Science and Technology
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Solar project will generate enough energy to power 315,000 homes
“Cypress Creek Energy and Google have begun construction on an energy project in Arkansas that is set to become the…
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Schools install attack drones against shooters
“Nine schools in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado are installing attack drones designed to confront active shooters. Teachers can summon the…
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Retinal implant restores vision
“European regulators have approved Science Corporation’s PRIMA retinal implant, which combines a tiny chip inserted beneath the retina with camera-equipped…
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Medical researchers restore sperm production in man who became infertile due to cancer
“Belgian medical researchers have restored sperm production in a man left infertile after childhood chemotherapy using testicular tissue that had…
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Dengue fever vaccine approved in India
“India has approved its first dengue vaccine, a two-dose vaccine from Takeda Pharmaceutical that, in a late-stage trial, was 80…
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Heart disease, smoking, and air pollution deaths fall
“The age-adjusted US death rate from ischemic heart disease, which is caused by blocked coronary arteries, fell 59 percent between…
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Europe loosens restrictions on gene-edited crops
“The European Union is substantially loosening its restrictions on certain gene-edited crops. Last month, the European Parliament passed a law…
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Big Pharma Wants To Turn Toad Venom Into The Next Blockbuster Drug
By Ann Rodgers Big Pharma is making a high-stakes bet that their next cash grab will come from an unlikely…
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New cholesterol treatment approved
“The FDA has approved a pill that blocks PCSK9, a protein that limits the liver’s ability to remove LDL cholesterol…
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Hospital infections decline
“Hospital-acquired infections have become less common in the U.S. A CDC survey of 13,653 patients at 218 hospitals found that…
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Satellite will reflect sunlight to the dark side of the Earth
“The Federal Communications Commission has approved a test flight of a satellite designed to reflect sunlight to the dark side…
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Drones transport phlegm and save stranded people
Drones are helping transport phlegm and save stranded people, reports The Doomslayer: In India, a pilot program is using drones…
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Drones eradicate mice, and protect against life-threatening hazards
“In Australia, land managers used drones to clear an island of mice, and authorities are employing drone pilots to help…
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New way to dispose of nuclear waste
“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a practical disposal pathway for “Greater-Than-Class-C” nuclear waste, the most radioactive category of low-level…
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Artificial intelligence reduces smuggling
“Researchers at Australia’s Macquarie University have developed an AI system designed to detect trafficked marine wildlife in packages and luggage.…
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Longest and deepest undersea tunnel is now being built
“Norway is currently building a 26.7-kilometer-long subsea road tunnel, which will be the longest and deepest in the world once…
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Artificial intelligence saves life of man with heart disease
An artificial intelligence tool saved a man’s life in New York City: “A patient came to an emergency room with…
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Experimental treatment heals burns without the scars that come from skin grafts
“Doctors in Ontario recently used an experimental treatment to help treat a burn victim’s face. Instead of skin grafts, which…
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New York City is suffering now due to left-wing anti-energy policies
New York City “had a nuclear power plant 36 miles away called Indian Point. It supplied carbon-free safe power that…
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Solar powered cooling systems prevent hunger in Africa
“Solar-powered cold storage systems are helping farmers save more of their produce in Africa, where many rural areas lack reliable…
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Pepsi is now using driverless trucks
“PepsiCo is operating a fleet of 35 driverless trucks in Arizona.” It is “the first major U.S. consumer-goods company to…
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Nuclear power grows 76 percent in China
“According to data compiled by the US Energy Information Administration, China’s nuclear energy generation capacity nearly doubled between 2016 and…
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1.5 million mosquitoes are being spawned each week in a French facility
“A new mosquito-breeding facility in France is producing 1.5 million sterile mosquitoes per week to help control the population of…
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Rice production doubles, aided by climate change
Global rice production “has nearly doubled in the last 50 years,” and climate change is part of the reason why,…
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Amazon data centers now use less water. They also spawn tax cuts for homeowners.
Amazon’s data centers are using water more efficiently than in the past. A company report shows that “Amazon’s data centers…
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Greenpeace killed 106,000 children by blocking Golden Rice, report says
“Greenpeace and its activists allies have blocked for more than two decades the adoption of Golden Rice, which is genetically…
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America’s drinking water is getting cleaner
America’s drinking water is “getting cleaner. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research analysis of 266 million drinking water readings…
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FDA finally approves more effective sunscreen ingredient long available in Europe
“The FDA has approved a new sunscreen ingredient for the first time in 20 years. The reform is a long…
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Robot can understand normal conversational English, making it easy to manage
“Amazon has developed a warehouse robot that can be assigned tasks using plain conversational English (and haul around carts weighing…
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Test helps breast cancer victims avoid hellish chemotherapy
“A genomic test” was recently developed “that helped many breast cancer patients safely skip chemotherapy” in a recent trial, reports The…
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Radioactive wafer implanted in people’s brains to save their lives
“A radioactive wafer implanted at the site of surgically removed brain tumors” “nearly doubled two-year survival rates in a randomized…
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Washing machine advances could stop microplastic pollution
“Microfibers are one of the most common forms of microplastic pollution, and washing machines send large quantities of textile fibers…
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mRNA cancer vaccine saves mice, will likely save human lives as well
“Scientists have developed an mRNA cancer vaccine that programs immune cells inside the body to recognize and attack cancer without…
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New technology could unlock vast deposits of a critical mineral in the Appalachians
“Much of the world’s lithium is extracted from brine, but abundant deposits—such as those in the Appalachians—also exist in hard-rock…
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Low-lying Pacific Islands expand, contrary to Al Gore’s claims
Al Gore‘s 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, falsely “claimed that rising sea levels from climate change had already forced citizens…
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Indian-rights law is being used to suppress scientific research and seize priceless items, including non-Indian items
“A 1990 law meant to protect Native American skeletons and sacred items has spiraled out of control, say anthropologists. Tribes…
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