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  • Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time

    09/30/2025 12:24:16 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 50 replies
    BBC ^ | September 30, 2025 | James Gallagher
    US scientists have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fertilising it with sperm.The technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease, by using almost any cell in the body as the starting point for life.It could even allow same-sex couples to have a genetically related child.The method requires significant refinement - which could take a decade - before a fertility clinic could even consider using it.Experts said it was an impressive breakthrough, but there needed to be an open discussion with the public about what science...
  • Did Obama Falsify Climate Data?

    09/29/2025 8:38:33 AM PDT · by Enterprise · 29 replies
    https://mark109.substack.com ^ | Sep 24, 2025 | Ignominious
    A new report by the Lancet published August 3 reiterates what media repeats daily: plastics are causing diseases, dementia and death. But the article makes it obvious that it is not the manufacturing or use of plastics; it is the recycling. Their solution is more Green spending, not less. No reversal. Burying plastics is safe and easy but never discussed because it would save money. Big Green interests have made trillions of dollars browning the earth and they refuse to stop. When did worldwide panic and spending dramatically accelerate? Buried within these top 100 facts about the green energy carnage...
  • Colbert, Strong Blame George H.W. Bush For Impending Climate Doom

    09/27/2025 9:11:55 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 40 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | 26 Sep 2025 | Alex Christy
    No Republican is safe from CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s wrath, not even former President and quintessential moderate George H.W. Bush. According to Colbert and actor Jeremy Strong on Thursday, “we risk losing essentially everything” to climate change, and it is Bush’s fault. Colbert teed up Strong, “You have a documentary about our burning world.” An appreciative Strong took the opportunity to promote the project, “Yeah, I executive produced an incredible documentary called The White House Effect that is coming out on Netflix at the end of next month. It’s coming out on Netflix on October 31,...
  • Science or Control? A Reflection on Climate Change and Scientific Authority<

    09/23/2025 6:35:03 AM PDT · by CIB-173RDABN · 10 replies
    VANITY | September 23, 2025 | CIB-173RDABN
    Science or Control? A Reflection on Climate Change and Scientific AuthorityThe Climate Crisis: From Ice Age to Apocalypse In the 1970s, the fear was global cooling—scientific articles and media coverage warned of an impending ice age. That didn’t happen. Soon, the narrative shifted to global warming. When the planet didn’t burst into flames, the terminology changed again to climate change—a catch-all that could explain any weather event: rain or drought, heat or cold, snow or its absence. Every shift came with new studies, new headlines, and always the same conclusion: We’re to blame. But the Earth’s climate has always changed....
  • Has Climate Math Been Rigged This Whole Time?

    09/23/2025 9:01:51 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | September 21, 2025 | Utrecht University
    New research reveals that climate fairness calculations have long favored wealthy, high-polluting nations by letting them delay urgent action while shifting responsibility onto vulnerable countries. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists have uncovered a hidden bias in climate pledges that rewards big polluters and penalizes vulnerable nations. Past calculations allowed high emitters to dodge responsibility and delay action. The new approach emphasizes historical responsibility, demanding steep cuts from wealthy countries and funding for poorer ones. Climate Goals Under Scrutiny Climate efforts are falling short of the Paris Agreement’s targets. To stay on track, each country is expected to contribute its ‘fair share’ of...
  • The Great Experiment and How It Ends: A Return to Nature, Purpose, and Partnership

    09/17/2025 3:48:49 AM PDT · by CIB-173RDABN · 10 replies
    VANITY | September 17, 2025 | CIB-173RDABN
    The Great Experiment and How It Ends: A Return to Nature, Purpose, and PartnershipIn the last several decades, Western society has launched what could be called a Great Experiment: a full-scale reengineering of the human relationship structure that has served civilization for thousands of years. The traditional roles of men and women have been dismantled, the institution of marriage devalued, and the idea of long-term partnership often treated as optional, or even regressive.This experiment was built on the promise of personal freedom: that women could have it all—career, independence, and family—on their own terms, and that men could be liberated...
  • Climate Change, Control, and the Question of Trust

