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Author: Andy Corbley

The President has Vetoed the 2021 Military Budget Prompting Rare Capitol Hill Standoff
Foreign Policy

The President has Vetoed the 2021 Military Budget Prompting Rare Capitol Hill Standoff

December 24, 2020

WASHINGTON D.C., December 23rd, 2020. Exercising his presidential veto, President Trump has sent back the National Defense Authorization Act…

Troops to Leave Somalia Only to Remain in East Africa
War

Troops to Leave Somalia Only to Remain in East Africa

December 21, 2020

STUTTGART, Germany. December 19th, 2020. President Trump’s desire to get all troops out of Somalia, as World at Large…

Fulgurites: Fossilized Lighting Bolts Shed Light on Previous Ancient Weather Patterns
Earth Sciences

Fulgurites: Fossilized Lighting Bolts Shed Light on Previous Ancient Weather Patterns

December 18, 2020

PICTURED: Japan’s first and largest fulgurite, or fossilized lighting strike exhibited at the Iwamizawa Folk Science Museum. Photo credit:…

Chinese Return to Earth With Lunar Rocks for the First Time Since 1976
Space

Chinese Return to Earth With Lunar Rocks for the First Time Since 1976

December 17, 2020

PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…

Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump
Foreign Policy

Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump

December 16, 2020

December 15th, 2020. Sources close to the Biden transition team have told Bloomberg that the newly-announced President-elect will look…

There is an Opportunity this Spring to Go Back in Time
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

There is an Opportunity this Spring to Go Back in Time

December 15, 2020June 30, 2023

I knew when the possible implications of the rapidly spreading coronavirus back in February became clear, that I didn’t…

Physiology

Chronic Inflammation Lowers NAD+ Linking Two Critical Aging Pathways Together

December 14, 2020

A breakthrough in the study of aging occurred within the labs of Dr. Eric Verdin at the Buck Institute…

Rand Paul Attempts to Block NDAA Passage Over Afghanistan Withdrawal Limits
Foreign Policy

Rand Paul Attempts to Block NDAA Passage Over Afghanistan Withdrawal Limits

December 11, 2020

PICTURED: U.S. Senator Rand Paul speaking with attendees at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party. Photo credit: Gage…

Medicine

Blind Mice Cured of Glaucoma and Damaged Eyes When Epigenetic Changes were Programmed Away

December 10, 2020

Blind mice had their eyesight restored by the activation of proteins which rolled back a sort of genetic scarring…

Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time
Space

Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time

December 7, 2020

PICTURED: The Plant Habitat-02 radish growing station aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kate Rubins. ISS, November 30th,…

They May Not Reach 6,000 But Thirteen Tiger Range Countries are Increasing Tiger Populations
Conservation

They May Not Reach 6,000 But Thirteen Tiger Range Countries are Increasing Tiger Populations

December 4, 2020

13 months remain before the deadline arrives of the unparalleled attempt to try and double the numbers of one…

United Nations Appeals for Removal of Yemen Government From Trump’s Terror Designations
War

United Nations Appeals for Removal of Yemen Government From Trump’s Terror Designations

December 3, 2020

PICTURED: Yemeni children holding a funeral ceremony for Yemeni children that were killed in airstrikes. Photo credit The Guardian.…

Coffee Break Reads

Australia Blows Science’s Collective Mind by Mapping 3 Million Galaxies in 300 Hours

December 2, 2020

PICTURED: The 36-collective units of the ASKAP telescope system in Australia. WESTERN OUTBACK, Australia, December 1st, 2020. The world-leading…

British Scientists Turn Moon Dust Into Breathable Oxygen and Materials for 3D Printing Moon Base Infrastructure
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British Scientists Turn Moon Dust Into Breathable Oxygen and Materials for 3D Printing Moon Base Infrastructure

November 30, 2020

PICTURED: ESA research fellow Alexandre Meurisse and Beth Lomax of the University of Glasgow producing oxygen and metal out…

Biden’s Nomination for Top Spy Helped Protect Everyone Under Obama’s Torture and Drone Bombing Programs
Foreign Policy

Biden’s Nomination for Top Spy Helped Protect Everyone Under Obama’s Torture and Drone Bombing Programs

November 27, 2020

PICTURED: Avril Haines, Joe Biden’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 23rd, 2020. Joe Biden’s nomination…

China Launch Chang’e-5 to Bring Back First Lunar Geology Samples in 45 Years
Space

China Launch Chang’e-5 to Bring Back First Lunar Geology Samples in 45 Years

November 25, 2020

PICTURED: The Chang’e-4 lunar lander gathers information from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-5 lander which was…

5 State Ballot Wins for Nature this Election Cycle
Policy

5 State Ballot Wins for Nature this Election Cycle

November 23, 2020

When Americans lined up to vote in November for their next president of the United States, 5 states also…

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
ArchivesSpace

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies

November 20, 2020January 26, 2024

Plans continue going well for the Trans Astronautica Corporation, who have patent-pending technology for asteroid mining on a massive…

NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight
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NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight

November 19, 2020

PICTURED: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission…

Coffee Break Reads

After Several Failures Pentagon to Postpone Further Audits Until 2027

November 18, 2020

ARLINGTON, Virgina. November 17th, 2020. After 3 successive failures to produce a clean audit, with this year’s repeat attempt…

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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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