Month: April 2023

WHO Insider Gives Analysis of Its $31 Billion Pandemic Plan

Garrett Brown, a professor of global health policy who was recently hired by the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine whether its $31.1 billion plan for pandemic preparedness and response is feasible, has expressed concerns about the cost-effectiveness of the initiative. The $31.1 billion fund is the estimated need for pandemic response at all regional,…


Elon Musk Reacts to Tucker Carlson’s Video Surpassing Cable News Ratings

Elon Musk has provided his insight into a video message posted on Twitter by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson after the clip netted more views than the media personality’s old primetime show. Musk commented on the matter during an interview Friday night with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, who asked the Tesla CEO about…


Turkish Evacuation Plane Shot At in Sudan

Sudan’s army claimed that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot at a Turkish evacuation plane as it was landing at Wadi Seyidna airport outside Khartoum on Friday, damaging its fuel system. Images shared by the Sudanese Armed Forces on social media showed what they said is the damaged aircraft parked on the tarmac. Hundreds…


PREMIERING 4/29 9:15PM ET: Materialist Doctor Does 180 After Seeing Heaven During NDE | Mysteries of Life (S1, E6)

Materialism, a theory that denies the existence of the soul, has had a powerful influence on the sciences. Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon, would subscribe to this theory until he had a near-death experience (NDE). After the bacterial meningitis worsened and he went into a coma that left doctors with low hope, Alexander says he…


Materialist Doctor Does 180 After Seeing Heaven During NDE | Mysteries of Life (S1, E6)

Materialism, a theory that denies the existence of the soul, has had a powerful influence on the sciences. Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon, would subscribe to this theory until he had a near-death experience (NDE). After the bacterial meningitis worsened and he went into a coma that left doctors with low hope, Alexander says he…


Mapping Art: How Maps Guided a Texas Artist to a Successful Career

Christopher Alan Smith’s journey to becoming a prominent artist in Texas is a rather direct one. Born in 1971, decades before the rise of the internet and when families still climbed aboard their four-wheeled vessels for road trips, Smith fell in love with maps. Seated in the backseat with the multi-fold map stretched from end-to-end,…


California Bill to Ban School Boards From Abruptly Firing Administrators Advances

California state senators advanced a bill last week that aims to discourage newly-elected school board majorities from terminating their head administrators—after two Southern California school boards recently opted to fire superintendents just weeks after they took office. State Senate Bill 494 would require board members to wait a minimum of 30 days after they are…


Adnan Syed Asks Court to Reconsider Its Decision to Reinstate His Murder Conviction

BALTIMORE—Attorneys for Adnan Syed filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland appellate court to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his decadesold murder conviction and life sentence, a ruling that upheld arguments from the victim’s family claiming a lower court violated their rights. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey gained international attention from the hit podcast…


Probiotic Cleaning: Health or Hype?

The disinfectants being used in homes and hospitals today might as well be completely different than grandma’s. Something has changed, but it’s not the cleaning chemicals. Answering why might be as complex as the community of organisms that are killed off by harsh chemical disinfectants like chlorine. Yet it’s in that very community of disappearing…


Pérez Wins F1 Sprint in Baku, Verstappen Confronts Russell

BAKU, Azerbaijan—Max Verstappen confronted George Russell in the pit lane following a collision as his teammate Sergio Pérez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday. Red Bull remains the team to beat in Formula One, with Pérez first and Verstappen third in the sprint, but Verstappen was unhappy after Russell left a hole…