    09/16/2025 1:48:30 PM PDT · by CIB-173RDABN · 27 replies
    vanity | September 16, 2025 | CIB-173RDABN
    Climate Change, Control, and the Question of Trust For as long as humans have walked the Earth, we have adapted to the forces of nature. Our species has survived ice ages, scorching droughts, violent storms, and even near-extinction events. We’ve done so not because we controlled nature, but because we learned to live with it — to adjust, to innovate, and to endure. Our greatest strengths have always been our intelligence and our adaptability. So when we’re told today that climate change represents an existential crisis, one that can only be solved through radical restructuring of our lives, our freedoms,...
  • SHOCKING REVELATION: New Military Surveillance Video Shows Glowing UFO Splitting a Hellfire Missile Mid-Air — Witnesses Admit No Known U.S. Technology Can Do This

    09/09/2025 4:38:15 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 49 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | September 6, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    On Tuesday morning, Capitol Hill was rocked by the release of a never-before-seen military surveillance video showing what appears to be a glowing orb, an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), shrugging off a U.S. Hellfire missile like it was a paper airplane. The 100-pound air-to-ground missile literally bounced off the craft, barely leaving an impact, before the UAP shot away at impossible speeds. The shocking footage, captured by an MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Yemen on October 30, 2024, was unveiled by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) during the latest congressional hearing on UAPs. Burlison wrote: Below is the video...
  • China Expected to Unveil “World’s Most Powerful Laser,” New Hypersonic “Eagle” Missiles at Military Parade

    09/02/2025 6:08:54 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    The Liberty Daily ^ | September 02, 2025 | Tyler Durden
    Beijing is set to display a range of previously unseen advanced weaponry during a military parade in Tiananmen Square on September 3, signaling its growing military prowess amid heightened tensions with the U.S. over the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. Satellite imagery circulating on social media indicates that the parade, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, will showcase several new anti-ship missiles, including the YJ-15, YJ-17, YJ-19, and YJ-20, with “YJ” standing for “Ying Ji” or “Eagle Attack.” Some of these missiles are believed to be hypersonic, capable of traveling at speeds exceeding five...
  • Remarkable alien-like deep-sea fish has a totally transparent head

    09/01/2025 2:15:44 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 18 replies
    Unexplained Mysteries ^ | September 1, 2025 | T.K. Randall
    This bizarre resident of the deep sea is certainly one of the most unique creatures we've ever seen. Imagine traveling through the darkest depths of the ocean around 2,000ft down where everything around you is pitch black. You shine your torch into the gloom and something catches your eye. As it gets closer, you realize that this is no ordinary fish - you can see straight through its head! Meet the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) - a creature so bizarre that if there weren't pictures and videos of it you could almost believe that it was something completely made up....
  • The Limits of AI

    08/24/2025 7:22:34 AM PDT · by Dr. Sivana · 36 replies
    perplexity.ai ^ | 08/24/2025 | self
    Just a reminder that AI isn't up to planet crushing intelligence yet. I asked perplexity.ai, "Who is the woman in the attached photo?" The AI responded:The woman in the photo is Marilyn Monroe. This iconic image is from the famous scene where she sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The style of her dress, hair, and the classic vintage microphone are all signature elements from that performance. After I pointed out why that couldn't be the case, it suggested maybe Lauren Becall. Without a clear identifying feature, it is not possible to definitively...
  • Nike-Backed Smithsonian Exhibit On Trans Athletes Criticized By Jillian Michaels

    08/14/2025 5:17:18 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 17 replies
    Outkick ^ | 14 August 2025 | Dan Shakseske
    Apparently, there's an exhibit at the Smithsonian – inside the National Museum of American History – that asks visitors to give their opinions on transgender athletes. Not only that, but the exhibit is sponsored, in part, by sports apparel giant Nike. Jillian Michaels, one of the original "fitness influencers" and a staunch defender of women's sports, brought it up during a segment on CNN, asking why the exhibit exists and why it is promoting a false claim. "[The exhibit]… talks about how it's complex to do gender testing in sports. It's not complex. It's basic science," Michaels said. "Is it...
  • My startling chat with Grok

    08/07/2025 3:50:37 PM PDT · by BruceDeitrickPrice · 44 replies
    Renew America ^ | August 5, 2025 | Bruce Deitrick Price
    My startling chat with Grok Grok tries to serve Elon Musk, the aggressive censors at X, and me X deleted several of my posts with no explanation. Instead of complaining to X, I contacted Grok and asked why my posts were being vaporized. We communicated for 45 minutes, which resulted in more than 25 pages of single-space copy! People wonder what AI is all about. I can report that Grok does everything super-fast. He (she if you prefer) does not make grammatical or spelling mistakes. Like me, he loves alliteration. Whatever you say, he weaves that into his conversation so...
  • Trump's Approval Rating About To go Sky-High Among Men!

