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Last Sunday, Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded fire across the border of Kashmir known as the Line of Control (LoC). At least ten people were reported killed. Conditions in Kashmir have been tense since 5 August, when India revoked Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status and then deployed thousands of additional troops to crackdown on any resistance. India...

They call them debates! In reality, it’s “The Presidential Reality Show.”  A Made-for-TV side show. Need proof? Watch last week’s fourth Democratic presidential “debate.” On complex matters of health care, the economy, war and peace, etc., the contestants were allotted the grand total of 75 seconds to answer questions provided by the Presstitute’s from CNN,...

In Japan, just over a week ago, thousands of bags filled with debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown were swept into a river during the recent typhoon. The facility where the bags were stored was flooded with torrential rainfall and heavy winds caused by the storm, named “Hagibis,” one of the most powerful...

Researchers have confirmed that a diet of more fruit, vegetables, fish, and lean meat triggers significant improvements in moods of test participants and can ease depression in as little as three weeks. The testing was part of a study conducted at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. One of the lead researchers, Heather Frances, a professor...

The world’s banana trees are under assault by a fungal wilt. Now, in addition to saving a nice topping for cereal or addition to your fruit salad, researchers have an even stronger reason to rescue this staple crop: it can replace plastic. Banana Leaf Technology, an Indian start-up, is applying a proprietary technology to alter...

In an internal document, researchers at Google have reported demonstrating “quantum supremacy” – the ability of a quantum computer to outperform its state-of-the-art conventional cousins. Google claims that its’ quantum computer cranked through a calculation which stumped the most powerful of today’s supercomputers. The calculation had no practical value other than to test a computer’s...

While some patients suffering from severe depression get significant help from certain prescription drugs, the World Health Organization reports that 40 to 70 percent of patients are not responsive to antidepressant treatments. And yet, despite the growing evidence of the importance of healthy eating to ease depression and the clear statistic that 40 to 70...

The plummeting price of renewable energy is leaving nuclear power plants in the dust. To salvage the billions invested in these plants, the U.S. Department of Energy is giving them a new mission: making hydrogen. In a pilot program, three U.S. nuke sites are being outfitted with electrolysis systems that will split water into hydrogen...