Advancing technology, advancing war. The two are inextricably, symbiotically aligned in development by major powers like China and the U.S., and humankind will do doubt reap the results.
Category: 18 April 2023
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THE DIGITAL CONTENT YOU DON’T OWN CAN CHANGE EVERY DAY
There’s a line from a 1990’s movie, Timechasers, where a character laments concerning the “tangents” created by time travelers run amok: “The past changes now, every day.”
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CAN mRNA COVID VACCINES CHANGE HUMAN GENETICS? NEW STUDY POINTS TO YES
Medical experts defending radical mRNA technologies used to induce human cells to create a foreign “spike protein” at a genetic level, have claimed since 2020 that the technology does not itself alter human genes.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Scientism demands comprehensive data in order to further its fundamental premise of furthering “progress.”
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
The maneuvers and motivations surrounding the Securities Exchange Commission's year’s long suit against Ripple Networks might be murky and complex.
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CATO ANALYSIS PANS CBDC CLAIMS
How do the arguments for the benefits of CBDCs stack up, versus the risks? The libertarian CATO Institute recently updated their assessment, and concluded the supposed benefits of government / Federal Reserve issued digital dollars via retail or end user accounts are overstated.
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AN AI TAKE ON WHERE CRYPTOS ARE HEADING
Bitcoin could provide a more affordable and accessible way to send and receive money, especially for people in developing countries.
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SCIENTISTS CREATE “CYBORG CELLS” AS USEFUL NEW LIFE FORM
Cyborg cells—living bacteria infused with a polymer network created by scientists at the University of California Davis—can survive the body’s immune system and deliver a lethal chemical cocktail to cancer tumors, the researchers have shown.
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WATER BATTERIES: NO METAL, 1,000 PERCENT MORE ENERGY
No one’s built a working prototype yet, but engineers at Texas A&M University have used detailed computer calculations and initial experiments to show that water-based batteries are not only possible, but better than today’s workhorse lithium-ion power cells.
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KILLING BRAIN CANCER WITH A TWEAK TO THE DIET
The brain cancer called glioblastoma has a 100-percent fatality rate. A person’s median survival time after being diagnosed is just 16 months.