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The Acetylcholine Decline Nobody Talks About: Cognitive Chemistry, Hormonal Drivers, and What Post-Menopause Does to Your Brain
There's a specific kind of cognitive experience that post-menopausal women describe, and it is almost universally dismissed. Not by the women experiencing it. They know something has changed. They notice it in the middle of sentences, in meetings, at 2 a.m. when they're lying awake with thoughts that refuse to organize. They notice it when they can't retrieve a word they've used thousands of times, or when they read a paragraph and find nothing on the other side of it.
Hidden Part of the Brain Controls How We Prepare for Uncertainties
In a study published Oct. 6 in Nature Neuroscience, researchers recorded the activity of the claustrum for the first time in seven patients undergoing epilepsy surgery. For their epilepsy treatment, the patients had electrodes implanted on various parts of their brains to identify the precise regions that trigger their seizures.
Wishful thinking: Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats
© Isaiah SantistevanGraphic image depicts 3D simulation showing, from left, material damage, material velocity and the x-component of velocity. The simulation shows extensive damage and material moving in opposite directions, signs that the asteroid is breaking apart. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.
NewsReal: Rising Energy Prices From Mid-East Wars Fueling Riots in France & EU
The high school protests in France this week 'converged' with protests against the rising costs of living, resulting in mass street demonstrations in many French cities. The media (and social media) is focusing on the destructive violence and looting committed by a small segment of protesters, thereby portraying the whole movement as 'radical and violent'. This is obviously what the government wants people to believe, but it is a manipulated illusion.
Bombs for Tel Aviv, Promises for Riyadh
© UnknownUS President Trump • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu • Victims of promises unfulfilled The Gaza Ceasefire Is Falling Apart. And So Is the American Plan to Expand the Abraham Accords. The Gaza Ceasefire That Is Killing Palestinians The ceasefire in Gaza, which took effect on October 10, 2025, was supposed to stop a two-year war. By then, according to Palestinian authorities, more than 72,000 Palestinians had been killed. A year after the document was signed, the picture was no more peaceful.
Federal judge throws out John Brennan's 'speculative' lawsuit against the Trump administration
© Fox NewsFormer CIA Director John Brennan A federal judge on Thursday threw out former CIA Director John Brennan's lawsuit, which sought to compel the Trump administration to preserve records for his defense against potential criminal charges, ruling that he lacked standing. The Department of Justice is investigating claims that Brennan and other national security officials conspired to undermine President Donald Trump.
Zelensky has made his choice, now America must make its own
© Byron Smith/Getty ImagesVolodymyr Zelensky The US-Ukraine rift goes beyond Trump: Washington's interests increasingly clash with Kiev's demands and Europe's ambitions Vladimir Zelensky's latest interview with the London-based Financial Times deserves careful attention, because it may prove to be a watershed moment as for perhaps the first time, the Ukrainian leader has openly and directly challenged not merely Donald Trump, but the United States itself.
Britain is accelerating towards crisis
© UnknownShielded Law Enforcement Despite admitting mass immigration is damaging the country, the ruling classes fail to secure the border while clamping down on dissent. It's accelerating Britain towards crisis, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough. Something is going badly wrong across Western societies, and the sense of political dislocation is no longer a fringe concern.
Evacuation orders issued as wildfire burns homes in Southern California
© UnknownSan Clemente fire Southern California Evacuation orders have been issued after a wind-fueled wildfire ignited Friday in a Southern California coastal community, burning through homes and 465 acres, fire authorities said. The fire started in vegetation in San Clemente, and strong winds quickly pushed it into neighboring San Juan Capistrano in Orange County. Fire authorities received a report at 11:33 a.m. Friday.
Fuelling Moscow's war machine? U.S. and Europe are buying record levels of Russian energy exports
© Strategic Culture Foundation The contradictions are absurd but instructive of the criminal proxy war that the U.S. and European powers have perpetrated against Russia under the guise of "defending Ukraine". Western sanctions on Russia - the most heavily sanctioned nation on Earth - were meant to supposedly punish Moscow for its alleged unprovoked aggression against Ukraine.
