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WATCH These Self-Replicating Builder Robots from MIT in Action
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WATCH These Self-Replicating Builder Robots from MIT in Action

December 8, 2022August 8, 2023

Mass. Institute of Technology has demonstrated a self-producing, self-replicating robot can both build more robots and structures in a…

House and Senate Agree to Add $45 Billion to Biden’s Military Budget
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House and Senate Agree to Add $45 Billion to Biden’s Military Budget

December 1, 2022August 13, 2023

A tight-lipped compromise was made recently in Congress that seems to indicate a 2023 National Defense Authorization Act heading…

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30 House Democrats Urge Biden to Seek Diplomacy with Russia

October 25, 2022

“As legislators responsible for the expenditure of tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in military assistance in the…

COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates
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COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates

August 31, 2022

Lockdown behavior by state governments has contributed to a 77% increase in the rates of type 2 diabetes in…

China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow
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China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow

July 25, 2022

PICTURED: John Bolton and Wang Wenbin. PC: Gage Skidmore. CC 2.0. When John Bolton appeared on CNN in early…

Debate on Federal Budget Kicks Off with Bill to Create Additional $8 Trillion in National Debt
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Debate on Federal Budget Kicks Off with Bill to Create Additional $8 Trillion in National Debt

July 21, 2022

PICTURED: Sen. Braun (R – IL) arguing for his budget on the Senate floor. The Senate has begun work…

NASA Administrator Reminds World it Needs Americans and Russians to Operate the Space Station
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NASA Administrator Reminds World it Needs Americans and Russians to Operate the Space Station

July 6, 2022

PICTURED: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. In a hostile interview with Der Spiegel, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stood his ground…

The Solar System May Have Had Dozens More Planets if a Young Jupiter Hadn’t Swallowed Them
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The Solar System May Have Had Dozens More Planets if a Young Jupiter Hadn’t Swallowed Them

June 22, 2022

PICTURED: NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40th close pass by the giant planet…

Whistleblower Reveals DHS “Ministry of Truth” Was Created Last Year to Monitor Election and COVID Info
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Whistleblower Reveals DHS “Ministry of Truth” Was Created Last Year to Monitor Election and COVID Info

June 14, 2022

Leaked documents from a whistleblower inside the Dept. of Homeland Security reveal that the so-called “Disinformation Governance Board” was…

Bad Dreams? Could be Parkinson’s — Study
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Bad Dreams? Could be Parkinson’s — Study

June 8, 2022

People have bad dreams all the time, but could there be underlying neurological factors influencing their manifestation? Going to…

Paramount Pictures (And the Navy) Present Top Gun Maverick: Coming Soon to Recruit Near You
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Paramount Pictures (And the Navy) Present Top Gun Maverick: Coming Soon to Recruit Near You

June 1, 2022

Memorial Day-weekend movie-goers have been tickled by the blatant U.S. Navy and Air Force recruiting booths set up in…

Full Genome Sequenced of Man from Pompeii Reveals a Diverse Italy
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Full Genome Sequenced of Man from Pompeii Reveals a Diverse Italy

May 26, 2022

PICTURED: The two skeletons from the House of Craftsmen whose DNA were sequenced in the new study. PC: Notizie…

DHS Shuts Down Disinformation Governance Board After Just Three Weeks of Backlash
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DHS Shuts Down Disinformation Governance Board After Just Three Weeks of Backlash

May 19, 2022

On Monday, the Dept. of Homeland Security announced they were shutting down the so-called “Disinformation Governance Board” after backlash…

American Produce has Lost As Much As 80% of Its Nutrition Since the 1950s
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American Produce has Lost As Much As 80% of Its Nutrition Since the 1950s

May 9, 2022

If you wanted to replicate the vitamin A content of an orange grown in 1940s America, one would have…

Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance
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Warrantless FBI Data Searches and CDC Mass Data Collection Highlights Level of American Surveillance

May 4, 2022

In its Annual Statistical Transparency Report, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence admitted to running 3.4 million…

Physical Activity For Work Shortens Lifespan: For Leisure Extends It
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Physical Activity For Work Shortens Lifespan: For Leisure Extends It

March 16, 2022

Not all squats are created equal. The one you do to sculpt your legs, stay fit, or warm up…

NATO’s Nazis: Full-Blooded Racial Purist Militias Pictured with UK Rocket Launchers
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NATO’s Nazis: Full-Blooded Racial Purist Militias Pictured with UK Rocket Launchers

March 15, 2022

PICTURED: Azov Battalion members inspect NATO-made weaponry. PC: NEXTA, retrieved from Twitter. As WaL reported recently, persistent accusations of…

The Gut Microbiome Contributes to Social Dominance
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The Gut Microbiome Contributes to Social Dominance

March 10, 2022

A certain type of bacteria, combined with one of the most short-chain fatty acids in the human body, seems…

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration

March 8, 2022

PICTURED: Trilha da Figueira Nature Reserve in Brazil’s Paraná state. PC: João P. Burini. CC 4.0. The oft-ignored middle-child…

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Brain Speed Doesn’t Begin to Decline Until Age 60

February 21, 2022

Mental processing speed does not start to decline until age 60, according to analysis of over a million participants…

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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023

When President Biden signaled his intention to bypass American law and send cluster munitions to Ukraine, Kyiv quickly provided…

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Biden Officials Knew Ukraine Couldn’t Fight Effectively with the Weapons and Training They Had

Andy Corbley July 24, 2023

  If any Ukrainian were under the impression that the White House and Pentagon were their allies, the last…

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Pentagon Intelligence Chief Calls Ukraine A “Stalemate”–Doubts that New Weapons Will Help

Andy Corbley July 17, 2023

In an interview at Bloomberg, Chief of Staff for the Defense Intelligence Agency described the Ukraine war as a “stalemate” before…

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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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