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Something Horrifying Is About To Happen To The Internet – And You NEED To Pay Attention
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science The Republican head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, announced this week that the agency will seek to fully repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules. In a statement, he claimed that the Democrats imposed “heavy-handed, utility-style” regulations on the Internet, and they needed to be undone. “The FCC would simply…
Trump Administration Forced To Release Report That Confirms Humans Are Causing Climate Change
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience A major scientific report has just been published that concludes that the climate is warming, that it is affecting the lives of everyday Americans, and that humans are the driving cause of it. This is well known by now, of course – but what’s strange about this particular report is that the Trump administration released…
Scientists May Have Found The Root Cause Of Autism
By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science Scientists think they’ve found out what could be at the root of autism and, no, it’s not vaccines. According to a new study, it could be caused by having too many brain connections called synapses. “An increased number of synapses creates miscommunication among neurons in the developing brain that correlates with impairments in…
Veteran Who Stole Truck To Save 30 Vegas Shooting Victims Was Just Gifted A New Vehicle
By: Amanda Froelich/The Mind Unleashed The night one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, 29-year-old marine veteran Taylor Winston was presented with a choice: he could flee the scene, where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock was firing bullets into a crowd of 22,000 people, or he could stay and help the wounded. Like a true…
California Just Became First State To Ban Selling Dogs From Puppy Mills
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo California just took a huge step forward for animals by becoming the first state to make it illegal for pet stores to sell puppies, kittens and rabbits from mass commercial breeders where the animals often suffer from cramped, unsanitary conditions. On Friday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill, AB 485,…
Something Below The Ice Is Slicing Through An Ice Shelf In Antarctica
By: Jonathan O’Callaghan/IFL Science If a giant hole wasn’t enough, we’ve got more bad news. Scientists have discovered a huge inverted canyon under an ice shelf in Antarctica, which might cause its demise much quicker than expected. Using the ESA’s CryoSat satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, researchers looked at the Dotson ice shelf in West Antarctica….
South Korea Just Revealed A “Blackout Bomb” That Can Wipe Out Electrical Grids
By: Kyree Leary/Futurism South Korea has acquired the technology to develop bombs capable of short-circuiting power stations, leaving the affected area completely powerless. These “blackout bombs” are yet another tool the country has prepared to use against North Korea if the country acts on its threats. BLACKOUT BOMBS South Korea is in the midst of…
10 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know
By: Gary G. McGee/The Mind Unleashed “The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” ~Noam Chomsky 1.) It is nearly impossible to pay off the national debt: “Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great…