Putin tells the truth: Russia is fighting alone against entire West
© Sputnik/Vyacheslav ProkofievJune 12, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting at the Kremlin with participants in the Ukraine conflict No one will be able to force a strategic defeat on Moscow in Ukraine, the Russian president has said Russia is practically fighting against the entirety of the collective West in the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with service members in the Kremlin on Friday.
The Marxist in the machine
Should we be worried that AI becomes more left-wing if it doesn't like you? Our fears for the future of robot intelligence almost inevitably end in spectacular fashion, with nuclear explosions and slaughter on a planetary scale. An abiding memory of my childhood is going over to the neighbors' house and watching Terminator 2 on VHS with my friends Ethan and Nathan, who were both older than me. I must have been about five years old — about 13 years too young to watch the film.
NewsReal: Trump Says Iran Deal 'Close', But Can He 'Surrender' US Hegemony?
Another 'TACO Tuesday' came and went... by Thursday the US military was again 'locked and loaded' for another go at Iran... and by Saturday evening Trump was dangling another peace deal - 'for realz this time'. As American diplomacy erratically yo-yo's, in the real world, some oil tankers are once more sailing the Strait of Hormuz, but now on Iran's terms. War is a cynical business, a 'racket', as US General Smedley Butler said a century ago.
Armenians waiting for the big moment: 'Hell is empty and all the devils are here'
Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 7 June. Four political forces are among the frontrunners in the election: the ruling 'Civic Contract' party, the 'Prosperous Armenia' party, the 'Strong Armenia' bloc and the 'Armenia' bloc. The election campaign is currently in full swing. The outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections will undoubtedly shape the political landscape across the South Caucasus and further geopolitical developments.
Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says
© AP Photo/Kevin WolfDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing "medical autonomy" and religious freedom.
NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year
© Joshua LeBlanc/LinkedInJoshua LeBlanc, a former NASA scientist who died in a car crash on July 22, 2025. Photo taken on an unknown date. Joshua LeBlanc's Tesla and body were found burned beyond recognition about two hours from his Huntsville home A NASA nuclear scientist died after a fiery crash in a rural Alabama town last year, which at the time caused suspicion among family members. Joshua LeBlanc, 29, died in a fiery crash in his Tesla on July 22, 2025.
Well, well, well . . . Ukraine declares Druzhba Pipeline repaired just after new Hungarian PM elected
© Associated PressHungary PM Péter Magyar Ukraine announced Tuesday it completed repairs to the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline and stands ready to resume pumping Russian oil to Europe, a step Ukrainian officials expect will unlock a long-delayed EU aid package. The timing is quite interesting and surely not coincidental given that Hungary's newly elected PM Péter Magyar and his victorious Tisza party are now in Budapest rapidly preparing for the transfer of power in Hungary.
Germany says it wants to become independent of Russian oil; Kremlin obliges
© IEAThe Druzhba pipeline network originates in Russia and extends into Eastern and Central Europe Russia to stop Kazakh oil flows to Germany via Druzhba pipeline After several weeks of the main oil artery into Europe being halted - perhaps as Ukraine awaited the outcome of the Hungary election and the greenlighting of Europe's €90 billion loan to Kiev - Zelenskyy stated the Druzhba oil pipeline will be ready to ship Russian oil again.
The sinking of the Iranian frigate Iris Dena was murder executed by the US Navy and then covered up by India
Dena, was racing eastward on the Indian Ocean. From the southwest, a tailwind of 7 knots and swell of 1.5 metres added to the Mowj-class vessel's top speed of 30 knots. At coordinates 6.0073 degrees North , 79.8654 degrees East, the Dena was 9 nautical miles (nm) outside Sri Lanka's territorial waters; 19 nm west of the harbour of Galle, a port on the southwestern coast of the island. It was 05:06 local time. Dawn was an hour away.
