As the Trends Journal has been reporting since November, the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has resulted in a mass exodus and slaughter of those living in the area at the hands of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. The stated reason for Ahmed’s government launching the major offense against...
Tag: may 4 2021
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MYANMAR: PROTESTS CONTINUE, POVERTY RISING
As we have been reporting in the Trends Journal, since 1 February, tens of thousands of protesters in Myanmar have taken to the streets to fight for democracy after a military coup overturned recent election results and arrested the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who reportedly won by a landslide this past November. The...
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“SPACE FORCE” OF GARBAGE TRUCKS NEEDED
In the past 60 years, earthlings have shot more than 56,000 objects into space, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with more than half still in orbit but only about 4,000 still working. That means more than 50,000 satellites, rockets, and other remnants have died or broken apart, creating a field of swirling debris...
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ROBOTS TAKE THE (FARM) FIELD
The new generation of farmhands is armed with lasers and thinks with artificial intelligence. Instead of a hoe, Carbon Robotics’ four-wheeled weeder patrols crop rows using high-resolution cameras and an on-board computer to identify weeds, then blasts them to a crisp with its eight 150-watt lasers. The 9,500-pound can work around the clock, zap 100,000...
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NEW TRANSISTOR ACTS LIKE A BRAIN CELL
At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), scientists have been exploring the mineral perovskite as a cheaper, more efficient replacement for silicon in photovoltaic cells. In one test, researchers combined perovskite with carbon nanotubes and shot a laser at the new material. They should have seen a blip of electricity from the combination. Instead, the...
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CEOs GET RICHER AS PROFITS TANK & LAYOFFS SOAR
CEOs at major companies that suffered historic losses and fired hundreds of thousands of employees during the COVID-19 War got much richer in 2020, according to a report. The New York Times reported that the heads of Boeing, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Hilton each earned over $20 million last year. Frank Del Rio, the chief executive...
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BIDEN’S SPEAKS, NOT MANY LISTEN
Last Wednesday, President Biden laid out his plans for the future of the country during a joint session of Congress. In the nation of 332 million, it attracted about 27 million television viewers, which Nielsen reported was “much smaller” than the first speech by other recent presidents. The number may come as a surprise since,...
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CHINA: COAL OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
A Chinese official said in an interview that coal power is essential to the country’s growth and worries about its carbon footprint will have to take a back seat for the moment, according to CNBC. Su Wei, the deputy secretary of the National Development and Reform Commission, said China’s “energy structure is dominated by coal...
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CUOMO COVID COVER-UP CONTINUES
As we have reported, on 23 November 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was presented with an International Emmy Award in recognition of his leadership in fighting the COVID War. (See article here.) Bruce Paisner, CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, said Cuomo’s COVID briefings managed to create “television shows, with characters,...
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HANDWASHING MANIA CREATING MORE GERMS
StudyFinds.org recently published the article titled, “Handwashing is clogging up sinks with nasty disease-causing bacteria.” Research from the University of Reading in the U.K. confirms that “bacteria can stay alive and grow in the pipes beneath sinks after people wash them off. The problem may be worse than ever, as surveys find some people are...
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