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Several years ago, the Satanic Temple made headlines in the United States, but now it is making headlines in Chile as it seeks official recognition there as a religious association (AP, November 7, 2024). In that traditionally Catholic nation, this is a bold step. But, as sexual abuse scandals have rocked the Roman Catholic Church, the Satanic Temple feels that...
MSN reports that scientists at the British Museum have deciphered a cuneiform tablet found nearly 150 years ago that apparently dates back 3,000 years (October 29, 2024). The stone tablet has writing on both sides, and the back contains a crude map and directions.
As world leaders push the Green Agenda, the growing elephant in the room is artificial intelligence (AI). What few realize is that AI systems require gigantic computer warehouses that consume massive amounts of electricity—and power generators and their associated infrastructure can’t be built overnight.
In certain regions of the United Kingdom, the growing number of vacant desks in schools is growing (Telegraph, September 15, 2024). Although demographers have warned about Britain’s plummeting birth rate for decades, national leaders have chosen to focus on other issues. As birthrates drop, fewer young people seek an education and enter the workforce to...
Mankind has long desired to live forever, yet finding the fountain of youth has been elusive. While life-expectancy rates have increased greatly in Western nations since the widespread availability of clean water supplies and sanitation facilities, such advances, along with the miracles of modern medicine, seem to be approaching a limit in their effectiveness at...
The God of the universe is brilliant in so many ways. His ability to remember and anticipate mankind’s mistakes is humbling. His creation constantly illustrates “His invisible attributes” (Romans 1:20) and His involvement with mankind. About 150 years ago, plastic was invented. This amazing substance has transformed the world in many positive ways, but as we now...
U.S. News and World Report recently published this year’s list ranking nations according to their citizens’ quality of life (CNBC, September 26, 2024).
A reporter recently observed, “The European Union brought peace and prosperity to a troubled region in the decades following World War Two. But it may lack energy and become impotent in the decades ahead” (Reuters, September 16, 2024).
Cuba, like North Korea, is one of a few nations with a centrally planned economy, rationing out to their people items of basic sustenance. After the Cuban Revolution that ended in 1959, the ration book became a cornerstone of Fidel Castro’s government. It gave Cubans access to government-subsidized bread, milk, meat, fish, and cleaning supplies. In recent years...
Today, people are not the only creatures traveling northward and crossing borders—dangerous mosquitos are also coming! Mosquitos carrying diseases formerly seen only in tropical regions are now moving into Europe and the United States (The Telegraph, September 24, 2024). The mild form of dengue fever causes high fever, headache, body aches, nausea, and rash.