For people who believe in aliens, or who would like to be able to believe in them, that title leaves no doubt about the kinds of secrets in question: Disclosure Day refers to the long-awaited moment when the U.S. government will admit what it really knows about visitors to our planet.
(Kirsch, The Atlantic)
Read MoreAstrology and geomancy (also known as feng shui) are becoming increasingly influential over many aspects of individual and communal life in China, whether in making personal decisions about one’s career and marriage or designing a building to encourage prosperity and harmony. (Ng, Christianity Today)
Read MoreViolence among teenage girls has been on the rise since the Covid lockdowns. Since 2019, the number of women and girls aged 20 or under arrested for violent crimes has increased by almost 24 per cent, from 7,885 to 9,755. (Shanagher & Butcher, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe share of American men in the labor force reached a record low in March, fueled by baby-boomer retirees and young men who are dropping out to study or because they are disabled or sick. (The only time it has been lower was during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.) (Gurley & Cocco, The Washington Post)
Read MoreLike high-tech fortune-telling, the screening estimates the chances that embryos will produce children at risk for thousands of illnesses, from rare inherited disorders such as Tay-Sachs and cystic fibrosis to common diseases with genetic factors such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's. (Stein, NPR)
Read MorePhilosopher Émile P. Torres contends that a bundle of techno-utopian ideologies is ubiquitous in Silicon Valley. AI ‘doomers’ and ‘accelerationists’ may be locked in a ‘clash of eschatologies,’ but Torres sees them all as part of the same futuristic faith. (Royster, Religion News Service)
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