The National Security Agency (NSA) said it will no longer collect email, text messages and other internet communications simply because they mention a foreign intelligence target, suspending collection of information under the controversial Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).…
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The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO
More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe…
Trump’s ocean drilling order imperils coastlines
A week after the 7-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP explosion and oil spill, President Donald Trump began the process of allowing new offshore drilling along the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic coasts as he signed another executive order rolling back environmental…
Navy turning World War II tunnel into test for laser technologies
The Navy’s top laser experts transformed a tunnel crucial to gun range operations during World War II into a vital new capability for testing laser technologies, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) announced April 21. For years, civilian scientists…
Human Rights Watch says US failed to minimize Syrian civilian casualties
On March 16, 2017, US aircraft attacked the Omar Ibn al-Khatab mosque near al-Jinah, a village in Aleppo province in northern Syria, where about 300 people had gathered for religious lectures and the Muslim Isha’a, or night prayer. The attack…
US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer shot a flare toward a Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, warning the Iranian boat to steer clear Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said the incident occurred Monday as the Iranian…
What makes a vegetarian? It’s not what’s on the plate
By Susan Kelley They say you are what you eat. But that may not be true for vegetarians. A Cornell University undergraduate and his academic adviser have come up with a new way to think about vegetarians. And it’s not…
F-35As deploy to Estonia for the first time
Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft and about 20 supporting Airmen arrived at Ämari Air Base April 25, 2017, from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. The F-35As will remain for several weeks. This inaugural training deployment to Europe is funded in…
Military strikes continue against ISIS in Syria, Iraq
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 31 strikes consisting of 97 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. U.S. Central Command continues to work with…
March for Science called a ‘beginning’
Organizers of the March for Science said that the event in Washington, D.C., and satellite demonstrations across the country this weekend were just the beginning of a movement to champion science, truth and integrity in reaction to the ‘fact-free’ political…