"For 15 years, Sรฉbastien Fontaine has been trying to kill dirt. The biochemist, who runs a lab at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, wanted to know how much carbon is released by soil โ just dirt alone, completely devoid of life. His team sealed dirt into jars and blasted them with sterilizing gamma radiation. Then they waited for the carbon dioxide released by the soil โ a sign of ongoing microbial respiration โ to drop.
"They waited, and waited, and waited some more: weeks, then months. Under a microscope, the irradiated soil showed no signs of life, but it continued to emit carbon dioxide. The soil wouldnโt stop breathing.
"Fontaineโs lab repeated the experiments and produced the same results. Finally, convinced that they werenโt dealing with an artifact of the experimental setup, they set out to find the source of breath in dead soil."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-that-refused-to-die-20260601/
"They waited, and waited, and waited some more: weeks, then months. Under a microscope, the irradiated soil showed no signs of life, but it continued to emit carbon dioxide. The soil wouldnโt stop breathing.
"Fontaineโs lab repeated the experiments and produced the same results. Finally, convinced that they werenโt dealing with an artifact of the experimental setup, they set out to find the source of breath in dead soil."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-that-refused-to-die-20260601/
Quanta Magazine
The Dirt That Refused To Die
Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil for six years, pointing to a metabolic theory for how biology began.
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"This restructuring of faith codes, which help identify service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans."
https://www.military.com/dod-officially-drops-180-faiths-from-militarys-recognized-religion-list
https://www.military.com/dod-officially-drops-180-faiths-from-militarys-recognized-religion-list
Military.com
DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List
Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.
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Donโt Cry for Stargate - It Was Already Dead
The cancellation of Amazon’s new Stargate series is disappointing only if you believe a genuine revival was ever possible.
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/dont-cry-for-stargate-it-was-already
The cancellation of Amazon’s new Stargate series is disappointing only if you believe a genuine revival was ever possible.
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/dont-cry-for-stargate-it-was-already
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"The scale of anti-Catholic violenceโchurches burned, priests shot, nuns raped and murderedโremains one of the darkest chapters in modern European history. The Valley was conceived as a place where prayer could be offered for every victim, transcending the bitterness of the conflict. "
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/pope-leo-xiv-visits-spain-as-secret-pact-threatens-valley-of-the-fallen/
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/pope-leo-xiv-visits-spain-as-secret-pact-threatens-valley-of-the-fallen/
The European Conservative
Pope Leo XIV Visits Spain as Secret Pact Threatens Valley of the Fallen
Fresh revelations about a secret accord between the Archbishop of Madrid and the Socialist government have transformed what was already a bitter controversy ...
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TIL the War Powers Act of 1973 requires a president to get congressional approval within 60 days of starting a war but in its 50+ year history it has never once been legally enforced against a sitting president, making it effectively unenforceable
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL the War Powers Act of 1973 requires a president to get congressional approval withinโฆ
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"The images were 'chauvinistic and exclusionary', according to journalist Markus Slettholm of the newspaper Morgenbladet."
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15876347/Norway-World-Cup-photoshoot-Viking-Erling-Haaland.html
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15876347/Norway-World-Cup-photoshoot-Viking-Erling-Haaland.html
Mail Online
Haaland and Norway team under fire for 'Viking' World Cup photoshoot
Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of 'chauvinism' and 'neo-Nazi' imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.
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TIL James Madison defeated a Virginia proposal that would have used tax money to support Christian churches, helping establish the principle of religious liberty in America.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL James Madison defeated a Virginia proposal that would have used tax money to supportโฆ
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https://open.substack.com/pub/johnplaice/p/kristian-birkeland-theorized-that?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
"So Birkeland wrote in 1913, one hundred and ten years ago, that the Universe is full of electric currents and charged particles. But this was not mere speculation on his part. Having conducted experiments in his laboratory with his terrella, as I wrote in a previous post, On Little Earths and Little Suns, as well as observations in the Arctic North, he was the most suited man of his generation to make such a statement."
Substack
Kristian Birkeland Theorized that the Universe is Electric
I just finished reading Donald Scottโs The Interconnected Cosmos, which is an update to his book The Electric Sky. In the chapter on galaxies, Scott quotes from Kristian Birkelandโs most important work on the aurorae: The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expeditionsโฆ
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Bavaria legally mandates that crucifixes be hung in the entrances of all state public buildings, to reflect nation's Christian identity.
