Siberian Lab Death Raises Plague Questions — But What Is the Real Pandemic Risk?
Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute died from severe pneumonia of unknown origin. Pneumonic plague has not been confirmed, but the case highlights how quickly the disease can become fatal — and why international agencies monitor unusual outbreaks and laboratory incidents. A mysterious death at a Russian laboratory that studies plague
A Mysterious Death at a Russian Plague Laboratory Raises Public Health Questions
Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute died after a reported laboratory accident, prompting quarantines and medical monitoring. Russian authorities, however, have not confirmed that plague killed her. A laboratory worker has died in Russia’s Siberian Irkutsk region amid conflicting reports that she may have contracted pneumonic plague after an accident at
Starships, UAP, Close Encounters, the X-Prize and an Incredible Human Future
Whitley Strieber I spent yesterday afternoon and evening at the home of author Peter Diamandis at a meeting to discuss a new X-Prize. Avi Loeb, Ryan Graves spoke, as did Peter Skafish and Garry Nolan of the Sol Foundation. I was given a few moments to introduce myself from the audience and say a bit about the close encounter
Bodies, Reptilians and Disclosure: Analyzing David Grusch’s Extraordinary New Claims
David Grusch testified under oath before the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security on July 26, 2023. Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio The former intelligence officer says he saw video of alleged nonhuman bodies and describes Grays, reptilian beings, telepathy and conflict among NHI. But much of the story has striking precedents in decades of UFO literature. Former
Whitley Strieber and John Mack’s Archives Enter the Spotlight in AMC’s New Archive X
AMC’s six-part Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena draws on more than 1 million records at Rice University, including material from Whitley Strieber and Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack. A question that has occupied Whitley Strieber and Unknown Country for decades moves into mainstream television tonight: Are experiences labeled UFO encounters, telepathy, contact with the dead and other paranormal phenomena really separate
Coffee and Consciousness: What Caffeine Really Does to the Brain
Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio Coffee does more than help us feel awake. On National Coffee Day, research into caffeine offers a fascinating glimpse at the chemistry underlying attention — and the everyday ways we alter our own state of consciousness. For millions of people, changing their state of consciousness is one of the first things they do