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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Back. Gene Drives Could Stop Them for Good.

Genetic Engineering Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Back. Gene Drives Could Stop Them for Good. Using genetic engineering to drive at...

23.07.2026 0

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Global Hunger Falls From 35% in 1970 to 7.8%

Food Global Hunger Falls From 35% in 1970 to 7.8% Armed conflict and violence remain the primary drivers of acute food insecurity. ...

22.07.2026 4

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Review: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Is Celebrating America's Semiquincentennial

Entertainment Review: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Is Celebrating America's Semiquincentennial The Declaration author's historic...

17.07.2026 2

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits

Nuclear Power Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits The agency pretends to loosen...

14.07.2026 3

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What Ben Sasse's Treatment Says About the Bright Future of Cancer Cures

Cancer What Ben Sasse's Treatment Says About the Bright Future of Cancer Cures New immunotherapies, cancer vaccines, and early...

14.07.2026 3

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Sen. Mitch McConnell's Hospitalization Proves Again That Gerontocracy Sucks

Mitch McConnell Sen. Mitch McConnell's Hospitalization Proves Again That Gerontocracy Sucks McConnell is no outlier: The U.S....

10.07.2026 5

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New Study of Billions of mRNA Vaccine Shots Confirms Their Safety and Efficacy

Vaccines New Study of Billions of mRNA Vaccine Shots Confirms Their Safety and Efficacy The study also reviews the great potential...

01.07.2026 7

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Supreme Court Quashes Scientifically Bogus Lawsuits Against Roundup Herbicide

Monsanto Supreme Court Quashes Scientifically Bogus Lawsuits Against Roundup Herbicide Thousands of lawsuits alleging Roundup...

25.06.2026 8

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Over 100,000 Kids Have Died Due to Greenpeace Blocking Genetically Enhanced Rice, New Calculation Shows

Golden Rice Over 100,000 Kids Have Died Due to Greenpeace Blocking Genetically Enhanced Rice, New Calculation Shows Anti-technology...

17.06.2026 5

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Tulsi Gabbard's Not-So-Shocking Revelation of U.S.-Funded Veterinary Biolabs in Ukraine

Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard's Not-So-Shocking Revelation of U.S.-Funded Veterinary Biolabs in Ukraine Trump's director of national...

17.06.2026 5

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1776 All-Stars: Why Thomas Jefferson Is the Most Fascinating Founder

Politics 1776 All-Stars: Why Thomas Jefferson Is the Most Fascinating Founder The author of the Declaration of Independence may...

11.06.2026 10

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Google Aims to Debug California and Florida by Releasing 64 Million Mosquitoes

Google Google Aims to Debug California and Florida by Releasing 64 Million Mosquitoes An earlier project already led to a 95...

04.06.2026 10

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The Enhanced Games Proved Enhancement Works But Youth Works Better

Enhancement The Enhanced Games Proved Enhancement Works But Youth Works Better But many older enhanced athletes did achieve better...

02.06.2026 10

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Is the End of the Obesity Epidemic Near? People Lost Up to 85 Pounds Using New Weight Loss Drug

Obesity Is the End of the Obesity Epidemic Near? People Lost Up to 85 Pounds Using New Weight Loss Drug Eli Lilly's retatrutide is...

22.05.2026 10

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Coffee Is Good for Your Brain

Science Coffee Is Good for Your Brain Researchers tracked 130,000 people for over 40 years and found coffee was associated with...

19.05.2026 30

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The Surprising Divide Over What Counts as True

Truth The Surprising Divide Over What Counts as True A new study finds that what people think about facts, authenticity, or...

15.05.2026 10

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Trump's Health Bureaucrats Are Undermining Confidence in Vaccines

Vaccines Trump's Health Bureaucrats Are Undermining Confidence in Vaccines From spiked CDC reports to blocked FDA studies,...

07.05.2026 10

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CRISPR Genome Editing and the Future of Down Syndrome Treatment

Gene Editing CRISPR Genome Editing and the Future of Down Syndrome Treatment The ethics of using safe gene therapies to improve the...

30.04.2026 10

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Polo Officials Ban Genetically Enhanced Ponies To Save 'the Magic of Breeding'

Innovation Polo Officials Ban Genetically Enhanced Ponies To Save 'the Magic of Breeding' (Don't) hold your genetically enhanced...

30.04.2026 10

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The Evidence Revolution: Why 'Take Nobody's Word for It' Really Matters

Book Reviews The Evidence Revolution: Why 'Take Nobody's Word for It' Really Matters Beyond Belief explains how the "evidence...

28.04.2026 20

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Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

Communism Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster Forty years after the Chernobyl meltdown, too many...

