That’s how one expert describes gain of function research on deadly viruses, which—thanks to an amateur research group called DRASTIC—we now know was being conducted on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology with US taxpayer dollars.Continue Reading
Emails from NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals that he was thanked last spring for debunking the “lab leak” theory of COVID’s origin by a scientist who funneled grant money from Fauci’s NIH to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Continue Reading
Guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein was found dead may have avoided a trial (and jail time) because they planned to expose widespread falsification of documents at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.Continue Reading
Scientists at the University of Glasgow claim to have developed a method for detecting life in outer space and collecting samples—with an eye to cloning it in a lab back here on Earth.Continue Reading
Belarus forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk where a journalist critical of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was arrested. Belarus claims the plane was forced down because of a bomb threat from Hamas.Continue Reading
Israel and Hamas both claimed victory in the recent conflict while President Joe Biden took credit for arranging the cease-fire. So, we’re basically back where we were two weeks ago. What’s next?
After 11 days of rockets, Israel and Hamas have signaled willingness to discuss a cease-fire. The question is how long it will last and what the consequences will be for Israel’s relations with its Western allies.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum suffered major losses after China tightened restrictions that ban financial institutions from offering services involving cryptos. Note: China’s central bank announced its own digital currency just six weeks ago.
Health officials in the US are getting creative to try to convince those who are reluctant to be vaccinated against SARS-2 to take the jab. Or is “coercive” more accurate?
Associated Press criticized Israel for destroying the building that housed its offices in Gaza. The IDF says the building also housed Hamas intelligence operations and weapons manufacturing—and that AP’s local reporters knew about it.