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Science and Technology
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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Science and Technology
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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Science and Technology
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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Law and Government
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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Education
Restrictions on foreign students will shrink U.S. economy
The Department of Homeland Security recently imposed restrictions on foreign students at U.S. universities, preventing many of them from even…
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Business
Greedy trial lawyers oppose self-driving cars because they are too safe, eliminating lucrative accident lawsuits
“Trial lawyers are lobbying against self-driving cars because they’re too safe. They need people to be killed and injured so…
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Education
Chicago public school is 97 percent empty
“Chicago is home to the emptiest big-city school in the nation. Just 27 students are enrolled at Frederick Douglass Academy,…
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Foreign Affairs
More people have electricity, fewer old women are accused of witchcraft in African villages
“The latest Energy Progress Report, jointly produced by five international agencies, contains some impressive figures: 92 percent of the world’s…
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Unyielding
Seabird populations soar in many places
“Two decades after rats were eliminated from Lundy Island in the UK’s Bristol Channel, its seabird populations are soaring. The…
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Science and Technology
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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Unyielding
More of Italy is now forest than farmland
In 1991, I traveled through Tuscany in Italy. Many people claim it is beautiful, but I thought Tuscany was overrated:…
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Business
Automakers replace copper wire with aluminum
“Several major automakers are adapting to high copper prices by replacing some of their copper wiring with aluminum. Ferrari claims…
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Business
Diamond giant De Beers will shutter its South African diamond mine to save money
“De Beers is shuttering its South African diamond mine for two years in order to save costs, even as the…
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Business
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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Law and Government
France’s legislature passes assisted-dying bill
“France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the…
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Law and Government
New York will ban large data centers for a year
“New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state…
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Unyielding
FAA will likely end the ban on supersonic flights
“The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a new rule that would allow civilian aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1…
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Business
16 die of starvation, but regenerative agriculture saves others
16 people have died of starvation in Uganda’s impoverished northeast due to a drought: Farmers say they’ve lost crops because…
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Foreign Affairs
Genocide Committed in Western Sudan, UN Confirms
“Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed genocide in the western city of el-Fasher, carrying out mass killings, gang rapes…
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Unyielding
Tobacco use plunges by more than 50% in world’s most populous country
“The share of adults in India who use tobacco halved between 2000 and 2022, dropping from 50 percent to 24…
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Unyielding
Coffee protects against some major diseases
“For a while, scientists suspected that drinking coffee was hazardous to your health. But hundreds of studies have painted coffee…
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Science and Technology
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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Unyielding
Fourth of July cookouts get more affordable for the average person
“Every year, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the cost of a traditional Independence Day cookout. The basket includes summer…
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Science and Technology
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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Business
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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Business
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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Unyielding
Flamingos flock to Venice
“In the early 2000s, a population of flamingos began making the Venetian Lagoon their winter home. Since then, the annual…
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Unyielding
One-child family is now the European norm, report says
Eurostat says that the “one-child family is now the European norm.” In Portugal, 62% of families with offspring have only…
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Business
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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Economy
Oklahoma voters reject minimum wage hike
“Voters in Oklahoma rejected a minimum wage increase earlier this month. That’s actually the third time in a row voters…
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Business
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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Business
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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Business
New York City imposes rent freeze on one million apartments, resulting in huge losses for some
In 2023, a bank collapsed after New York’s legislature tightened rent control, making it impossible for some cash-strapped landlords to repay…
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Unyielding
Infant mortality falls to record low in the U.S.
“According to provisional CDC data, the US infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low in 2025, reaching fewer than…
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Business
Berries become more affordable, despite growing demand from kids
“Despite increased demand (particularly from voracious children), berries are becoming more affordable in the United States. The economist Jeremy Horpedahl…
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Economy
India likely to avoid big increase in hunger despite Iran war and bad growing season
The Iran war increased oil and diesel prices and cut the flow of fertilizer through the Persian Gulf to the…
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