Hail turns roads, deserts white in Fujairah, RAK as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates
Footage posted on social media by Storm Centre showed the scale of the weather impact, with Fujairah, Al Dhafra Region and Ras Al Khaimah being covered with hail. In Fujairah, hail fell steadily over open desert terrain, with ice pellets accumulating across the sand to form thin white patches. Dark, towering storm clouds loomed overhead, underscoring the intensity of the system moving through the eastern region.
Storms wash away vehicles and flood homes across the Middle East
Major flooding in Khasab, Oman Vehicles were washed away in floods in Oman and homes were flooded in Syria as storms brought torrential rain and hail to countries across the Middle East. VIDEO
China hits US with economic counteroffensive after Maduro's abduction: Report
© ReutersChina's President Xi Jinping and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro • Great Hall of the People • Beijing, China • September 13, 2023 China has responded to the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States with coordinated economic force, delivering a direct blow to US power and signaling a decisive shift toward a multipolar world order, a report says.
Left-wing NGOs transition to targeting 'critical economic chokepoints' in Minneapolis
© Cameron Harrison / People's WorldA contingent from the CPUSA marches with tens of thousands of other demonstrators through downtown Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. | Left-wing nonprofit groups in Minneapolis appear to have moved beyond pressure campaigns targeting ICE agents and federal law enforcement, shifting from street protests/riots toward actions that may disrupt critical infrastructure on Friday.
New allegations link former national intelligence leaders Clapper and O'Sullivan to UFO shoot-down and retrieval program
© UnknownFormer Director of US Intelligence James Clapper Multiple sources have told Liberation Times that, during the Obama administration, senior intelligence figures James Clapper and Stephanie O'Sullivan oversaw a program relating to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The sources allege the effort involved the shootdown and recovery of exotic vehicles thought to be of non-human origin.
EU parliament, Strasbourg: Police use tear gas, stun grenades against farmers protesting the Mercosur free trade agreement
© Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance/Getty Images20 January 2026, France, Strasbourg: Farmers from various European countries protest in front of the European Parliament building The European Parliament is expected to ratify the Mercosur trade agreement. During the farmers' protest in Strasbourg, ahead of the European Parliament's vote on the Mercosur trade deal, police used tear gas against demonstrators seeking an appeal to block the agreement.
'Change is inevitable': What is next for Iran?
© AFPBeheshti Mosque damaged during public protests in Tehran on January 21, 2026 Without changes and a deal with US to lift sanctions, Iran could be set for further unrest, analysts say. Protests in Iran have petered out. Tens of thousands have been arrested. And those accused of supporting the unrest have had business assets seized and are being pursued on "terrorism" charges. The authorities - for now - have reasserted control.
Feds nab multiple Minnesota agitators for alleged roles in church ambush
© Democracy Now!Nekima Levy Armstrong is accused of participating in the attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, MN. "Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP." Attorney General Pam Bondi has made numerous announcements of the feds arresting people allegedly involved with the ambush on Cities Church in St. Paul, MN. Officials first arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong for allegedly playing a key role in organizing the ambush.
NewsReal: Trump Unveils Gaza 'Beach Resort' at WEF, Weathers Minneapolis ICE Storm Back Home
Amidst growing protests in Minneapolis against the presence of "Trump's enforcers," more mayhem as ICE agents kill a SECOND local liberal disrupting their hunt for illegals. Are Americans losing their appetite for 'mass deportations'? Or will they 'follow the penguin to the mountains', as DHS seemed to suggest? Meanwhile, US support for extreme forms of 'disruption' in Iran has resulted in 3,100 deaths there in support of a manufactured 'revolution', but no American 'savior' airstrikes as yet.
