From Jenna Orkin

COVID-19 immunity robust eight months after infection, study says

European Regulators Approve Sales of First Artificial Heart

New videos capture fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt during Capitol siege

Henry Paulson Returns to Finance, to Run Climate-Focused Fund

Woman shot and killed in storming of US Capitol named as Ashli Babbitt

Norway probes deaths of two nursing home residents who got Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

Twitter Has Locked President Trump's Account For 12 Hours, Threatens "Permanent Suspension"

A New York Times photographer said she was attacked by Capitol rioters, then held at gunpoint by police who didn't believe she was a journalist because the mob took her ID

A newly elected West Virginia GOP lawmaker live-streamed himself on Facebook storming the US Capitol, shouting: 'We're in baby!'

Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law enforcement officials

 From Jenna Orkin

Prevalence and 6‐month recovery of olfactory dysfunction: a multicentre study of 1363 COVID‐19 patients

Saudi Arabia Will Cut Its Oil Production, Allowing Russia’s to Grow

Hong Kong Police Arrest 53, Including U.S. Citizen, in Massive National Security Law Sweep

China hits city of 11 million with tight restrictions as more than 100 COVID cases discovered

400 Googlers have created one of the first 'white-collar unions' in Silicon Valley. Organizers say they want it to combat moral issues, not salaries.

1. Trump bans Pence's chief of staff from the White House
2. Trump cabinet discussing ways to remove him from office

Macy's is closing 45 stores in 2021, and some have already started liquidation sales

268 million people had their internet shut off by government-imposed blackouts in 2020, up 49% from 2019

Ossoff and Warnock win Georgia runoffs, handing Democrats control of the US Senate

From Jenna Orkin

Polar Vortex Splitting - May Lead to Weeks of Wild Weather

Covid-19 Live Updates: Scientists Are Studying Whether Moderna Supply Can Be Doubled By Cutting Doses in Half

Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth

Drugmakers kick off 2021 with 500 U.S. price hikes

The real cure for COVID is renewing our fractured relationship with the planet

Ambulance Crews Told Not to Transport Patients Who Have Little Chance of Survival

Surfin’ USA

Why the internet remains a tool of American hegemony

Portugal, nurse dies two days after the Covid vaccine

A leaked recording exposed how Belarus' KGB plans its assassinations in Europe

New York hospitals could be fined $100,000 and lose access to future COVID-19 vaccine doses if they don't use up their supplies within a week, Cuomo says

The death of a 22-year-old Chinese tech employee shows the industry's toxic '996' work culture, championed by top execs like Jack Ma

Los Angeles County orders ambulance crews to 'conserve oxygen' as it deals with a 905% increase in COVID-19 cases

From Jenna Orkin 

Cheap hair lice drug may cut risk of COVID-19 death by 80 percent: study

How the Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Works

One in three US rivers have changed color since 1984. Here's what this means

La Nasa a découvert de l'eau partout sur la Lune !

Wind Generated More Than Half of Britain's Electricity For The First Time on Saturday

Silent Rooftop Wind Turbines Could Generate Half of a Household's Energy Needs

Venezuela to have 100% digital monetary systemChinese billionaire Jack Ma suspected missing after calling for economic reform: report

Bitcoin price plunges 17 percent after reaching all-time high

Iran seizes South Korean tanker as tensions with US mount

QAnon-supporting congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a 'screaming match' when she refused to wear a mask at her swearing-in

UK government says it will give 'tens of millions' AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of March — here's how.

 From Jenna Orkin

At Least 140 House Republicans Expected To Challenge Electoral College Result

The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete

Geoengineers inch closer to Sun-dimming balloon test

Hospitals Say They Will Publish Previously Secret Prices

Following in Stacey Abrams's footsteps, these Spelman College students are rallying young people to vote in Georgia Senate runokil

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in India, along with a local drugmaker's alternative shot

Dormant Caribbean volcanoes become active again, residents warned

The UK's new coronavirus variant is overwhelming hospitals as data suggests it may kill many more than the previous version

Scotland will go into coronavirus lockdown says Nicola Sturgeon

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US, a UK court ruled

From Jenna Orkin

De-Growth Will Define How We Live In The Future

Can taking melatonin prevent COVID-19? Study shows major correlation

You can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna if you have severe Covid vaccine side effects. The government likely won’t compensate you for damages either

Legal Expert Calls on Biden to 'Nominate Obama As Attorney General'

A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry

If true, these allegations represent a giant leap forward in the dismantling of our already pathetic educational system.