26.04.2026 40

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A Grim Diagnosis, but New Science Is Rewriting the Story of Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer A Grim Diagnosis, but New Science Is Rewriting the Story of Pancreatic Cancer The day draws nearer when it is no longer "a...

21.04.2026 20

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On the Duty To Disobey Unjust Commands

Identity politics On the Duty To Disobey Unjust Commands Philosopher Omri Boehm argues persuasively that universal human dignity is...

15.04.2026 20

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Review: Giant Dramatizes Roald Dahl's Antisemitism Controversy

Theater Review: Giant Dramatizes Roald Dahl's Antisemitism Controversy The play presents characters subtly negotiating the...

10.04.2026 20

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Man Successfully Designs mRNA Vaccine To Treat His Dog's Cancer

Cancer Man Successfully Designs mRNA Vaccine To Treat His Dog's Cancer "If we can do this for a dog, why aren't we rolling this out...

19.03.2026 30

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Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Arbitrary Changes to Childhood Vaccine Policy

Vaccines Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Arbitrary Changes to Childhood Vaccine Policy Under Kennedy's oversight, HHS has...

18.03.2026 20

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Population Doomster and False Prophet of Ecological Apocalypse Paul Ehrlich Has Died

Paul Ehrlich Population Doomster and False Prophet of Ecological Apocalypse Paul Ehrlich Has Died The author of The Population Bomb...

16.03.2026 20

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This Cancer Researcher Home-Brewed a Beer That Works as a Vaccine

Innovation This Cancer Researcher Home-Brewed a Beer That Works as a Vaccine And he's publishing the process so you can do it too. ...

15.03.2026 20

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We Lost the Lyme Vaccine. Under Rand Paul's New Vaccine Liability Bill, We'll Lose More.

Vaccines We Lost the Lyme Vaccine. Under Rand Paul's New Vaccine Liability Bill, We'll Lose More. The End the Vaccine Carveout Act...

05.03.2026 30

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By Closing Moscow's Gulag History Museum, Putin Is Erasing Inconvenient Soviet History

Soviet Union By Closing Moscow's Gulag History Museum, Putin Is Erasing Inconvenient Soviet History As George Orwell warned, "Who...

04.03.2026 50

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Clinical Trials Show Moderna's New mRNA Flu Vaccine Is Safe and Effective. FDA Won't Even Consider It.

13.02.2026 200

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The Feds Won't Certify Safe Vaccines Anymore. The Private Sector Is Stepping Up To Do It.

12.02.2026 30

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The Trump Administration Plans To Repeal EPA Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions 'Threaten' Public Health

11.02.2026 20

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Can This AI Predict How You Will Die?

10.02.2026 30

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Energy Department Moves To Fast-Track Advanced Nuclear Reactor Approvals

05.02.2026 20

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Bureau of Land Management Says Bison Are Not Livestock, Obstructing Plans for a Huge Private Prairie Reserve

24.01.2026 50

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Do Cellphones Cause Cancer? RFK Jr.'s HHS Is Suppressing FDA Data Confirming Cellphone Safety.

17.01.2026 30

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Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin Plan To Put AI in Space. Will It Produce Skynet or Untold Economic Abundance?

12.12.2025 20

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French Study on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Finds a Drop in Severe COVID—and No Increase in Deaths

06.12.2025 30

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Thankfully, We Don't Have To Spend As Much of Our Incomes on Food As Our Ancestors Did

27.11.2025 30

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The U.N. Has Now Held 30 Climate Change Conferences That Have Accomplished Almost Nothing

25.11.2025 30

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RFK Jr. Breaks His Promises About the CDC on Vaccines and Autism

22.11.2025 30

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COVID Shots Are Not Causing a 'Turbo Cancer' Epidemic

14.11.2025 30

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The U.N. Has Been Holding Climate Conferences for 30 Years. Carbon Emissions Continue To Climb.

10.11.2025 30

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Vaccine Skeptics Said That COVID Shots Would Cause Mass Death. We're Still Here.

25.10.2025 30

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Needlessly Strict Federal Rules on Radiation Exposure Are Stalling Nuclear Power Development

18.10.2025 40

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Review: This Cat Gamed the Academic Publishing System and Earned High Marks on Google Scholar

17.10.2025 30

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Can Americans Trust RFK Jr.'s Health Advice? A Breakdown on Vaccines, Autism, Food Dyes, and More

30.09.2025 30

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AI Chatbots Might Already Be Better Than Humans at Debating

15.09.2025 30

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Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Weaponizing Public Health' by Removing the CDC Director?

29.08.2025 30

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