Posts falsely link email in Epstein files to Covid conspiracy
After the United States government released its latest tranche of files on Jeffrey Epstein, Sri Lankan social media users claimed the documents revealed email conversations between Bill Gates and the ...
Opinion
The major players in legacy media’s rightward shift
As storied institutions across journalism and media pivot toward more MAGA-friendly offerings, these are the movers and shakers shifting what many of us read, hear and watch ...
NIH director launches “Scientific Freedom” lectures with non-scientist
So “scientific freedom” is an idea that likely originated from the director himself. If one wanted the theme to resonate with ...
New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms
A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the ...
Many pandemic viruses emerged naturally – but there’s one that most likely came from a lab
Most pandemic viruses that have jumped from animals to humans do not show signs of special adaptations to infect people, except the 1977 influenza outbreak, which was likely “sparked by a laboratory ...
Nature
COVID’s origins: what we do and don’t know
Marietjie Venter is a distinguished professor and research chair at the Emerging Viral Threat, One Health, Surveillance and Vaccines (EViTOH) division, Infectious Disease and Oncology Institute (IDORI ...
Benzinga.com
Former CIA Director Urges 'Clear-Eyed' View, Says Bombing Iran 'Will Not Bring About A Regime Change'
Former CIA Director David Petraeus warned Sunday that even a major US strike on Iran would be unlikely to topple its rulers, casting doubt on the idea that military action ordered by President Donald ...
The Washington Post
CIA withdraws nearly 20 intelligence reports, citing bias
The CIA took the unusual step on Friday of formally withdrawing nearly 20 intelligence reports it issued over the last decade, including analysis on hot-button cultural topics such as white ...
The Washington Post
Researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested secret weapon on himself
Working in strict secrecy, a government scientist in Norway built a machine capable of emitting powerful pulses of microwave energy and, in an effort to prove such devices are harmless to humans, in ...
NBC News
CIA makes new push to recruit spies from Chinese military
The CIA released a new Mandarin-language video Thursday appealing to members of China’s military to spy for the United States and work toward “a brighter future,” weeks after Beijing ousted a top ...
TV Fanatic
FBI, CIA, One Chicago: Have Crossovers Become a Crutch in Dick Wolf’s Universe?
Have you heard about the latest crossover? No, silly, not that one, I’m talking about the other one. While we’ll be patiently awaiting the epic One Chicago Crossover that will reunite Upstead, there’s ...
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WHO urges US to share COVID origins findings
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, observes the assembly, during the opening of the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) in Geneva, Switzerland ‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unleash on ...