How Israel Became a World Leader in Vaccinating Against Covid-19

California Reports Record One-Day Coronavirus Death Toll

Vicious Squirrel Attacks Rattle Rego Park Residents

Manhattan too - they've gotten way too friendly.

‘Bomb cyclone’ in western Aleutians breaks records but isn’t expected to damage population centers

JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Dark Past of Biden’s Nominee for National Intelligence Director

250 million farmers in India are taking a stand against the government as part of the biggest protest in history. Here's why the US and the world should pay attention.

Anonymous shell companies have undermined America's economy and national security for years. Congress finally made sure this shady practice is banned.

 From Jenna Orkin

The Head of Obama’s USDA Just Took a Cushy Big Dairy Job

Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions

ARCHIVE - Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life

The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep

US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension

It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

Fake pastors and false prophets rock churches in South Africa - BBC Africa

Over half of Chinese adults are now overweight. That's more people than the entire US population

The Amethyst Mushroom, Looks Like It Contains The Entire Galaxy

Chemists discover the mix that likely originated life on Earth

Thousands packed the streets to celebrate New Year's Eve in Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, as other cities worldwide were deserted

NYSE starts process of delisting three Chinese telecom companies

From Jenna Orkin

Radiation levels at Fukushima plant far worse than was thought

Brexit: Boris Johnson's father applies for French citizenship

Octopus And Squid Evolution Is Officially Stranger Than We Could Have Ever Imagined

Trump might use “military capabilities” to rerun the Nov. 3 election in swing states, as suggested by Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser. Trump “could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election,” Flynn told Newsmax in a Dec. 17 interview.

The Pentagon would be the locus of any such action, and some unusual recent moves suggest pro-Trump officials might be mobilizing to secure levers of power. Kash Patel, chief of staff to acting defense secretary Christopher C. Miller, returned home “abruptly” from an Asia trip in early December, according to Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin. Patel didn’t explain, but in mid-December Trump discussed with colleagues the possibility that Patel might replace Christopher A. Wray as FBI director, one official said. Wray remains in his job. Via Peter Dale Scott

Germany’s New Virus Deaths Surpass 1,000 for First Time

First African Nation Distributes Russian Vaccine 

At least three shipments of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Texas last week with signs the shots had strayed from their required temperature range, prompting a delay in other deliveries, according to the state hospital association. 

Some 500 Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Intentionally Destroyed, Hospital Says

Tokyo raises COVID-19 alert to highest as medical crunch looms

Girlfriend warned Nashville police Anthony Warner was building bomb a year ago, report shows

Victoria Bans New Year's Eve Hugging

Russia is developing world’s first Covid-19 antidote, preclinical studies show drug effectiveness of more than 99%

 From Jenna Orkin

L.A. County hospitals turn away ambulances, put patients in gift shop: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’

Last man to share jail cell with Jeffrey Epstein died last month of COVID

Covid: Military back-up for pupil testing as heads urge delay to start of term

Asian American voters could decide the Georgia Senate runoffs

What The Early Vote In Georgia Can — And Can’t — Tell Us

Girl Scout cookies have been linked to child labor on palm oil plantations, report says

Best (And Worst) Ways to Spot a Liar

Vice Gets Squeezed

Wuhan, the pandemic's first epicenter, may have had 10 times as many COVID-19 cases as were reported, a study from China's CDC suggests

The US has confirmed its first case of the new, more transmissible coronavirus strain in Colorado

Less than a week before taking office, 41-year-old Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died from COVID-19

 From Jenna Orkin

Thousands of Colorado residents without heat after attack on gas service

Strong Earthquake Kills 6, Causes Serious Damage in Croatia

AI People

Even Homer Gets Mobbed

White supremacists plotted to attack US electric grid by shooting into power stations, FBI says

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Edinburgh company generates electricity from gravity 

NYC Ousts 12,000 Students From In-Person Class Over Virus Test Forms

Man's fatal heart attack likely unlinked to vaccine he took 2 hours before

China to leapfrog US as world’s biggest economy by 2028: Report

Anti-lockdown protest organiser faces £10,000 fine as London enters tier 4

Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools 

Addicts in rehab next to get COVID-19 vaccine, Cuomo says

Adidas is developing plant-based leather that will be used to make shoes, its latest sustainability initiative after producing 15 million pairs of recycled plastic sneakers in 2020