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Author: Andy Corbley

Oh, It’s Just Another Walled Medieval City on a Hill
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Oh, It’s Just Another Walled Medieval City on a Hill

September 7, 2021June 30, 2023

In Umbria, a place of extraordinary beauty lies, as things so often do in Italy, at the top of…

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Perseverance Rover Captures First Rock Sample

September 6, 2021

PICTURED: The drill hole from Perseverance’s second sample-collection attempt can be seen, in this composite of two images taken…

War

Afghanistan Update: Pentagon Changes Story on Drone Bombed Family While Investigative Report Reveals Failed Drone War

September 3, 2021

Story at a glance… Following a drone bombing of 10 civilians, remaining family members demand answers. Justification for the…

House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”
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House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”

September 2, 2021September 12, 2023

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?
Space

What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?

September 1, 2021

Story at a glance… Since 2014, multiple Earth-like planets have been discovered in our galaxy. While too far to…

War

Witnesses Say U.S. Forces Have Killed Civilians in Several Ways Following Suicide Bomber

August 30, 2021

PICTURED: A U.S. Air Force Airman guides qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support…

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If We Really Want to Save the World’s Biodiversity: Recognize Indigenous Land Rights

August 27, 2021

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?
ArchivesMedicine

The MEND Protocol and the End of Alzheimer’s?

August 26, 2021December 11, 2023

Clinical trials of a new precision, or functional medicine approach to targeting, and reversing cognitive decline from Alzheimer’s Disease…

World News

Afghanistan Update: Taliban Retake Provinces and Coordinate with U.S. Over Airport Crisis

August 25, 2021

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
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Sitting on the Buckle of Italy

August 24, 2021June 30, 2023

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”
Earth Sciences

438-Year Old “Massive” Coral Discovered in the Great Barrier Reef in “Excellent Condition”

August 23, 2021

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?
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Perseverance Rover Drills Up Nothing: Why?

August 20, 2021

PICTURED: An image taken by the rover of the borehole made in the recent failed extraction. PC: NASA/JPL-Caltech. MARS.…

World News

Afghanistan Four Days Later: Girls Return to School and First Official Presser

August 19, 2021

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
ArchivesPhysiology

Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline

August 18, 2021May 29, 2024

Story at a glance… When receiving a sample of a young mouse’s gut microbiome, age-related cognitive decline was reversed…

War

World Governments Hash Out Positions on New Taliban Government and Evacuation Crisis

August 17, 2021

PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…

War

Afghan War Wraps Up: Kabul Falls: New President Named: Country Holds its Breath

August 16, 2021

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
ArchivesWorld News

Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial

August 3, 2021March 6, 2024

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
ArchivesConservation

Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach

July 30, 2021July 12, 2025

Story at a glance… The tiger home countries have been trying to double wild tiger numbers over the last…

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses
Space

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses

July 29, 2021

PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…

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Moon Commits to Peace Efforts as Koreas Restore Communications After Year of Radio Silence

July 27, 2021

PICTURED: President Moon Jae-in and DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un meet to shake hands across the border in the…

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Interest Payments on the National Debt up 13% Year-over-year with Still 3 Months to Go

Andy Corbley August 17, 2026

With a trimester left of the 2026 fiscal year, the US Treasury has already borrowed more money than in…

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We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley

Andy Corbley August 7, 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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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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