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Shedding light on how the human eye perceives brightness

researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and demonstrated their crucial role in the perception of visual environment. This ushers in a new understanding of the biology of the eye and how visual information is processed.
Prison Guard Drives Truck Into Crowd of Peaceful Anti-ICE Protesters (VIDEO)

On Wednesday night, immigration activists gathered at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to protest the private facility’s working relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The coalition Read More…
Google Insider Reveals Media Bias By Tech Giant, Whom He Claims Called The Police on Him After Leaking Documents (VIDEO)

A former Google engineer has spoken on the record to say the web giant does blacklist certain news sites and has an ‘editorial agenda’. Whistleblower Zachary Vorhies decided to go public after claiming the tech giant called police in San Francisco to perform a ‘wellness check’ on him when he originally leaked files on their activity.
Here’s the Evidence of WaPo Media Bias Against Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders has taken to calling out corporate media for their anti-progressive bias, and their feathers have gotten quite ruffled. In a campaign event Monday in New Hampshire, Sanders told Read More…
Kashmir Could Become the New Palestine

On August 5, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill divides the Indian State into two parts: the Union Read More…

Kashmir Could Become the New Palestine

August 14, 2019 0

On August 5, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill divides the Indian State into two parts: the Union Read More…

Opposition or Terrorists: Who is Syria and Russia Bombing in Idlib?

August 12, 2019 0

Scott Lucas, a professor at the University of Birmingham UK, would decry with the rest of the Western media – resumed joint military operations carried out by Syria and Russia in and around the northwestern governorate of Idlib.

Border Patrol Arrest Reports Are Full of Lies That Can Sabotage Asylum Claims

August 11, 2019 0

On December 29, 2017, the night his daughter was born, Augusto left the hospital and rode his motorcycle to his home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to pick up a change of Read More…

‘John Bolton tried to assassinate me’: Interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

August 6, 2019 0

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal sits down with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to discuss the plots to kill him, US sanctions on food distribution, corruption allegations, and the corporate media’s industrial grade demonization campaign against him and his elected government.

The End of a Cocaine-Fueled Presidency? Juan Orlando Hernandez Faces Regime Change in Honduras

August 5, 2019 0

Honduras has been the epicenter of the Central American exodus and northward migration since the U.S.-backed coup 10 years ago and the ultra-violent repression by President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s regime, as well as its ultra-neoliberal policies.

Shedding light on how the human eye perceives brightness

August 19, 2019 0

researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and demonstrated their crucial role in the perception of visual environment. This ushers in a new understanding of the biology of the eye and how visual information is processed.

Supercomputer Shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ Could Change How We Think About Gravity

July 9, 2019 0

Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein’s theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form.

Largest Study Of CTE Finds It In 6% Of Subjects

June 20, 2019 0

Nearly 6% of athletes and non-athletes were found to have the neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the largest, and broadest, study conducted of the disease to date.

Artificial Nose Identifies Malignant Tissue In Brain Tumours During Surgery

June 16, 2019 0

An artificial nose developed at Tampere University, Finland, helps neurosurgeons to “sniff out” and better identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision of tumours.

Beyond Queen’s Stomp-Stomp-Clap: Concerts and Computer Science Converge In New Research

June 15, 2019 0

New research suggests how to get large numbers of people engaged in participating during a live performance like a concert — or a lecture — and channel that energy for a sustained time period.

China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on $75 billion in goods August 23, 2019
China said on Friday it will impose retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting as much as an extra 10% on top of existing rates in the dispute between the world's top two economies.
Trump presses U.S. companies to close China operations August 23, 2019
President Donald Trump said on Friday he was ordering U.S. companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the United States instead, a rhetorical strike at Beijing as trade tensions mounted.
Boeing spacecraft astronauts see new frontier for commercial space August 23, 2019
A crew of veteran U.S. astronauts and aviators are training in Houston for a manned mission to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft, which could also be used to take tourists into space on future missions.
France, Britain aim to show unity on Iran as G7 looms August 23, 2019
France and Britain aimed on Friday to present a united front on how to deal with Iran, where they have been at odds with the United States, as world powers prepare to discuss tensions on the issue during the G7 leaders' summit.
Trump's China trade comments send US stocks tumbling August 23, 2019
Wall Street's main indexes lost more than 1% on Friday after President Donald Trump said U.S. companies should "immediately start looking for an alternative to China" after Beijing officials earlier retaliated by imposing tariffs on U.S. goods.