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As “Hypercarnivores", Humans Were Apex Predators For 2 Million Years
While many modern humans opt for a vegetarian or vegan diet, new research suggests that our ancestors obtained the majority of their nutrition from meat, and only diversified their food intake to include more plants at the very end of the Stone Age.
Hypercarnivores
The Coming Meat Utopia Is Real
Woman says 'rushed' gender reassignment treatment left her suicidal
Keira Bell is taking the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust to court over the treatment she received for gender dysphoria, a condition where a person experiences distress due to a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.
The 23-year-old, who used to identify as a boy, said the puberty-delaying drugs and testosterone prescribed to her have irreversibly damaged her physical and mental health.
Ms Bell started receiving treatment, including hormone blockers, after "roughly three sessions" at the Tavistock Centre. She says at the time she had "no doubt" she wanted to become a boy.
Ms Bell described her decision to transition as a teenager as a "coping mechanism" and says there was "no real investigation" into the other mental health issues she was going through at the time.
Gender reassignment treatment left her suicidal
More than 50% of trans and non-binary youth in US considered suicide
Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care
When My Chinese Trans Identity Gets Lost in Translation
Gender dysphoria should be treated like anorexia
'Past a point of no return': Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero still won't stop global warming
Even if human-caused greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced to zero, global temperatures may continue to rise for centuries afterward, according to a scientific study published Thursday.
"The world is already past a point of no return for global warming," the study authors report in the British journal Scientific Reports. The only way to stop the warming, they say, is that "enormous amounts of carbon dioxide have to be extracted from the atmosphere."
The burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, causing global temperatures to increase and sea levels to rise.
The scientists modeled the effect of greenhouse gas emission reductions on changes in the Earth's climate from 1850 to 2500 and created projections of global temperature and sea level rises.
'Past a point of no return':
...climate change isn't biggest environmental threat
Planting Trees Won’t Stop Climate Change
Tree-planting projects may not be so green
Don't just blame climate change for weather disasters
'Green' policies may actually lead to more pollution
Increased drought forces California to deliver less water to cities
NC declares state of emergency
Pundit mocked for denouncing “lesbians on the moon”
NASA hiring lesbians is like bad pornography.
Pundit mocked for denouncing “lesbians on the moon”
Lesbian teacher arrested for sex with student when wife was out of town
School teacher is slammed for bragging about 'indoctrinating' students
Two Women Face Federal Charges
Kids shouldn't choose their 'preferred pronouns
New polling shows most Americans believe children should not be able to choose their own "preferred pronouns" and should instead stick with gendered pronouns that align with their biological sex.
Kids shouldn't choose their 'preferred pronouns
Case closed against boys who used wrong pronouns
Kids were told they were 'homophobic' if they didn't wave a Pride flag
We must defeat gender ideology and protect children
Stonewall and Mermaids will ‘get rid of gay people’
Gay YouTuber says he “might kill” a teacher if they talk to his son about sex
Teachers can't be forced to use alternative pronouns
Gay man slams school district over gender identity instruction
Influencer Oli London Shares He’s Detransitioning Back to Male
Iranian boy is born WITHOUT a penis
New study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopies
Colonoscopies are a dreaded rite of passage for many middle-age adults. The promise has been that if you endure the awkwardness and invasiveness of having a camera travel the length of your large intestine once every decade after age 45, you have the best chance of catching – and perhaps preventing – colorectal cancer. It’s the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Some 15 million colonoscopies are performed in the US each year.
Now, a landmark study suggests the benefits of colonoscopies for cancer screening may be overestimated.
New study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopies
Man arrested for clarifying what gender means
It is sickening that you have caved to the cultural Marxist, anti-science tranny [sic] agenda and altered the definition of 'female' as part of the Left's efforts to corrupt and degrade the English language and deny reality.
Man arrested for clarifying what gender means
Transgender pronoun bill advances in Tennessee
ExxonMobil Bans Pride Flag and Others From Company Flagpoles
Teacher fired after discussing sexuality with students
A school book blames racism on white people
Uganda suspends prominent LGBTQ rights group
School newspaper shut down after LGBT-focused issue
School Must Reinstate Anti-LGBTQ+ Religious Club
Yeshiva University petitions to prohibit official LGBTQ club
BYU Removes LGBTQ+ Resource Pamphlet For Incoming Freshmen
Can dogs be gay?
