*This question supports and is linked to a fortified essay on the future of nanotechnology by Physical Chemist Kevin Ausman. Click here to read the full essay. There is a related question, whether nanoparticle-enabled cancer therapy will be approved...

What is consciousness? I once asked my boss, a neuroscientist who tolerated my philosophical predilections, what he thought about the nature of consciousness. He chuckled and said “it doesn’t exist”. Instead of trying to be cute and retort about...

Nineteen out of the 48 Vice Presidents of the United States have gone on to run for President. Since World War 2, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman have all been VPs who have either gone...

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, various EU-skeptics are talking about a possible collapse of the Eurozone. For instance, April 7, 2020, Gatestone Institute: Coronavirus: The Looming Collapse of Europe's Single Currency quotes:

Achim Truger, a...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has outlined various illustrative model pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century. Its fourth pathway (P4) is the worst-case scenario in terms of our ability to...

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico, and the United States has been in force since January 1, 1994. Under the terms of the treaty, many previously-existing tariffs and other obstacles to the free movement of goods...

A large number of undeciphered, encrypted handwritten documents exist in historical archives, particularly from the late middle ages to the early 1800s. Many of these documents relate to political or diplomatic affairs. As of this writing few have...

The last Ukrainian parliamentary election was held on 21 July, 2019. According to Wikipedia, the next election must be “held on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of authority of the parliament.” This sets the date by which parliamentary...

As of March 2023, talk has been ongoing in Western countries about providing Ukraine with F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. So far, no such jets have been pledged to Ukraine, nor any other Western-made fighter aircraft. Reportedly, Ukraine has also made...

Longevity escape velocity is a hypothetical situation in which life-extending medicine extends life

longer than the time that is passing. For example, in a given year in which longevity escape velocity would be maintained, technological advances...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormons, have historically been more anti-LGBT, in terms of both official church doctrine and the individual attitudes of members, than most major Christian denominations in...

This is a market on whether Russia will control any formerly Ukrainian territories other than LNR, DNR, or Crimea on September 1, 2023. For the purposes of this market, LNR and DNR are defined at the January 1, 2014 borders. Thus this is a market on...

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Anti-European sentiment is running strong in the EU and it may grow stronger – strong enough to destroy it, maybe? The UK voted for Brexit and political pundits are already discussing Nexit, Frexit and Quitaly.

Some commentators argue that Brexit is...

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Trinity) was the first nuclear weapon test. The test was conducted above ground on July 16, 1945 on what is now known as the White Sands Missile Range. Since Trinity, over 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted world wide.

The US has conducted...