Dr. John Clauser: The IPCC is one of the worst sources of dangerous misinformation Dr John Clauser, the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, was a speaker at Quantum Korea 2023, an event where he addressed an audience of scientists and government officials, describing the proliferation of the perception of truth and pseu
Ebola: Profits, not wild animals, are driving WHO to declare public health emergencies Ebola is rare and unlikely to cause a pandemic. Despite this, the World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern (“PHEIC”). The
Starmer issues ultimatum to technology companies to implement client-side scanning; this is the end of online privacy Starmer has issued a three-month ultimatum for major technology firms to implement client-side scanning; so that all content on all digital devices sold or used in the UK can be scanned using a dystopian combination of age verification and
EU: Harmful Migration, Asylum Pact in Full Effect (Brussels) – The new European Union Migration and Asylum Pact ushers in sweeping changes that undermine the right to asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released a question-and-answer document that explains the key cha
Questions and Answers: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum On June 12, 2026, the European Union Migration and Asylum Pact will become fully applicable. The Pact is a set of 10 pieces of binding legislation, adopted in 2024, that overhauls how the EU manages its borders, processes asylum application
DR Congo: Rwanda, M23 Forcibly Recruit, Detain Thousands (Nairobi) – Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group carried out a campaign of forced recruitment and abusive detention of thousands of captured combatants and civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch sai
Advanced Alzheimer’s successfully treated with psilocybin, a recent case study says Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound found in over 200 species of fungi collectively known as “magic mushrooms.” It functions as a prodrug, meaning it is biologically inactive until ingested, at which point the body rapidly converts
Swedish police assault independent journalists at NATO summit On 21 May, during the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, two independent journalists from Frihetsnytt (Freedom News) who were carrying officially registered press credentials were assaulted by police in a public place. T
From the day we are born, our health is determined by our gut Your immune system and gut microbiome share a symbiotic relationship and your immune function is largely dependent on the state of your gut. More than 99% of your genes come from microbes, not your chromosomes. The best predictor of future
The Islamist regime in Iran is an existential threat to neighbouring Arab states If you turn on British left-wing television, all you will hear is how Israel and the United States are attacking Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran, if Channel 4 et al. are to be believed, is an innocent victim. But this is not true. The
Bot and AI overtake human-generated web traffic for the first time; we are in the age of the “Dead Internet” According to data from Cloudflare, automated bot and AI agent traffic has surpassed human-generated web traffic for the first time in history, with 57.4 per cent of requests to websites it hosts being automated bot requests, while only 42.6
Hantavirus: Did WHO cause more people to become ill by not letting passengers off the MV Hondius earlier? Hantavirus does not transmit from one human to another, not even the Andes strain that was said to be the cause of the outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The most likely cause of the outbreak was a rodent onboard the ship. “The failure
Outspoken Critic of Mali’s Junta Still Missing a Month On A month has passed since the May 2 abduction of prominent Malian lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall. His whereabouts remain unknown, raising fears that he was forcibly disappeared. Unidentified gunmen stormed Tall’s home in the capi
Tony Blair’s comeback will fail Once political ideas fail, they don’t get second chances. Communism has been tried. It won’t come back. Nor will Tony Blair’s idea of a “radical center”. It was the great political and economic philosophy of the age of globalization. As tha
Mobile phones are addictive; why do we get such a kick out of using our phones? A 72-hour break from cell phones (aka mobile phones) triggered increased cravings in study participants; brain scans showed heightened activity in reward centres when shown phone images. Cell phones stimulate your brain’s pleasure centre si