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Did a Cold War Tick Experiment Help Spread Lyme Disease?

Recently, I was playing in the woods with my son when we decided to go the path least taken. Two roads diverged in the wood, and we took the one less traveled—the one tha

Alberta's Vote to Begin Formal Secession Process Scheduled for 2 Weeks From Now-Facts Matter

Right now, our friendly neighbors to the north (in the Canadian Province of Alberta) are in the process of breaking away from Canada. The first major milestone has alrea

Synthetic Food Dyes Get Eliminated by Major Cereal Maker by End of 2026

If you happen to love cereal, then there is something that you should know. Recently, there have been some positive developments within the Make America Healthy Again mov

Elon Musk's Nashville Highway Tunneling Project Doubles in Size

The city of Nashville, the global home to country music, is anything but “boring.” That was until Elon Musk’s The Boring Company began to dig tunnels underneath it. The

iPhone Owners Can Get Payout From Apple’s Settlement

Apple settled a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a cool $250 million. And it’s worth mentioning that over half

Cuba’s Greatest Weapon Isn’t Missiles, It’s Impressionable American Minds

A few months ago, when President Donald Trump began floating the idea of taking over Cuba using military force, many people were understandably surprised. Since then, h

Big Gold Moves: French Central Bank Moves 129 Tons of Gold out of US; Dutch Central Bank Moves 86 Tons

There are some big moves happening in the gold market. Last week, the Central Bank of the Netherlands confirmed that they moved 86 tons of gold out of North America—mov

Anthropic Slapped With Lawsuit Over Alleged Theft of Over 10,000 Songs for AI Training

Anthropic recently settled a $1.5-billion civil suit over the illegal downloading of millions of books used to train its large language model. It was the single largest

Does Filming Yourself Doing Illegal Things for ‘Content’ Make Them Less Illegal?

Let’s delve into the history of the “prank video” format, and how it’s developed to where it is today, where TikTok stars are going into businesses pretending to work the

The Looming Threat of a Chinese Humanoid Robot Flood into the US Market

Humanoid robots from China—are they taking over, or just falling over? Are they our cute companions? Or, are they watching us in our homes through secret backdoors left

Fat From Cadavers Now Being Used for Cosmetic Fillers

How badly do you want that perfect beach body? Some are willing to get liposuction and have someone shuffle their own fat around. But how about getting one’s body enhance

AI Creates 16 Never-Before-Seen Real-World Viruses

Scientists in the U.S. recently announced that for the very first time, they were able to use AI to create viruses never before seen in nature. Don’t worry, though: these

USPS: New Rules for Mail-In Ballots; US Issues Travel Alert for 3 Countries

Today, we do a round up of three stories. First, a former acting U.S. attorney was found dead in his office in a federal building in California. Second, the USPS just iss

Over 30 Minnesota Water Systems Hit with 'Coordinated Cyberattack,' Forced to Go Offline

In just 48 hours, a coordinated cyberattack disrupted the digital controls of water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities, forcing operators to switch to manu

CDC Data Shows Leprosy Cases Spiking in Florida, With a Surprising Cause

Leprosy appears to be not only spreading in central Florida, but according to the CDC, it might now be endemic to the region. Let’s explore why that is, as well as what i

Apps Marketed to US Veterans Are Coming Equipped With Chinese and Russian Code

A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from China and Russi

Internal Docs Discovered in Lawsuit Exposed Anthropic’s Mass Book Shredding Project

It turns out that Anthropic—the giant AI company behind the Claude chatbot—has been secretly destroying millions of books in the process of feeding them into the AI syste

Future of War: China's SAR Satellite in GEO Orbit Versus Air Force Space Robots

China launched the world’s first geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar satellite in 2023, giving it continuous all-weather surveillance over roughly one-third of the pl

Former CIA Director Dies, Wife Says They Spent His Last Years Looking for Cure to Havana Syndrome

Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence and diplom

US Praises Venezuela for Initiating Withdrawal From ICC

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has formally begun withdrawing the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, which never rati