Ever wonder how they decided how much vitamin C you need? New analysis of landmark scurvy study leads to update on vitamin C needs

COVID: Why are infections rising in Israel?

Lumber Prices

Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?

Biden Admin Admits It Does Not Know How Many Americans Are Trapped In Afghanistan, Could Be 10,000

Skull-Stomping Sacred Cows: Afghanistan

Pentagon rushes more reinforcements to Kabul airport as panic disrupts evacuations

This Video of Afghans Desperately Clinging to a US Plane Is Horrifying. We’ll All Forget About It Soon Enough.

Haiti: Death toll from weekend earthquake nears 2,000

How Belarus Is Funneling Refugees into the EU

When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn’t require much effort. While that might not come as a surprise to some cat lovers, it does to cat behaviorists. Most animals prefer to work for their food — a behavior called contrafreeloading.

Archaeologists Claim They’ve Discovered the Trojan Horse in Turkey

‘New York vaccine mandate could destroy my restaurant’

‘There is a real cost’: As Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care

Eric Topol Discusses Covid Vaccines Not Meeting Expectations, Breakthrough Cases Sicker

Not Realistic’: Denmark, Iceland Say Vaccination Has Not Led to Herd Immunity

After 6 years of litigation, Federal Court Permanently Enjoins ACA Abortion/Transgender Mandate

Thankfully, a new tactic in the fight to rapidly decarbonize is quickly emerging. Activists and young people are going to the courts and suing governments and fossil fuel companies. They are successfully arguing that polluters threaten their future and hence their human rights.

A controversial decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to cut bread subsidies despite an earlier promise not to tamper with the price of subsidized loaves has raised concerns that this move may trigger a wave of unrest reminiscent of the bread riots of 1977.

This is why I don’t use IRAs. It is ready pool of money ripe for the taking that you know that people can afford to lose in the short term. The trick used in other countries was to replace the savings with “more secure” government bonds. Right now they are only talking about the rich but that gets defined down in a pinch. Dems should keep their grubby paws off Americans’ retirement savings

China’s Commodity Stockpiles Remain A Complete Mystery

COVID-19 Vaccine Seems to Protect Against Variants Better Than Previous Infection

France expands locales requiring a Covid-19 ‘health pass’

Scores Soon To Be Settled

Pentagon to require COVID vaccines for all service members

Fifth northern Afghan capital falls to the Taliban

COVID19 mini-update, August 5, 2021: delta sitrep from Israel

Well, Duh. This Is Why It Was Stupid

Shock poll shows Gavin Newsom losing recall vote by double digits

Johns Hopkins Professor Says COVID Infection Provides More Immunity Than Vaccines

Shipping Container Crisis Could Derail Holiday Toy Sales

Professor suggests it should be a federal hate crime to criticize Fauci and other government-funded scientists

From Slate no less…. The Noble Lies of COVID-19

Doubts raised about who was behind the assassination of Haiti’s president
True Believers, Blinded by Ideology

Global Food Prices Spike in Response to the Pandemic

U.S. Airports Are Facing Serious Jet Fuel Shortages

Apocalypse in Yakutia, Russia’s coldest region, as noxious smog from wildfires blocks sun

After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control

‘Made in China’ products are running into new logistics problems

“Potentially Very Bad”: Lots of New Covid Variants in New York City Rats

Seniors at risk for more falls due to less physical activity during pandemic

North Korea releases army rice reserves amid shortage

The Cuomo allegations are awful, but he still has lots of allies, a dogged will to fight

No, Karen, we’re not masking again: A winning GOP message for 2022 & beyond

Living With Chronic Pain Can Disrupt Your Emotions at a Chemical Level, Study Hints

Craig Murray’s jailing is the national security state’s latest assault on independent journalism

Over half the deer tested in Michigan have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2

An Emerging Tickborne Disease Is Gaining Steam in New York

How Germany fails to manage care for the elderly 

Benchmark Inflation Measure Hits Highest Level In 30 Years

Here it is: The actual data on which the CDC’s new mask guidance is based

Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown

CDC Director Says Biden Admin Is Considering a Vaccine Mandate

The New York Post’s cover today

Hot Skies Over the Taiwan Strait: The New Normal of Chinese Incursions

World’s Largest Food Company Will Raise Prices Amid Inflation

Taliban advances on Herat City

Researchers Find Signs of COVID-19 Mutations in NYC Sewage, Pointing to Possible Dog and Rat Infections

Cuomo said AG probe would clear him. Now his aides say it’s political.

The Insect Apocalypse That Never Was

The jet fuel shortage is upon us

Higher Ed Faces Existential Threat: Numbers And Salaries Are Down For Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty, Way Up For Administrators; University Long-Term Debt Is Up 71%

I suspect people taking short cuts and not wanting to admit to it. I imagine there was not a lot of care invested into him. The Weird Case of a Man 3 Doctors Declared Dead Who Woke Up Just Before His Autopsy