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Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance 'Racial Equity'
The 30 million dollar grant program includes funding for “smoking kits & supplies.”
What A Bottle of Ivermectin Reveals About The Shadowy World of COVID Telemedicine
Bergquam told his audience he wasn't vaccinated, despite having had childhood asthma, a potentially dangerous underlying condition. Instead, he held up a bottle of the drug ivermectin.
Two New York Nurses Made $1.5M In Fake Vaccine Card Scheme by
Two nurses on New York's Long Island allegedly forged Covid-19 vaccination cards and entered the false shots in the state's database in a scheme that raked in over $1.5 million.
Floating Machine Uses The Motion of The Ocean To Generate Renewable Energy
Developed by Swedish company Eco Wave Power, these floating machines use waves to generate renewable energy. Biodegradable hydraulic fluid is built up and stored from the waves movement.
Scientists Find Putting Pantyhose on Your Head Makes Your Mask Safer
After testing seven ways to make masks seal better around the face, researchers found that a pair of hosiery does the trick best.
Jeff Bezos' Superyacht Won't Fit Through A Historic Bridge. So The Town Is Dismantling It.
A Dutch port city will dismantle a historic bridge to allow room for Jeff Bezos' superyacht to pass through this summer and locals aren't happy.
Alien Planets In Deep Space Could Be Made of Diamonds
Newly published research suggests that some exoplanets in deep space largely comprised of carbon could turn into diamonds. The research, published in The Planetary Science Journal, suggests that these "carbon-rich" planets could have the right conditions, such as water, heat, and pressure, to turn the carbon into diamonds. These planets could also form other minerals that are found on Earth, such as silicates and oxides.
After A Tantalizing Discovery At Venus, What Could An Astrobiology Mission Look Like?
Astronomers announced Monday (Sept. 14) that they have identified phosphine, a chemical some scientists have proposed may be a sign of life, in the clouds of Venus. The new research relied on data from two ground-based telescopes, and scientists already have plans to tug a little more at the Venusian mystery from Earth's surface.
Venus Is A Russian Planet -- Say The Russians
No longer confined to territories here on Earth, Russia has now staked its claim on Venus, saying it is a "Russian planet." This week, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, revealed that the country plans to send its own mission to Venus in addition to "Venera-D," the planned joint mission with the US, the Russian state news agency TASS reported.
First Ever Lab-Grown Heart Muscle Transplant Successfully Carried Out In Japan
Scientists from Osaka University in Japan has successfully completed the world's first transplant of lab-grown heart muscle tissues. The first-of-its-kind surgery was carried out on a patient in Osaka earlier this month, the researchers announced at a news conference on Monday, according to Japanese news agency Jiji Press.
Scientists Use Stem Cells From Frogs To Build First Living Robots
“These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth,” said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. “They are living, programmable organisms.”
Nevada Becomes 1st State To Ban Most Pre-Employment Pot Tests
Even as 11 states, plus Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational cannabis, lawmakers have struggled to find consensus on the question of whether employers could reject an applicant over their pot use. Now Nevada has become the first to push through that protection.