A ridge in south-east Sicily that was eroded by the megafloodKevin Sciberras and Neil Petroni Jumbled deposits of rock found on the top of hills in south-east Sicily were left by the megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean sea 5 million years – the largest known flooding event in Earth’s history. The rock deposits and eroded hills in this part of Sicily, a region of Italy, are the first land-based evidence found for the megaflood, says Paul Carling at the University of Southampton in the UK. “You can actually walk around and see it,” says Carling. Around 6 million years ago,…
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A year or two ago, chances are you’d never given much thought to the concept of “seed oils.” But in 2025, they’re becoming harder to ignore. On social media and popular podcasts, wellness influencers warn of the dangers of consuming the “Hateful Eight”: canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, rice bran, safflower, soybean and sunflower oil. Late last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary — repeated those claims on X, arguing that Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils. (Kennedy did not respond to a request for comment.)It’s even become…
President Trump on Tuesday announced a joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to create at least $100 billion in computing infrastructure to power artificial intelligence.The venture, called Stargate, adds to tech companies’ significant investments in U.S. data centers, huge buildings full of servers that provide computing power. Stargate could eventually invest as much as $500 billion over four years. The three companies plan to contribute funds to the venture, which will be open to other investors and start with 10 data centers already under construction in Texas.The announcement of the joint venture was an early trophy for Mr. Trump,…
It was a lofty promise and a campaign tale that no one believed could happen. Donald Trump stayed true on his promise to carry out a number of executive orders on Day 1 of his presidency, but he cannot simply sign an EO to end the war in Ukraine. Yet he did promise to stop sending blank checks to Ukraine and has appointed a special envoy who is requesting 100 days to reevaluate America’s position in the war. More importantly, Trump would like to go directly to the source and speak with Putin. The Kremlin broadcast Putin’s weekly security council…
residents of the small North Carolina town of Bat Cave are left to fend for themselves in the wake of Hurricane Helene (Screenshot: New York Post) Trump announced today that he is going to visit North Carolina on Friday, noting that the people who are still struggling there have been abandoned by Democrats. From there, he is going to visit Los Angeles to survey the damage from the fires there. This is what leaders do. It’s a concept that was completely forgotten for the last four years while Biden was in office. Breitbart News reports: Trump to Visit North Carolina:…
Blake Lively has slammed her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni after he released a 10-minute long raw footage of a crucial scene from their movie.The actor’s legal team released the clip in an attempt to disprove Lively’s sexual harassment claims in her lawsuit.However, according to a new report, Blake Lively is happy that Justin Baldoni released the video, as she believes it proves she was sexually harassed and shows how uncomfortable she was during the scene.Article continues below advertisementBlake Lively’s Lawyers Brand Justin Baldoni’s ‘It Ends With Us’ Footage ‘Damning’ For The ActorMEGAOn Tuesday, Baldoni released footage from…
But in a later Truth Social post, the president slammed Budde, without naming her, and railed against “illegal migrants”: “Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!” “The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” Trump wrote. “She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.” Billionaire Elon Musk,…
Turkish court orders Umit Ozdag’s arrest over accusations of public incitement and anti-Syrian refugee riots after his detention on Monday.A court in Turkiye has ordered the Victory Party leader Umit Ozdag to be held in custody pending trial on charges of inciting public hatred through social media. Ozdag was detained on Monday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over comments in which he said “even crusades had not done as much damage to Turkiye as Erdogan has”. The party said Istanbul’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s office released Ozdag from custody on charges of insulting the president but subsequently ordered his…
The winning party just keeps on rolling in Columbus, Ohio, this week.Less than 24 hours after the football team lifted the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy, Ohio State men’s basketball pulled off a massive upset on the road in the Big Ten conference. The Buckeyes narrowly beat the No. 11-ranked Purdue Boilermakers 73-70 in a scrappy effort at Mackey Arena, once thought to be an impenetrable Indiana fortress. It’s the program’s first win in West Lafayette since 2018, and it snapped Purdue’s 26-game home winning streak that spanned back nearly a full calendar year. The Buckeyes, down 41-28 at…
Before examining the pitfalls and weaknesses of the Gaza cease-fire, let us welcome even the least of what it may achieve. Fifteen months after the horrendous Hamas attack on Israel and the launch of Israel’s retaliatory invasion, Gaza is a moonscape, most of its 2 million inhabitants homeless, hungry and in despair, and those hostages who are still alive, in the cruel hands of Hamas terrorists, have been torn from their loved ones simply too long. Even the release of only some of the hostages, and even a few weeks of unrestricted humanitarian assistance into Gaza, is good news.The deal…