    07/25/2025 8:18:15 AM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 79 replies
    Me | 7/25/2025 | Me
    "The White House is trying to make gas cans fill great again. In a July 24 letter, the EPA has asked gas can manufacturers to redesign their much-maligned products to fix a long-standing problem: "People hate 'em," said Florida-based eBay gas can reseller Steven Watt, 63. "It's all about the spout."
  • Johnson & Johnson Lead Scientist and Executive Admit Baby Powder Contained ‘Cancer-Causing Heavy Metals’ (VIDEO)

    07/18/2025 6:38:40 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 25 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | July 18, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    The O’Keefe Media Group on Friday released undercover video of a Johnson & Johnson lead scientist and executive admit that baby power contained cancer causing heavy metals. This is the second undercover video in OMG’s series exposing Johnson & Johnson. Joshua Rys, a Regulatory Affairs Scientist who managed Johnson & Johnson’s baby products spilled the truth to an OMG undercover journalist. “When I started, actually I started working on the consumer group. Johnson’s was one of my brands. So I managed all the baby products. So actually, when that all happened, I was working on that,” said Joshua Rys. Rys...
  • The Eleven-and-Higher Matrix of Primes and non-primes

    07/16/2025 12:48:23 PM PDT · by Peter ODonnell · 23 replies
    original to FR | July 16, 2025 | Peter O'Donnell
    I wondered if any FRiends were interested in prime numbers. You'll know that prime numbers are integers, and those which have only two factors, 1 and themselves. Except for 2, all other primes are odd numbers. By convention, the number 1 is not considered prime (but this is strictly a matter of definition because 1 does not entirely contradict the premise of being a multiple of 1 and itself). I cannot post this entire thread in one post so if you come across it in an early stage, be aware that a number of posts will follow rapidly until I...
  • Shocking New Details of the GIZA MEGASTRUCTURE Revealed: The Secrets of the Sphinx Go Deep

    07/13/2025 7:09:47 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 34 replies
    Cosmic Road ^ | July 13, 2025 | Cosmic Road
    This is truly astonishing. Whoever built these underground structures were highly advanced than humans.
  • Is Sourdough Bread Really Good for You? Here’s What the Science Says

    07/09/2025 5:13:20 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 58 replies
    Health ^ | July 7, 2025 | Jillian Kubala
    While sourdough might seem like just another type of bread you can make or buy, it actually used to be one of the only options. Until the development of commercial yeasts in the 1800s, sourdough, made with naturally occurring yeasts and lactic acid bacteria, was the main type of leavened bread consumed worldwide. Sourdough undergoes natural fermentation rather than relying on additives found in baker's yeast. This means that, compared to other breads, it is easier to digest, has a less significant impact on blood sugar, and is potentially more nutritious. 1. It's Easier to Digest The fermentation process used...
  • Trump, Harvard, and Federal Research Funding

    07/04/2025 11:23:35 AM PDT · by karpov · 16 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | July 2, 2025 | Terence Kealey
    President Trump continues to ramp up the pressure on Harvard: The university has lost $2.7 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the president is now attempting to bar Harvard from enrolling international students. Harvard is, of course, not alone in these forfeitures: The NIH has terminated over 400 grants to Columbia University, while Cornell University has received 75 stop-work orders from the Department of Defense even as the federal administration has frozen $1.7 billion destined for Brown, Northwestern, and Princeton Universities, as well as the University of Pennsylvania. But...
  • Save NASA! Science budget cuts don't help anyone!

    07/03/2025 6:13:53 AM PDT · by PIF · 123 replies
    The Angry Astronaut ^ | July 2, 2025 | The Angry Astronaut
    If you like all the Science NASA has done since 1961, then wave it all goodby. NASA budget cut to the lowest since 1961 - before there was a manned space program. No more Rovers, probes, [ even 99942 Apophis probes cut, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis ]. There are no private entities that can or will pick up the slack. Cuts to Hubble and to Webb will leave them orbiting junk. Coupled with the possible collapse of SpaceX from 47's vengeance feud with Musk, the US will no longer have a space program - civilian or military. These twin disasters in the making...