Hopes of reigniting talks between Korea and the U.S. didn’t last long.  Delegations from the two countries met in Stockholm last week, but the nuclear talks broke down by the end of the first day. North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong-gil, claimed the United States had arrived “empty-handed.”  The U.S. State Department released a statement saying, “The U.S. brought...

In Indonesia, President Joko Widodo sparked backlash demonstrations by outlawing extramarital sex, as well as insults to himself and his VP, while reducing access to abortion. Protesters also demand that Widodo stop blocking anti-corruption legislation. In Papua, at least 33 were killed by security forces in a clash between indigenous Papuans and Indonesian security forces. In response, Widodo ordered an...

The civil war raging in Libya – brought to you by US President Barack, the “Nobel Peace of Crap Prize Winner” Obama, David “No Cajones” Cameron of the UK, and Nicolas “Slimy” Sarkozy of France – continues to escalate. More civilians are being killed, their economy continues to decline, and warring tensions keep ripping the country apart.

On 1 October, the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approved increases in the production of painkillers despite the fact that deaths from opioid addiction have been rising at epidemic levels. One example cited was oxycodone, one of the most commonly abused prescription painkillers in the country.  According to the report, the DEA increased...

As another sign of increasing worldwide opposition to the health dangers of 5G wireless technology, which we have written about previously in the Trends Journal, a group of Danish citizens have hired an attorney to sue the government for forcing 5G installations. The group cited the installation was being done without conducting necessary tests to evaluate potential radiation harm from...

by Ben Daviss A multidisciplinary team of medical scientists from the University of Nebraska and Temple University’s medical school have, for the first time, eradicated the HIV virus from infected animals. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. The infection has been incurable, in part, because HIV weaves its own DNA into that of host organisms, where it hides. Drugs...

by Ben Daviss One person in ten around the world lacks ready access to clean water. Those people spend hours a day hauling water in buckets and pots from faraway sources. Solar stills – usually a black-bottomed vessel covered by a clear dome that water vapor condenses on – can pull clean water from dirty, but one still usually yields...

by Ben Daviss Psychosis – the mental illness in which people hear voices and otherwise hallucinate – often pops up in early adulthood and is hard to predict. Psychologists have to rely on conversations and paper-and-pencil tests to make their best guesses about whether a person will break with reality.  Artificial intelligence now offers a more precise technique. Researchers at...

by Ben Daviss When an international team of scientists came together to find the greatest source of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, they found it’s not cars or cow farts: it’s refrigerants. But it won’t be much longer if a new technology from Europe can be commercialized. Demand for air conditioners, especially in the developing world, is soaring.  According to...

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