Is Mars Soil Toxic? The Real Risks to Humans and Food
October 16, 2026
Martian soil contains perchlorates and other substances that could threaten astronaut health and food production. NASA established a new dust exposure limit in 2026, but
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Did The Lone Gunmen Predict 9/11? The 2001 Episode and the Warnings That Came Before It
October 16, 2026
Six months before 9/11, *The Lone Gunmen* depicted an airliner heading for the World Trade Center. We trace the original broadcast, the writers’ accounts, pre-9/11
Did Trump Give Roundup Legal Immunity? What the 2026 Glyphosate Order Actually Changed
October 16, 2026
A 2026 executive order invoked federal liability protections for glyphosate production, while the Supreme Court separately restricted certain Roundup cancer lawsuits. Here is what those
Are Autism Diagnoses Shared With the Government? What Parents Need to Know About Privacy, Registries, and Evaluations
October 16, 2026
Reports of parents canceling autism evaluations raise a difficult question: who can access a child’s diagnosis? We examine federal autism research, Medicaid and medical records,
Can Police Make Cars Invisible to Flock Cameras? What Safe Lists and Suppressed Hits Actually Do
October 16, 2026
Flock once advertised ways to exclude certain vehicles from law-enforcement camera systems. Police can still suppress alerts for selected plates, but that does not mean
Can Water Be Too Pure? What Ultrapure Water Does to Metal, Skin, and Germs
October 16, 2026
Scientists use extraordinarily pure water to detect neutrinos, yet a famous story claims it hollowed out a metal hammer. The science is more interesting than
Do Data Centers Get Water Priority During Droughts? What the Contracts Actually Say
October 16, 2026
A viral claim says data centers have contracts requiring cities to shut off residents’ water first during droughts. Signed agreements in Ohio and Virginia show