Trouble in China: Elite purge as Xi targets his own top general, longtime confidant
© Agence France-PresseZhang Youxia, left, and He Weidong, the previous second ranked Vice Chairman who was purged in 2025. Another significant military purge appears underway in China, as Saturday morning the West woke up to news that China's most senior military officer, who is second only to Xi Jinping, has been put under investigation over alleged "grave violations of discipline and the law." Gen.
How your brain creates 'aha' moments and why they stick
© Irene Pérez for Quanta Magazine A sudden flash of insight is a product of your brain. Neuroscientists track the neural activity underlying an "aha" and how it might boost memory. Introduction Here are three words: pine, crab, sauce. There's a fourth word that combines with each of the others to create another common word. What is it? When the answer finally comes to you, it'll likely feel instantaneous.
Heavy snow and rainfall kill 61, injure 110 over 3 days in Afghanistan, authorities say
National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Yousaf Hammad said 61 people had died and 110 were injured, while 458 homes had been completely or partially destroyed and hundreds of animals had died in 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. The numbers, he said, could change as authorities gathered more information from the provinces.
Fauci privately called natural immunity data "impressive" before forcing jabs on Americans
Anthony Fauci privately acknowledged "impressive data" showed stronger immunity from a COVID-19 infection than vaccination while publicly pushing mandated shots, newly released documents show. Former President Joe Biden's top pandemic response officials discussed a thorough study from Israel showing the superiority of natural infection in August 2021, simultaneous with the initiation of federal vaccine mandates via an Aug.
Obama fingerprints are all over the investigations of Trump and Killary
© Kevin Lamarque/ReutersBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton Comey cleared Clinton, Obama boarded Air Force One with her, and the Russia hoax took flight — new evidence suggests the fix was in long before voters ever weighed in.
Sudden realisation? US undermining 'world order' - German president
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks at an event in Berlin on January 7, 2026. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against turning global politics into "a den of robbers" The flouting of international norms by the US is making the world more dangerous, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said.
Lightning strikes in the U.S. reach 8-year-high in 2025
© Aaron Johnson / FOX WeatherMultiple lightning strikes in Seattle during a thunderstorm on March 26, 2025. In a recent report, Vaisala Xweather said that approximately 250 million lightning strikes occurred in 2025, a 20% increase from 2024. Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather.
6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Baculin, Philippines, no tsunami warning issued
The quake was first reported as magnitude 6.7 before being revised to 6.4. USGS said the tremor occurred at 3.02 am GMT, with the epicenter located 27 kilometers (16.8 miles) east of Santiago in the Cagayan Valley of northeastern Philippines. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that there was no tsunami risk to the Philippines, local media outlet Inquirer reported. So far, there has been no immediate reports of casulaties or damage.
China stages record drills designed to encircle Taiwan
© Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/Getty ImagesChinese Warship West Philippine Sea China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing's ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei's resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of U.S.-made weapons.
Just can't help themselves: NYT rewriting history again, courtesy of Nikole Hannah-Jones
Assata Shakur nee JoAnne Deborah Byron (and alias Joanne Chesimard) Former New York Times reporter and Howard University professor Nikole Hannah-Jones has long been controversial as a writer who expressly rejects objectivity and neutrality in journalism. That was most evident in her "1619 Project," which was ridiculed by historians and law professors in claiming that slavery was the driving force behind American independence.
CIA, with Trump's blessing, is using Ukrainians to sabotage Russia's energy infrastructure and oil tankers - NYT
Attacks on oil refineries have cost Moscow $75m a day, according to US intelligence All those Russian oil tankers sunk or hit in the Black Sea, it turns out, were the CIA's doing The CIA secretly taught Ukraine how to target crucial components of Russia's oil refining infrastructure and its sanction-busting shadow fleet, according to officials.
