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The Future of Drone Tech: Israel’s Iron Dome

The Future of Drone Tech: Israel’s Iron Dome By Peter Zeihan Fiber-optic-controlled first-person drones are the star of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. As Hezbollah deploys more of these drones, holes in Israel’s Iron Dome defense network are beginning to appear. Read more here >     Transcript Peter Zeihan...

Elon Musk Is Dropping a Boulder in a Kiddie Pool

Elon Musk Is Dropping a Boulder in a Kiddie Pool He is about to take SpaceX public—pushing other AI companies to do the same. By Matteo Wong,...

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Ebola Outbreak and Delayed Detection by the U.S.

Ebola Outbreak and Delayed Detection by the U.S. By Peter Zeihan, originally published on May 25 At least 50 are dead due to a new Ebola outbreak...

Trump Takes His Cut

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Elon Musk Is Dropping a Boulder in a Kiddie Pool

Elon Musk Is Dropping a Boulder in a Kiddie Pool He is about to take SpaceX public—pushing other AI companies to do the same. By Matteo Wong,...

From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line

From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line By Michael Gregory, Clemson University   When researchers...

Revolution Medicines, Daraxonrasib, and the New Race to Drug KRAS Cancer

Revolution Medicines, Daraxonrasib, and the New Race to Drug KRAS Cancer For decades, one of the most important cancer targets was also one of the...

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease By Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado...

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank Roth...

Watch out, Apple – Nvidia just unveiled its RTX Spark Arm ‘superchip’ to take on the M5 at Computex 2026

Watch out, Apple - Nvidia just unveiled its RTX Spark Arm 'superchip' to take on the M5 at Computex 2026 By Matt Hanson, Tech Radar  Nvidia has just...

This Just-Released Economic Indicator Spells Doom for President Trump’s Economy

The stock market may be flirting with record highs, unemployment remains relatively low, and economic growth has avoided the recession many …

The War Trump Can’t End

The War Trump Can’t End Washington needs a deal, but Tehran needs an enemy. By Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic  For nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran...

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains By Chloe N. East, University of Colorado Boulder and Elizabeth Cox, University of...

Trump Takes His Cut

Trump Takes His Cut Federal stakes in public companies may enrich the government, but they are bad for America. By James Surowiecki, The Atlantic  When it comes to...

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University   During an evening test fire...

Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit.

Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit. The president’s family says his stock purchases are automatically timed, but recent acquisitions...

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. About three months before the Pentagon announced...

It’s not just high gas prices – inflation is now spreading through the US economy

It’s not just high gas prices – inflation is now spreading through the US economy By D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Brandy Hadley,...

Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant

Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant By Matthew Ray, University of Wisconsin-Stout and Reese Hufnagel, University...

Major Trump funder’s company now a ‘trainwreck’

Major Trump funder's company now a 'trainwreck' By Nick Hilden, Alternet   Last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX released its IPO prospectus in preparation for going public...

Blackout risks are rising – why neighboring power grids can’t just send extra electricity where it’s needed

Blackout risks are rising – why neighboring power grids can’t just send extra electricity where it’s needed By Sufan Jiang, University of Tennessee; Nanyang Technological...

Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution – as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape

Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution – as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape   By Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado...

You’ve been trying to get around Amazon – but it’s not that easy

You’ve been trying to get around Amazon – but it’s not that easy By Yuanyuan (Gina) Cui, Coastal Carolina University and Patrick van Esch, Coastal...

Trump’s War Is Staggering to an Incoherent Defeat

Trump’s War Is Staggering to an Incoherent Defeat Even the president’s supporters are alarmed. By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic    No one yet knows the details of the Iran...

The Invisible Force That Could Wreck Your Portfolio

The Invisible Force That Could Wreck Your Portfolio The invisible force is the bond market. Not the stock market you watch on CNBC — the...

Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair

Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University Kevin Warsh...

Putin Can No Longer Hide His Catastrophe

Putin Can No Longer Hide His Catastrophe The Russian dictator has lost control of the narrative. By Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic  Regimes that go to war usually...

Amazon’s Philosopher King, Crypto flows through the Strait, and Queso Fresco

This Week In Blunders – May 17-23 Courtesy of Al Lewis, Business Blunders  Subscribe to Al’s Business Blunders Newsletter to keep up with the most spectacular...

Ebola Outbreak and Delayed Detection by the U.S.

Ebola Outbreak and Delayed Detection by the U.S. By Peter Zeihan, originally published on May 25 At least 50 are dead due to a new Ebola outbreak...

Revolution Medicines, Daraxonrasib, and the New Race to Drug KRAS Cancer

Revolution Medicines, Daraxonrasib, and the New Race to Drug KRAS Cancer For decades, one of the most important cancer targets was also one of the...

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease By Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado...

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University   During an evening test fire...

Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant

Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant By Matthew Ray, University of Wisconsin-Stout and Reese Hufnagel, University...

SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact

SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact By Scott Solomon,...

Trump Is Losing a Second War

Trump Is Losing a Second War The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels Courtesy of Paul Krugman     Last month, out of more than...

Why Trump’s $2 billion buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for American taxpayers and the US energy supply

Why Trump’s $2 billion buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for American taxpayers and the US energy supply By Christopher Niezrecki,...