Story at-a-glance Older adults with weaker slow-wave sleep — the deepest stage of non-REM sleep — experienced significantly higher anxiety levels the next day, showing that sleep quality affects emotional stability more than total hours slept Researchers found that age-related shrinkage in emotional processing regions of the brain reduced the brain’s ability to generate restorative…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to intensify its attacks on Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has now been commanded to increase the strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what Netanyahu has described as a “decisive blow” to the armed group. This order is problematic, as it came during the…
The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the DRC. Licensed vaccines such as Merck’s Ervebo have since shown strong protection against the Zaire strain of Ebola. But no approved vaccine or specific antiviral treatment yet exists for the Bundibugyo strain, which is responsible for the latest…
For years, they told an entire generation that the future belonged to people sitting behind computer screens, pushing paper around in climate-controlled offices, while anyone working with their hands was somehow a failure. Schools pushed college degrees endlessly while trade schools were neglected and industrial jobs were treated as relics of the past. Parents were…
So we as a nation are waiting for the system to break down so we’re forced to empty the overstuffed freezer and start over. A friend recently made a comment that reflected something larger than he intended. It was an offhand comment along the lines of, “I hate to say it, but I wish our freezer…
Nobody is interested in sticking around New York City to watch communism destroy what is left of the once-great metropolis. Wealth taxes have been implemented, and billionaires have predictably left for tax-free states that aren’t importing 391,000 people from the Dominican Republic. Washington thought that capital gains taxes were the perfect ingredient to scare away…
A teen prescribed 14 psychiatric drugs by age 18 describes a prescription cascade that worsened her condition. Federal officials are now launching a plan to curb overprescribing, especially in children. Medicaid data shows children on ADHD drugs are far more likely to be prescribed additional psychiatric medications. Critics argue pills cannot teach emotional regulation or…
The modern world is entering one of the most dangerous periods in recent history. Economic wars, rising geopolitical tensions, massive blackouts, water shortages, and collapsing infrastructure are no longer isolated problems, but signs of a growing global crisis. Behind the illusion of technological progress and stability, entire systems are beginning to weaken under pressure, creating…
The modern world is entering one of the most dangerous periods in recent history. Economic wars, rising geopolitical tensions, massive blackouts, water shortages, and collapsing infrastructure are no longer isolated problems, but signs of a growing global crisis. Behind the illusion of technological progress and stability, entire systems are beginning to weaken under pressure, creating…
We have never faced anything quite like this. Diesel fuel and fertilizer have become far more expensive as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, and extreme weather is playing havoc with crops all over the planet. Here in the United States, we just experienced the driest first three months of a year in recorded…
