Covid: Vit D Research, Definitive and Significant
March 13th, 2024People like you and me knew this years ago, but just in case…
Via: Dr. John Campbell:
“Scientists Just Got Closer to Creating Artificial Life in the Lab”
March 12th, 2024Via: Futurism:
A controversial theory posits that life began when RNA spontaneously began to replicate itself — and now researchers are claiming they’ve replicated part of that process in a lab.
In interviews with the Washington Post, scientists say they’ve created an RNA molecule that made copies of other types of RNA, which gets its experts ever closer to creating the conditions for early Earth life in a lab.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies scientists worked from the theory that before there was DNA or proteins, RNA existed as the initial ingredient in the so-called “primordial soup.”
As part of their research, WaPo reports, they created a lab-made RNA molecule that accurately copied others and resulted in a functioning enzyme. Now that the institute has done that, it’s poised to study the earliest evolutionary stages of life in unprecedented ways.
Gerald Joyce, the president of Salk who co-authored a new paper about the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, told WaPo that although the researchers’ lab-made molecule isn’t yet self-replicating, the one they did create is a huge step to creating life in the lab.
If RNA is created that is able to replicate itself, the Salk president said, “then it would be alive.”
“This is the road to how life can arise in a laboratory,” Joyce said, “or, in principle, anywhere in the universe.”
Financial Institutions Sell Stocks and Other Assets THAT DON’T EXIST to Investors
March 12th, 2024Via: Peak Prosperity:
U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says
March 12th, 2024Via: Time:
The U.S. government must move “quickly and decisively” to avert substantial national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence (AI) which could, in the worst case, cause an “extinction-level threat to the human species,” says a report commissioned by the U.S. government published on Monday.
“Current frontier AI development poses urgent and growing risks to national security,” the report, which TIME obtained ahead of its publication, says. “The rise of advanced AI and AGI [artificial general intelligence] has the potential to destabilize global security in ways reminiscent of the introduction of nuclear weapons.” AGI is a hypothetical technology that could perform most tasks at or above the level of a human. Such systems do not currently exist, but the leading AI labs are working toward them and many expect AGI to arrive within the next five years or less.
Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in U.S.
March 11th, 2024Update: Boeing Whistleblower: “If Anything Happens, It’s Not Suicide”
Via: New York Post:
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett made a grim prediction that he could potentially end up dead after raising safety concerns about the jetliner giant, allegedly telling a family friend: “If anything happens, it’s not suicide.”
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“He wasn’t concerned about [his own] safety because I asked him,” Jennifer told the outlet. “I said, ‘Aren’t you scared?’ And he said, ‘No, I ain’t scared, but if anything happens to me, it’s not suicide.’”
It wasn’t immediately clear when the conversation took place.
Jennifer said they had spoken about his upcoming deposition in the Boeing legal saga during that same chat.
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Via: BBC:
A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm’s production standards has been found dead in the US.
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.
It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.
Mr Barnett had worked for the US plane giant for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017 on health grounds.
More: Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead In A Truck From “Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound”
Research Credit: PW
CDC Releases 148 Redacted Pages About Myocarditis Risks After Covid Vaccination
March 11th, 2024Excited to dive into a new FOIA on the CDC's long-term study of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination. https://t.co/ZZptnE02Zu
— Zachary Stieber (@ZackStieber) March 7, 2024
Via: Tampa Free Press:
Yes, all 148 pages of the CDC report were blacked out.
McDonald’s “Food” Ingredients
March 9th, 2024This is almost certainly not news to anyone here, but it might be useful if you’re trying to save a friend or family member from this poison.
Via: Paul Saladino MD:
Return To ICBMs Armed With Multiple Warheads Suggested By STRATCOM Boss
March 9th, 2024Via: The War Zone:
The head of the U.S. Strategic Command has called for “serious consideration” of a return to deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, with multiple nuclear warheads. The U.S. Air Force’s LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBMs have this capability, but operational examples are presently only loaded with one warhead due to arms control agreements with Russia. The plan has been that the service’s future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBMs will also only have a single warhead for the same reasons.
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) boss Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton highlighted the importance of looking into returning to deploying ICBMs with more than one warhead, also known as a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) configuration, while testifying before members of the Senate earlier today. STRATCOM oversees the U.S. military’s triad of nuclear deterrent forces, which include silo-based ICBMs, nuclear-capable bombers, and nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
“Physical Silver Buyers Gatecrash COMEX Vaults”
March 9th, 2024I’ve been hearing things like this for decades. Is it different this time?
Via: ZeroHedge:
Former President Pfizer Warp Speed Trump Still Thinks Covid Vaccine Was a Success
March 9th, 2024He still thinks it was a success. pic.twitter.com/VgGRB3G7Tv
— cryptogon (@cryptogon) March 9, 2024