Streets, vehicles under water in record rain for San Diego, California - month's worth of rain in just hours
The heavy rain caused fast-moving water, stranded cars and dangerous conditions in many neighborhoods. San Diego received a month's worth of rain in just hours on New Year's Day, flooding streets and making it one of the city's 15 wettest days on record. The heavy rain caused fast-moving water, stranded cars and dangerous conditions in many neighborhoods. Videos on social media showed streets turning into rushing streams and people trying to escape the flooding.
Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern and central Mexico
A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicentre was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to the national seismological agency.
Houthis vow to strike Israeli targets in African territory
Yemeni Houthi Tribesmen Rally. The rebel group has warned that it will treat any Israeli presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland as a legitimate military target Houthi rebels in Yemen have declared any Israeli presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland a legitimate military target. The warning comes days after Israel became the first country to recognize the independence of the Somalian territory.
USPS built its mail delivery system on foreign truck drivers, now it expects special treatment from the law
it threw a tantrum and refused to comply. USPS briefly tried following the law by barring these drivers from postal loads. The result? Instant paralysis. Routes were abandoned, trailers sat empty, and delays exploded nationwide. Why does the USPS have a disproportionate number of Non-Domicile CDLs?
Fraud concerns raised after food stamp data show thousands of liquor, smoke shops are approved for EBT
© Joe Raedle/Getty Images More than 5,000 liquor and smoke shops were approved as retailers under SNAP, raising fraud concerns. There's no way to determine how much alcohol, tobacco, or other "non-compliant" goods have been sold nationwide. At least 20 states refuse to share data with the feds. Food stamps were first issued in 1939 as an assistance program to prevent starvation during the Great Depression.
Ukraine's anti-corruption scandal morphs into a rolling coup
© Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty ImagesUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference in Paris on March 27, 2025. Zelensky might be next after Yermak was just taken down unless he complies with Trump's demands for peace, in which case it's not unforeseeable that he too could be formally implicated in this scandal as the catalyst for a US-backed regime change carried out in collusion with his domestic allies.
Furious White House reveals Jeffrey Epstein victim who 'spent hours' with Trump - and always said he never did anything wrong
House Democrats pulled a bait-and-switch on a new trove of Jeffrey Epstein documents Wednesday when they released just three select emails in which the pedophile financier mentioned President Trump, including one claiming, "Victim 1 spent many hours at my house with him." But the Dems on the House Oversight Committee deliberately withheld the name of the victim in the missive — Virginia Giuffre, who said before her death earlier this year that she witnessed no wrongdoing by Trump during their...
Meet the Seven Sisters' 3,000 lost siblings
The Pleiades star cluster is part of a much larger complex that stretches across the entire sky, a new study shows. © NASA / ESA / AURA / Caltech Of all star clusters, the Pleiades are the most famous: Their brightest members, known as the Seven Sisters, are a delight to the naked eye.
The U.S. saw vivid northern lights as far south as Florida on November 11 - second such event in 5 days - and more could be coming
Geomagnetic storms brought the northern lights to much of the U.S. on Tuesday night, painting the sky in vibrant hues of green and pink. The Aurora Borealis was spotted in a large swath of states, including Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Washington state. Northern lights were visible as far south as parts of Florida and Alabama, a relatively rare occurrence that highlights the severity of this week's storms.
The policy of nuclear gunboats
It should come as no surprise that Russia has spent so much money miniaturizing nuclear power plants and equipping its delivery systems with them: 9M730 Burevestnik missiles and Status-6 Poseidon torpedoes. The United States is dispersing its nuclear technology by providing Australia and South Korea with nuclear-powered submarines, and by supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles. But in this arena, the Pentagon is technically outmatched.
The AI Drones Used In Gaza Now Surveilling American Cities
AI-powered quadcopter drones used by the IDF to commit genocide in Gaza are flying over American cities, surveilling protestors and automatically uploading millions of images to an evidence database. The drones are made by a company called Skydio which in the last few years has gone from relative obscurity to quietly become a multi-billion dollar company and the largest drone manufacturer in the US.
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