A few people alerted me to this week’s note. It is about a paper that was published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health on June 7th, 2021 (Ref 1). The UK broadcaster, ITV, covered it as “Covid: Being vegan or pescatarian may reduce severity of coronavirus, study suggests” (Ref 2). Other UK newspapers followed suit. The Telegraph headline was “Vegetarians ‘three quarters less likely to get severe Covid than meat eaters’” (Ref 3).

The US government is analyzing a reported leak at a China’s Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, after a French company that co-owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to CNN, citing US officials and documents reviewed by the outlet.

Morocco-born Dr Rachid Yazami has lived all over the world, thanks to an invention he made in his first year as a PhD student – the graphite anode – which is one of the key components that make lithium-ion batteries perform so well. With electric vehicles on the rise, he believes the invention will soon take you everywhere, too.

Forests are essential to life on Earth. They provide a home to three-quarters of the world’s plants and animals, soak up carbon dioxide, and provide food, fuels and medicines. The world’s great forests have long been recognized as the lungs of the earth.

A trip to beautiful Snowdonia lakes takes in early hydroelectric experiment… and a tragedy for a village.

On Tuesday, the University of Virginia announced that its Miller Center for Public Affairs will serve as a base for a COVID Commission Planning Group, led by UVA professor Philip Zelikow (pictured below), the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission.

Scientists have discovered an entirely new population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean, which have managed to evade detection for decades despite their enormous size.

⁣Is the video correct? Below are the sources. We encourage you to check them for yourself. According to the FDA, their list of “possible adverse event outcomes” includes: FDA Safety Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccines: DRAFT Working list of possible adverse event outcomes.

Just in time for World Ocean Day on June 8, National Geographic cartographers declared the oceanic ring around Antarctica the world’s fifth ocean.

SOTN has repeatedly tried to set the record straight on the so-called Wuhan coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2.

John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice of jobs in either the solar industry or as wind turbine technicians. That was then. Now, a wind blade manufacturing plant located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, has announced it is shutting its doors permanently in less than two months.

Data from major studies shows disadvantaged groups have faced greatest disruption to medical care.

Study: ‘Virus’ Is Identical to Normal Cell ‘Structures’.

The first-ever autopsy of a person vaccinated against COVID-19, who tested negative 18 days later upon hospital admission but at 24 days after the VAX, has revealed viral RNA was found in almost every organ of the body.  The vaccine, while triggering an immune response, DID NOT STOP the virus from entering every organ in the body.

A piece of textile fabric from a grave, dated to the Viking Age, has been found in southern Norway, dated to 850-950 AD. The grave of a woman was uncovered at Hestnes in southern Trøndelag county, during a spate of excavations in 2020, along with textile tools and a wool comb.