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- Today9 min
COVID Vaccine Study Retracted 4 Years Later Over Faked Data
On Oct. 14, a medical journal called Science Translational Medicine announced an official retraction. The study getting pulled was titled “SARS-CoV-2 S2–targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies”—and it was published more than four years ago.The reason for the retraction was that a third-party looked into the paper and found that it contained fake data, as well as fabricated graphs showing that data.Let's go through the details together.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
- 3 days ago15 min
Trump Announces $1 Million Reward for Vote Fraud Information
Ten noncitizens have been arrested in North Carolina for illegal voting. In California, an appeals court rejected a federal effort to challenge noncitizens on their voter rolls. President Donald Trump is now offering a $1 million dollar bounty for anyone willing to turn in voter fraudsters. And in Alaska—where one of the candidates for Senate was just involved in a car crash—the Trump administration is preemptively suing the state to block certification of its election results if the Republican incumbent loses by a margin smaller than the number of votes cast for a candidate with the same name as the incombent. Let’s go through it all together.
- 1 weeks ago19 min
The 9 Patents That Give Us a Glimpse into the Future
We recently saw a commercially viable flying car, in the form of the new Tesla Roadster’s demonstration. It was able to drive upside down, fly up into the air, and land softly.That suction ability that allows it to drive upside down was covered in two separate patents: one from 2025 and one from 2026.Using this as a jumping off point, let’s go through nine other interesting patents that are currently out there, which might give us a glimpse into other interesting future products that could be coming down the pike.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
- 1 weeks ago20 min
The 9 Big Takeaways From Trump’s New US–Greenland Deal
After months of back and forth, the United States and Denmark have signed a new agreement regarding Greenland, which in-effect allows President Donald Trump to expand U.S. military presence on the island without having to buy it.Let’s go through what this new deal allows for point by point, as well as the implications it has for the United States in the decades ahead.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
- 2 weeks ago12 min
Have Kids? Don't Know What Career to Guide Them Toward? US Demand for Space Industry is Skyrocketing
On Aug. 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. By doing so, he established the United States Space Academy to recruit, train, and retain America’s best and brightest.This, alongside the growing demand in the private sector, represents the huge potential growth of the space industry in the years to come.
- 2 weeks ago15 min
For First Time, US Confirmed Use of Laser Weapons in Field
For the first time in history, the U.S. military has confirmed the use of a directed-energy laser system that took out three suspected cartel drones.This was soon followed up by the Department of War announcing the recipient of a half-billion-dollar contract for the Army’s first-ever directed-energy program of record. The contract signals the start of the next evolution in modern warfare: laser warfare.Let’s go through some of the details together.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.Sponsor offer of up to $20,000 of free silver: https://ept.ms/3biH9MN
- 2 weeks ago45 min
Did a Cold War Tick Experiment Help Spread Lyme Disease?
Recently, I was playing in the woods with my son when we decided to go the path least taken. Two roads diverged in the wood, and we took the one less traveled—the one that was overgrown, the one that had bushes everywhere. When we came out and got back to the car, I checked my legs, and found that I had a few new friends. Several ticks were stuck to my leg, sucking out my blood.Not a big deal. I killed them, and then took one, placed it in a ziplock bag, and saved it, just in case I needed to have it tested if I started to develop symptoms of Lyme disease.This experience sent me down a rabbit hole of research, looking into the symptoms of Lyme disease as well as its origins. That research led me to a very unexpected place. There is a credible body of research that suggests Lyme disease didn’t come about naturally, but rather that it was accidentally released into the wild by the federal government. Right off the bat, I’ll tell you there is no 100 percent definitive proof that this is the case. But the evidence that does exist paints a fairly compelling picture—compelling enough that the current sitting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, recently said, “It is possible (and perhaps likely, though not proven) that the emergence and spread of Lyme disease may have been caused by this research program, which included large open-air testing of intentionally infected ticks on U.S. soil.”When you have the director of America’s NIH saying this, it obviously can’t be ignored.So, let me present to you the full story here, and then you can make up your own mind as to whether it’s believable or not.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
- 4 weeks ago16 min
Alberta's Vote to Begin Formal Secession Process Scheduled for 2 Weeks From Now-Facts Matter
Right now, our friendly neighbors to the north (in the Canadian Province of Alberta) are in the process of breaking away from Canada.The first major milestone has already been achieved—a referendum will be put to the people later this month. Meaning, on Monday, Oct. 19, of this year, the people of Alberta will be asked whether the province should remain in Canada or begin the process of secession.Alberta is often referred to as the “Texas of Canada.” It has a lot of oil production. Politically, it’s very conservative. And it has a strong ranching/cowboy culture.Also, it borders the United States, specifically Montana. So the question now becomes twofold: first, will the majority of people in Alberta choose to secede, and second, if they do, will Alberta become its own sovereign nation—or will it become the 51st state of America?Which might sound far-fetched, but, given the current makeup of the U.S. federal government, it might actually not be.During his 2nd term in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as an American state. But realistically, in a real-politick sense, Trump would probably not actually want liberal Canada as a new state. But what if, instead of the whole pie, America just gets the conservative, oil-rich province of Alberta? And so today, let’s go through why so many Albertans want to secede, how it would actually work under Canadian law, what the likelihood of success is, and then, lastly, if it goes through, the likelihood of Alberta becoming the 51st state.
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