If you suspect your dog is “gay,” rest assured that some homosexual behaviors like humping or cuddling up to other dogs of the same sex are nothing out of the ordinary.
Can dogs be gay? The surprising truth
West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County
Positive tests from samples of adult mosquitos in the Anderson and Shingletown area confirm the West Nile virus has returned to Shasta county.
The Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMVCD) said in a press release Saturday that the positive tests came from routine collections as part of their surveillance program. The district is now attempting to decrease mosquito populations through ground treatments in areas where the positive mosquitos were found. They are also continuing their widespread mosquito trapping and testing to monitor virus activity.
West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County
Mosquitoes carrying a virus that causes paralysis and death are swarming at least 6 states
California has reported its first West Nile death of the year
Protecting yourself from mosquito-borne diseases
OC man tests positive for West Nile virus
Scientists baffled as Earth spins faster than usual
Scientists have warned that, if the rotation rate continues to speed up, we may need to remove a second from our atomic clocks.
“If Earth’s fast rotation continues, it could lead to the introduction of the first-ever negative leap second.”
Scientists baffled as Earth spins faster than usual
A disastrous megaflood is coming to California
Why Drinking Water All Day Long Is Not the Best Way to Stay Hydrated
Water is cheap and healthy. And drinking H2O is an effective way for most people to stay hydrated. The National Academy of Medicine recommends that adult women and men drink at least 91 and 125 ounces of water a day, respectively. (For context, one gallon is 128 fluid ounces.) But pounding large quantities of water morning, noon and night may not be the best or most efficient way to meet the body’s hydration requirements.
“If you’re drinking water and then, within two hours, your urine output is really high and [your urine] is clear, that means the water is not staying in well,” says David Nieman, a professor of public health at Appalachian State University and director of the Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus. Nieman says plain water has a tendency to slip right through the human digestive system when not accompanied by food or nutrients. This is especially true when people drink large volumes of water on an empty stomach. “There’s no virtue to that kind of consumption,” he says.
Why Drinking Water...
NM declares water emergency
Why You Should Stop Throwing Out Expired Food
While we no doubt could — and should — reduce waste overall, FoodPrint offers one surprising statistic that speaks to why we fail to use so much food: "An estimated 80% of Americans prematurely discard food due to confusion over the meaning of date labels." A similar issue was brought up by Vox. People throw away food because the label on the packaging says that we've passed the date for use. Originally, the labels were only meant for stores to know when they could stock which products. Customers, however, wanted to know what was on the labels, so it was made available to them.
Why You Should Stop Throwing Out Expired Food
'I’m not going back in the air'
Terrified JetBlue passengers on a storm-tossed JFK-bound flight were caught on video pleading with crew members to let them off the plane after it touched down in Newark following several aborted attempts to land at the New York City airport.
'I’m not going back in the air,' one passenger can be heard yelling at flight officials as the plane languished at Newark Liberty International Airport for over an hour.
'I’m not going back in the air'
Woman duct-taped aboard American Airlines
Ilhan Omar is mocked for attacking singing on a plane
WIZZ AIR PILOT RANTS AT PASSENGERS
Latinos have no trust in science
Passengers were rounded up and hauled off by Police
Drunken flier shoves girlfriend, slugs airport worker
At least 800 more flights canceled
Passengers told to get off the plane because the crew had to go off-duty
Airlines tells American to pick up his luggage 4,000 miles away
Not so magically delicious!
The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.
Not so magically delicious!
Bride and caterer arrested after wedding guests 'got sick from weed-laced food
Lead in baby food, arsenic in fish and uranium mixed into cheese
Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash
Solar panels are an increasingly important source of renewable power that will play an essential role in fighting climate change. They are also complex pieces of technology that become big, bulky sheets of electronic waste at the end of their lives—and right now, most of the world doesn’t have a plan for dealing with that.
But we’ll need to develop one soon, because the solar e-waste glut is coming. By 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency projects that up to 78 million metric tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life, and that the world will be generating about 6 million metric tons of new solar e-waste annually. While the latter number is a small fraction of the total e-waste humanity produces each year, standard electronics recycling methods don’t cut it for solar panels. Recovering the most valuable materials from one, including silver and silicon, requires bespoke recycling solutions. And if we fail to develop those solutions along with policies that support their widespread adoption, we already know what will happen.
Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash
LA Times report warns about 'environmental danger' in solar transition