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Looking to the Skies for a Welcome Relief

Cosmic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft was a lifelong atheist who espoused what he called a “Cosmic” perspective on life. From the viewpoint of an infinite universe, all of mankind’s worries, glories, strivings and achievements were utterly insignificant. Far from depressing, he argued, it was in reality a comforting

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Unsettled Science Gets More Settled than Ever

Unsettled Science Gets More Settled than Ever

When I studied university science, we were given a checklist of “How to spot a pseudo-science.” What’s passed off by the media-political elite as ‘climate science’ ticked nearly every box, from Resisting Change and Professing Certainty, to Making Exaggerated Claims and Claiming a Conspiracy Against Them. The same lecturer

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AI-Generated Faces Look Just Like Real Ones

AI-Generated Faces Look Just Like Real Ones

Robin Kramer University of Lincoln theconversation.com For a while, limitations in technology meant that animators and researchers were only capable of creating human-like faces which seemed a little “off”. Films like 2004’s The Polar Express made some viewers uneasy because the characters’ faces looked almost human but not

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No, C-19 Vaccinations Are Not a Free Market Victory

No, C-19 Vaccinations Are Not a Free Market Victory

David Brady, Jr David Brady is a Catholic libertarian and economics and finance undergraduate student at Florida Southern College. He is a co-host of the “Econphonics” podcast and a Mises Apprentice. mises.org In light of Nobel Prizes being given to two researchers of mRNA Covid-19 vaccinations, beltway establishments like

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Cats Really Do Know Their Names

Cats Really Do Know Their Names

In the movie Zoolander, male model Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) famously has a repertoire of a whole three looks. Turns out that Zoolander’s about one-hundredth as expressive as your pet cat. Cats, according to a recent study, have nearly 300 different facial expressions. Surprisingly, not all of them are

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The Road Ahead with the WHO

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com Please take a few minutes to read

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It Might Not Help Anxiety

familyfirst.org.nz Lots of people with anxiety are using cannabis to treat their symptoms. But the science indicates that cannabis probably doesn’t help, and it may make those symptoms worse. Cannabis companies have promoted their products as helpful for anxiety, making for a potentially lucrative market. And plenty

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Renewal of Provisional Consent for Covid-19 Vaccines

Renewal of Provisional Consent for Covid-19 Vaccines

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The Fox is Guarding the Hen House Caretaker New Zealand Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has renewed provisional consent for Covid-19 vaccines as at 3 November 2023 for a further two years. Announced on 1 November 2023 by Chris James,

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Should Scientists Be Allowed to Tell the Truth?

Thorsteinn Siglaugsson Thorsteinn Siglaugsson is an Icelandic consultant, entrepreneur and writer and contributes regularly to The Daily Sceptic as well as various Icelandic publications. He holds a BA degree in philosophy and an MBA from INSEAD. Thorsteinn is a certified expert in the Theory of Constraints and author of From

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Like Water off a Duck’s Back

Like water off a duck’s back is an old saying for a very good reason. Water really does seem to slide off the feathers of a duck almost by magic. As Professor Julius Sumner-Miller used to say famously ask, Why is it so? This is not an inconsequential question:

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Anyone Know Where the 10mm Socket Is?

Anyone Know Where the 10mm Socket Is?

We’ve all experienced the frustration of trying to find that damned 10mm socket, but imagine working in one of the most secure labs on Earth… and realising that you’ve got the wrong toolkit entirely. A cornucopia of scientific revelation lies before you – and you can’t open it.

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Advice Leads to Action against Doctor

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Recently the Commissioner for the Health and Disability Commission (HDC), Morag McDowell pronounced on a case of a doctor working for MIQ. The crime committed by this doctor was sharing an early treatment protocol with a woman (Ms A) and her

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The Cost for Green Hydrogen

Frank Lasee CFACT policy advisor Frank Lasee is an expert on energy and environmental issues. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Real Clear Energy, Town Hall. He has been a guest on TV and radio news. He is the president of Truth in Energy and Climate.

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A Land Hidden Under the Ice

A Land Hidden Under the Ice

I still remember how much it blew my child’s mind to realise that beneath the vast, icy wastes of Antarctica was an entire, buried continent. A continent bigger than Europe or Australia, buried beneath kilometres of ice for nearly twenty million years. Like island peaks in the Pacific Ocean,

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The Adverse Effects of COVID Vaccines

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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What You Don’t Know About Fluoride

What You Don’t Know About Fluoride

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Episode 340 of The Highwire on 6 October 2023, The Fluoride Scandal included an interview with Michael Connett, Esq. A lawyer for Fluoride Action Network, Connett is Lead Attorney in a US lawsuit being brought against the Environmental Protection Agency, by

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