(NaturalNews) It is no secret that the internet is littered with misinformation, whether it’s a matter of simple ignorance or people spreading falsehoods for their own agenda. Many people consider scientific journals to be among the most credible sources available, but it turns out that they, too, fall into the latter category; they’ve […]
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Pharma propaganda on parade: Most ‘science’ journal studies on prescriptions are written by Big Pharma’s own scientists
How To Socialize America’s Energy
Print Friendly Above: Photograph by Let Ideas Compete. This article was written by organizer and freelance journalist Kate Aronoff. A longer version appears at Dissent magazine. And don’t miss the rest of Dissent’s fantastic climate justice issue, which covers everything from resistance in the Alberta tar sands to the landless workers movement in Brazil—check it out here. Coming out of last December’s landmark climate […]
Scientists recreate night sky to date 2,500 yr-old Greek poem
If you wonder what the night sky over Ancient Greece looked like, scientists from a Texas university may satisfy your curiosity as they have recreated it using the most advanced planetarium software, to work out the exact date of an ancient lyric poem. The experiment described in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage […]
Erdogan Plots for U.S. Plan B
Syria Free Press Turkey is to deploy US rocket launchers on its border that will put Syria’s strategic city Aleppo within firing range. The move suggests that Turkey is soliciting direct American military intervention in the Syrian war. By Finian Cunningham, SputnikNews The immediate pretext for the US firepower is the deadly shelling of the Turkish border […]
Fracking Infrastructure Projects Being Canceled Or Delayed
Print Friendly Above Photo: Activists march down a city street holding a Ban Fracking banner at the People’s Climate March In New York City on September 24, 2014. While oil companies engage in hydraulic fracturing throughout the USA, it has proven less successful in Europe and Asia. (Flickr / Light Brigading) Since April 2014, 10 fracking infrastructure projects […]
What’s Really At Stake In The Apple Encryption Debate
Print Friendly Above Photo: A protestor holds up an iPhone outside of the the Apple store on 5th Avenue on Feb. 23, 2016 in New York City. (Bryan Thomas/Getty Images) The FBI’s much-discussed request to Apple can seem innocuous: Help us extract six weeks of encrypted data from the locked iPhone of Syed Farook, an […]
3 ex-TEPCO execs indicted over Fukushima nuclear disaster – report
The three top officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) were indicted on charges of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday. The officials are Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, who was chairman of TEPCO in 2011, and two former vice presidents, Sakae Muto, 65; and Ichiro Takekuro, 69, the […]
Obama’s appointee to head the FDA is a Big Pharma mega-lobbyist
(NaturalNews) In his last months in office, President Obama continues to pursue his policy of appointing industry insiders and lobbyists to important posts within the federal government. A glaring example is his recent nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to become the new head of the FDA when current commissioner Margaret Hamburg steps down […]
Rasht designated as UNESCO Creative City of gastronomy
The Iranian city of Rasht gets UNESCO’s recognition as one of the best places in the world as far as cookery is concerned. Rasht, the capital city of Gilan Province, has made it into UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for its gastronomy (the practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food). Rasht is now […]