While we agree with the main points that Mrs West makes drawing on Dr Mercola's piece on how weight training helps prevent dementia, we do not agree with his minimalist claims that training for over 120 minutes a week is worse than doing nothing at all. Here we set out the case against this. The Real Research on Resistance Training and Longevity Wh...
In recent months, a seismic shift in U.S. vaccine policy has sparked a fierce response from entrenched stakeholders. Under the leadership of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), underwent a dramati...
So, over 48 hours ago it looked like the Israel-Iran war was set to explode. Then came news from Trump on Truth Social that a cease fire was in place. Then came reports that the cease fire had been broke, then it was back on again. And a denial of everything by a senior Iranian official. Make up your mind. Then another exchange of missiles which up...
Australia's housing crisis has become a pressing issue, with skyrocketing prices and rents making homeownership and secure tenancy increasingly unattainable for ordinary Australians. The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council's (NHSAC) State of the Housing System 2025 report, alongside data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...
In an era where Western civilisation is simultaneously celebrated for its achievements and vilified for its perceived sins, Ricardo Duchesne's Greatness and Ruin: Self-Reflection and Universalism within European Civilization (Antelope Hill Publishing, 2025) emerges as a bold, scholarly beacon. Spanning nearly 700 pages, this magnum opus tackles the...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of cognitive decline are driven by inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and disruptions in the gut-brain axis, with cases projected to exceed 150 million globally by 2050. Amidst this growing crisis, emerging research highlights kefir, a probiotic-rich fermented dairy drink, as a potent...
On June 21, 2025, France's Fête de la Musique, a beloved celebration of music and community, turned into a scene of horror as 145 people, mostly young women, reported being pricked with syringes across multiple cities. From Paris to Metz, Tours to Angoulême, festivalgoers felt sharp stabs followed by dizziness, nausea, and fear, raising alarms of "...
On June 22, 2025, the United States launched a high-profile military operation, codenamed "Midnight Hammer," targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. President Donald Trump hailed the strikes as a "spectacular military success," claiming they "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment capabili...
Australia, once celebrated for its economic resilience, is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis that has left millions teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Finder's June 2025 survey reveals a stark reality: 43% of Australians, 9.2 million people, have less than $1,000 in savings, with an average balance of just $215 for this group, barely eno...
Coal continues to power the economic engines of developing nations, particularly China and India, which together account for nearly 80% of global coal consumption. In 2024, global coal use hit a record 8.77 billion metric tons, with China consuming 4.6 billion tons (55% of the global total) and India 1.3 billion tons, projected to exceed 1.4 billio...
The speculation surrounding Aaron Pierre as a potential James Bond, as reported by GB News and fuelled by industry insider Daniel Richtman, has sparked intense debate about the future of the 007 franchise. While Pierre's talent, evident in his acclaimed performances in The Underground Railroad, Rebel Ridge, and Mufasa: The Lion King, is undeniable,...
The recent tightening of Victoria's anti-vilification laws, heralded by supporters as a progressive shield for marginalised groups like LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and those targeted for their sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, is a deeply flawed approach that risks becoming a woke political weapon rather than a genuine solution t...
The claim that conservatives are happier than Leftists, as highlighted in the Breitbart article citing Nate Silver's analysis of a 60,000-person survey, has been a recurring theme in social science research. The survey shows conservatives consistently report better mental health (51% rating it "excellent" vs. 20% of liberals) and higher happiness a...
The article from Jihad Watch, citing an Associated Press report by Sylvia Hui dated June 16, 2025, discusses a UK government review led by Baroness Louise Casey into group-based child sexual exploitation, commonly referred to as "grooming gangs." The review highlights systemic failures in recording the ethnicity of perpetrators, with data missing f...
A groundbreaking MIT study, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has sounded a deafening alarm: reliance on Large Language Models (LLMs) like Chat GPT is not just a shortcut, it's a one-way ticket to cognitive decay. Through EEG brain scans and rigorous analysis, the study exposed ...
A recent Live Science article, citing a study published in Nature on June 4, claims that women "likely ruled" in a matriarchal society in eastern China around 4,500 years ago, based on DNA analysis of skeletons from the Fujia archaeological site. The study's findings, centred on burial patterns and genetic evidence, suggest a matrilineal social str...
The catastrophic blackout that struck Spain and Portugal on April 28, 2025, affecting over 60 million people, has sparked intense debate about the reliability of renewable energy, particularly solar power, in the context of aggressive Net Zero policies. An official Spanish government investigation, as reported by The Daily Sceptic and The Telegraph...
Recent reports in the UK media, notably from The Telegraph and The Daily Sceptic, have raised alarms about the potential weaponisation of solar geoengineering technologies, specifically solar radiation modification (SRM). These concerns suggest that "hostile nations such as Russia" or other third-party actors could misuse these technologies to orch...
Russia's subsequent warning following the US bombing of Iran's nuclear sites, that the world is "millimetres" from a nuclear catastrophe, voiced by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, underscores the heightened global tensions. While Iranian officials claim enriched uranium was moved beforehand,...
Historical interventions in the Middle East, such as the 2003 Iraq invasion and the 2011 Syrian conflict, triggered massive refugee flows, with the 2015 Syrian crisis sending over 1 million migrants to Europe. A collapse of Iran's government could spark similar mass migration, straining Western countries and intensifying social tensions, including ...
