can transmit to humans, and has been found in regions like Africa and parts of the Middle East. Armenia's strategic location...

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the White House has taken control over the make up the White House press pool, brushing aside the liberal White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), which for 111 years was responsible for deciding which outlets were allowed access to the president. Leavitt told reporters during Tuesday’s briefing that the move would “give even greater access to the American people.” “The White House Correspondents’ Association has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore,” Leavitt said in a press briefing. “I...

In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson discusses a recent heated exchange between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet T. Mills at a White House meeting of governors. The confrontation centered on Trump’s executive order banning males from participating in female sports, which Mills resisted. Hanson argues that Mills’ stance is not only out of line with public opinion, but also basic constitutional principles: “[Gov. Janet T. Mills’] wrong on public opinion and she’s wrong on sporting authorization. She’s wrong in the idea that a state law can supersede a federal law....

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(2/26/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Judge of What’s Good) Hebrews 6:4-64 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

26 February 2025 Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary TimeCOLEGIO PAULA MONTALReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingEcclesiasticus 4:12-22Whoever loves wisdom loves lifeWisdom brings up her own sons, and cares for those who seek her.Whoever loves her loves life, those who wait on her early will be filled with happiness.Whoever holds her close will inherit honour, and wherever he walks the Lord will bless him.Those who serve her minister to the Holy One, and the Lord loves those who love her.Whoever obeys her judges aright, and whoever pays attention to her dwells secure.If he trusts himself to her...

The state court sentenced Milorad Dodik to one year in jail and a ban on holding office as Republika Srpska's president for six years - a verdict that Dodik called 'nonsense' and has vowed to ignore. Dodik’s and Lukic’s trial began in February last year. They were accused of knowingly defying decisions issued by High Representative Christian Schmidt in July 2023. Hans Сhristian Friedrich Schmidt (born 26 August 1957) is a German politician serving as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since August 2021. He is a member of the Christian Social Union.

This self-proclaimed “super mayor” is now a super loser. “Dolton Dictator” Tiffany Henyard suffered a landslide loss in Tuesday’s Democratic primary after more than a year of seedy scandals, wild antics, and haughty remarks finally caught up to her at the ballot box. The under-fire Illinois mayor finally ran into her kryptonite — voters in her own Chicago suburb, who overwhelmingly picked village Trustee Jason House as the Democratic nominee.