Executive summary

The New Zealand DSMB safety report can be downloaded here.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday added to growing concerns about the long-standing practice of using sewage sludge to fertilize farmland, releasing a report warning that chemicals contaminating the sludge pose heightened human health risks for cancer and other illnesses.

Fertility rates are declining dramatically in Western countries, with the U.K. hitting its lowest rate since 1938 at 1.44 children per woman in 2023, significantly below the replacement level.

Surveying the literature on droughts, Santa Ana winds, and fires in Los Angeles County, I see that these have been a part of the local ecosystem for all of recorded history

A new comprehensive research library that contains 131 peer-reviewed papers suggests that COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ imprinted the immune systems of recipients through exposure to the “wild type” spike protein from the original Wuhan strain, shaping their response to subsequent variants in potentially harmful ways (Compiled by Dr. Steven Hatfill, MD, MMed, Erik Sass, et al)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s claim that “vaccines do not cause autism” is based on studies that don’t adequately support that claim, according to the authors of a scientific review published Jan. 10 on Preprints.org

Many people envision Earth’s structure as a tidy, layered system: the thin crust on the surface, the thick mantle below, and the core at the center. But beneath our feet lies a world far more complex and dynamic than this simplified view suggests

More than half a billion years ago, mystery predators bored into shelled animals’ defensive casings. Some of these shells became fossilized, and now tell us the story of the earliest known battle between predator and prey that influenced both species’ evolution

Lily Tomlin once asked “What’s the point of being a hedonist if you’re not having a good time?”

The share of electric cars in new registrations in Germany plummeted 27.5% in 2024 compared to the previous year. Blackout News has more.

Studies from Central China, Russia, and Central Europe indicate there was just as much (or more) warming and drought before 1900, or when CO2 concentrations were under 300 ppm. [emphasis, links added]

Our colleague Clare Craig has posted about the new report by MBRACE on Maternal mortality 2021-2023.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency for California on Friday January 10, 2025 to address the health impacts of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Modern “Public Health” primarily focuses on disease prevention and treatment, rather than on health promotion.

My guest today is Roger Huang, an author, journalist on Forbes, Bitcoin Magazine and more, and a Bitcoin advocate, whose work bridges the intersection of Bitcoin, geopolitics, economics, and history.

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth’s climate, stretching back more than a million years.