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"One hundred and fifty years of intervening research and archaeology have done little to unscramble this puzzle, and there is hardly one point in the topography of the Holy City to which scholars are entirely agreed. Hershel Shanks, Editor-in-Chief of Biblical Archaeology Review, succinctly summed up this dilemma in 1999, with a bold and unsettling observation: โEverything you know about Jerusalem is wrong.โ"
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/antonia-the-fortress-jerusalem-forgot/#:~:text=One%20hundred%20and,Jerusalem%20is%20wrong.%E2%80%9D
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/antonia-the-fortress-jerusalem-forgot/#:~:text=One%20hundred%20and,Jerusalem%20is%20wrong.%E2%80%9D
Popular Archeology
Antonia: The Fortress Jerusalem Forgot
A controversial theory challenges long-held tradition and scholarship on the Fortress of Antonia, with game-changing implications for the location of the Jerusalem temple of biblical times.
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"Over at Quest: Thoughts about God, Truth, and Beauty, an author named Kirk Durston has a fascinating article about J. D. Unwin and his book Sex and Culture. Written in 1934, this book presents the findings of Unwinโs study of 86 different cultures. He breaks the culture down by levels of society and by degrees of sexual freedom.
"The results?
"The highest level of society has only ever been maintained by cultures with premarital chastity and monogamy without easy divorce.
"Societies with sexual freedom collapse within three generations."
https://open.substack.com/pub/ljagilamplighterwright/p/sexual-freedom-destroys-society?r=lp6h7
"The results?
"The highest level of society has only ever been maintained by cultures with premarital chastity and monogamy without easy divorce.
"Societies with sexual freedom collapse within three generations."
https://open.substack.com/pub/ljagilamplighterwright/p/sexual-freedom-destroys-society?r=lp6h7
Substack
Sexual Freedom Destroys Society
Based on the study of 86 different cultures
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TIL GPS satellites run about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on Earth due to Einstein's theory of relativity. If scientists didn't intentionally adjust for this time difference, global GPS tracking would lose accuracy by about 6 miles (11 km) every single day.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL GPS satellites run about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on Earth dueโฆ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23G_UXCGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23G_UXCGA
YouTube
Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found
Something is disrupting GPS signals across Europe. Sponsored by Ground News. Go to https://ground.news/Ve for 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan.
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In 2025, we launched the Elements of Truth game on Kickstarter and were thrilled by the response. Weโre nowโฆ
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The USAF is now Scrambling To Buy What Few MQ-9 Reapers It Can Find
The USAF needs to scrounge-up any now out of production Reapers to replace the dozens lost in fights against Iran and the Houthis.
After reportedly losing dozens of MQ-9 Reaper drones while battling Iran, the Air Force on Friday confirmed to TWZ that it is planning to purchase an undisclosed number of unused ones from General Atomics, who made the aircraft. The company, however, said it has less than 10 of these drones to offer, and it remains unclear where else the Air Force can find more.
All of this continues to raise serious questions about the Air Forceโs near-term ability to plug gaps left by the losses fighting against Iran and in other recent operations in and around the Middle East. The downed Reapers have a reported combined value of about $1 billion.
Furthermore, despite the top Air Force officer recently praising Reaper as โperhaps the most valuable playerโ in the air war against Iran, the aircraft have been in the crosshairs of service officials. They have openly questioned the droneโs survivability and, by extension, general value in future operations. The Air Force has made several half-hearted efforts, without success, to find a successor. It is now in the early stages of a new attempt at acquiring an โMQ-9 Next.โ
It will be years, if ever, before โMQ-9 Nextโ comes on line. Meanwhile, the search is on for existing replacements.
โThe USAF intends to purchase several unused MQ-9A Block 5 from GA-ASI [General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.],โ a spokesperson for the service told TWZ today. โA number of MQ-9A Block 5 aircraft were manufactured based on forecasted purchases for other customers but are no longer needed. The available aircraft are currently GA-ASI owned aircraft.โ
โThe USAF has received funds to begin the acquisition process,โ they added.
Tabor also said at that time that the Air Forceโs total MQ-9A fleet had shrunk to 135 aircraft. Official budget documents say the Air Force had 165 Reapers in inventory as of the start of Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1 of last year. This had already marked a significant year-over-year decrease, down from 231 MQ-9As at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2025.
โBetween parts in stock for new builds, and company-owned Reapers with some number of flight hours on them, there are less than 10 total โnewโ MQ-9As available to any customers anywhere in the world,โ General Atomics spokesperson C. Mark Brinkley told TWZ earlier this week.
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USAF Scrambling To Buy What Few MQ-9 Reapers It Can Find After Epic Fury Losses
The USAF needs to scrounge-up any now out of production Reapers to replace the dozens lost in fights against Iran and the Houthis.
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