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August 19th, 2019Sperm Sorting Method Could Reduce Chances of Girls Being Born, Scientists Warn
August 16th, 2019“Like most Asian nations, China has a traditional bias for sons.” Via: New Scientist: The finding that some chemicals slow down sperm that carry the X chromosome could lead to gels for home use that make a couple less likely to conceive a girl, scientists have warned. “I am concerned about the social impact of […]
Dayton Gunman Had Cocaine, Xanax, Alcohol in His System During Attack
August 15th, 2019Flashback: Xanax Link to Mass Shootings Confirmed Yet Again Via: Reuters: The gunman who killed nine people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, had cocaine, Xanax and alcohol in his system at the time of the shooting rampage, the county coroner said on Thursday.
It’s Raining Plastic: Microscopic Fibers Fall From The Sky In Rocky Mountains
August 14th, 2019Via: Guardian: Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral particles,” said the US Geological Survey researcher. Instead, he found multicolored microscopic plastic fibers. The discovery, published in a recent study (pdf) titled […]
The Average U.S. Farm Is $1,300,000 In Debt
August 14th, 2019Via: End of the American Dream: We haven’t seen anything like this since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Leading up to this year, farm incomes had been trending lower for most of the past decade, and meanwhile farm debt levels have been absolutely exploding. So U.S. farmers were desperate for a really good year, […]
U.S. Budget Deficit Already Exceeds Last Year’s Total Figure
August 12th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year figure for last year, as spending growth outpaces revenue. The gap grew to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 27% from the same period a year earlier, the Treasury Department said in its monthly budget report on Monday. […]
Denmark’s 3rd Largest Bank Is Now Paying People To Take Out A Mortgage
August 11th, 2019In other news: Gold at All-Time Highs in 73 Countries. Via: ZeroHedge: Well for Denmark, the future is now, because three years later and with over $15 trillion in negative-yielding debt around the world, Denmark’s third largest bank is now offering borrowers mortgages at a negative interest rate, effectively paying its customers to borrow money […]
DARPA: OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) Program
August 9th, 2019Coming to a favela near you! Via: The Verge: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is experimenting with using a swarm of autonomous drones and ground robots to assist with military missions. In a video of a recent test, DARPA showed how its robots analyzed two city blocks to find, surround, and secure a […]
Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials
August 9th, 2019You can easily secure America’s e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper Via: Vice: The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for months and possibly years, including in some swing states.
China Allows Devaluation of Yuan as Trade War Worsens
August 5th, 2019Via: Reuters: China let the yuan breach the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, in a sign Beijing might be willing to tolerate more currency weakness that could further inflame a trade conflict with the United States. The sharp 1.4% drop in the yuan comes days after […]
