Microplastic particles – too small for the human eye to see – were blown into the once pristine region by the wind, according to a new study. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/microplastics-found-pyrenees-mountains…
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Huge double asteroid will pass safely May 25
Professional and amateur astronomers are gearing up to observe asteroid 1999 KW4 – oddly shaped, about a mile wide, with a companion moon – around its closest approach on May 25, 2019. Charts here for amateur observers across the globe. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/double-asteroid-1999-kw4-closest-may-25-2019…
Roswell and the Congressman: A Strange Saga
In the spring of 1993, New Mexico Congressman Steven Schiff began to make inquiries with the Defense Department in an attempt to determine the truth surrounding certain aspects of the Roswell controversy of July 1947. In an 11 March 1993 letter to the then Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin, Schiff wrote the following: “Last fall… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/roswell-and-the-congressman-a-strange-saga/…
There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About WikiLeaks’ Role In The 2016 Election
The Mueller report leaves some unanswered questions on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks’s role in the hack and leak against the DNC and John Podesta. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmpvyj/wikileaks-julian-assange-mueller-report-2016-election…
Bad Bots Now Make Up 20 Percent of Web Traffic
So-called “bad bots,” tasked with performing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks or other malicious activities like automatically publishing fake content or reviews, are estimated to make up roughly 37.9 percent of all internet traffic. “In 2018, one in five website requests — 20.4 percent — of traffic was generated by bad bots alone,” reports ZDNet, citing Distil Networks’ latest bot report, “Bad Bot…
Dr. Richard Green, 82, Dies; Challenged Psychiatry’s View of Homosexuality
At a time when being gay was classified as a mental disorder, Dr. Green defied the advice of his colleagues and took a professional risk by arguing otherwise. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/dr-richard-green-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
US Government Admits It Doesn’t Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning
An FBI agent admitted in a newly unsealed court document that the Department of Justice does not know whether Assange’s offer to help Manning came to fruition. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evy4ka/us-government-doesnt-know-if-assange-cracked-password-manning…