Archive for October, 2024
Up to $41 Billion in World Bank Climate Finance Unaccounted for, Oxfam Finds
October 28th, 2024More billions in U.S. taxpayer money down the drain. Via: Oxfam: Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance —nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published today ahead of the World […]
California May Lose Two More Refineries That Produce 14% of Gasoline in the State
October 27th, 2024Via: Just the News: Short on the heels of another major refinery closure, Valero signaled it is considering closing its two California refineries that produce over 14% of the state’s gasoline. Refinery closures already have the state importing 8% of its gasoline supply, which means the state could soon have to significantly increase its imports […]
Life-Sized Dolls in Japanese Village as Population Declines
October 27th, 2024Via: Japan Today: Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets. The two-year-old was the first baby in two decades for Ichinono, one of more than 20,000 communities in Japan where the majority of residents are aged 65 and above, according […]
Astronomers Discover Complex Carbon Molecules in Interstellar Space
October 26th, 2024Via: Science Alert: A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust. This is exciting for those of us who keep lists of known interstellar molecules in the hope that we might work out how life arose in […]
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Iran
October 25th, 2024Via: Fox: In the largest attack by Israel on Iran in history, Jerusalem on Friday launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes against Iran after the Islamic Republic fired a barrage of missiles toward Israelis earlier this month. Local Israeli news outlet Channel 12 reported that in a direct attack on Iran, Israel sent 140 Air […]
Marines Testing Counter-Drone Rifle Aiming System With Automatically Moving Stock
October 25th, 2024Via: The War Zone: The U.S. Marines are testing a system for standard service rifles that automatically fine-tunes the point of aim with the help of a powered buttstock as a new option to help shoot down drones. The service is in the midst of a broad push to acquire new capabilities to help every […]
Plastic Chemical Phthalate Causes DNA Breakage and Chromosome Defects in Sex Cells
October 25th, 2024Via: MedicalXpress: A new study conducted on roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes. Monica Colaiácovo of Harvard Medical School led the study, which was published October 24 in the journal PLOS Genetics. Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) is a chemical […]
Bill Gates to Appear Before Dutch Court in Vaccine Lawsuit
October 24th, 2024Via: American Faith: Bill Gates will appear before a Dutch court due to his involvement with the COVID-19 vaccines. According to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, seven plaintiffs have taken action against Gates, former Prime Minister Mark Rutte, former Minister Hugo de Jonge, and several members of the Outbreak Management Team. The plaintiffs alleged that Gates, […]
“If Israel insists on destroying civilian targets in Lebanon…”
October 24th, 2024If Israel insists on destroying civilian targets in Lebanon, let them buy and build their own weapons. American taxpayers should not be funding this. pic.twitter.com/xR3VLzmWYo — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 23, 2024
5-Year-Old Develops Autism After Being Forced to Get 18 Vaccines in 1 Day
October 23rd, 2024Via: The Defender: In 2016, David Ihben moved his wife and three children from Chicago to Jamestown, in rural Tennessee, with high hopes for a new and calmer life. But the dream turned into a nightmare for David and his children in December 2019, when divorce proceedings and a subsequent custody battle resulted in the […]
