That’s according to new research by Japanese scientists Kunio Kaiho and Naga Oshima, who published their findings Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. They posit the asteroid, known as the Chicxulub Impactor, which smashed into what was then a shallow sea in modern day Mexico, would not have been so devastating if it hit about […]
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Humans wouldn’t exist if dinosaur-ending asteroid hadn’t struck where it did
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan 175 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck japan 175 miles from the fukushima nuclear plant USGS Less than 24 hours after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake pummeled Mexico City, another tremor has occurred off the east coast of Japan. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck roughly 175 miles east of the shuttered Fukushima nuclear plant at roughly 2:30 a.m. local time, […]
Syria: US Led Coalition Struck Raqqa Hospital With White Phosphorus
The deputy director of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s branch in Raaqa said that US led coalition warplanes struck a hospital using white phosphorus on Thursday, according to Syrian media. Red Crescent official Dina al-Asa’ad said that aircraft also released more than twenty conventional shells against the facility. “The hospital was also shelled with more […]
Meteorite that struck a woman sells for more than its weight in gold
At 2:46 P.M. on November 30, 1954, 34-year-old Ann Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, was napping on her couch. Suddenly a nine-pound object bashed through the ceiling of her home, smashed into her radio, ricocheted off and hit her in the thigh, reports Kat Eschner at Smithsonian.com. The object was a meteorite and it left […]
Commander: Global arrogance stands firmly against Iran
Kashan, Isfahan prov., June 27, IRNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that the global arrogance led by US has stood against Iran for 37 years. Speaking in commemoration ceremony of 7-Tir martyrs, Fadavi said the US knows that Islamic revolution has become stronger and has […]
Virginia federal court rules that government can access personal computers with no warrant or probable cause
Federal government continues to find new inroads into violating 4th Amendment protections that are supposed to be guaranteed to all citizens. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that “evidence of an alleged crime can be used against a defendant even if police did something inappropriate or even illegal to obtain it.” In February, […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report
Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’s clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board […]
Ukraine to Announce Plan for Solving Donbas Dispute after French and German Pressure
nsnbc : Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said the new government in Kiev will soon announce its strategy for resolving the conflict between Kiev and the rebelling Donbas republics in eastern Ukraine. The announcement came after a recent recent phone meeting between Ukrainian President Poroshenko, French President Hollande, and German Chancellor Merkel. Klimkin told reporters […]
250 Syrian civilians feared kidnapped after ISIS attack near Damascus
Churches burnt, cemeteries desecrated: RT visits liberated town of Al-Qaryatayn, Syria The people are feared kidnapped, AFP reported, citing local residents and a factory administrator who said 250 employees have been unreachable since Monday following an attack by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants. “We haven’t been able to reach our family members since noon […]
From democracy to pathocracy: The rise of the political psychopath
“Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this… That a small minority of human beings literally have no conscience was and is a bitter pill for our society to swallow — but […]
BEST OF THE WEB: Miserable failure: Western media are lying about Syria
Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why. For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo. Their rule began with a wave of repression. They posted […]