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The following articles by various authors are of significant interest. They cover many important topics including current events, historical documentation, commentaries, subjects in law, natural rights, and more. Take the time to educate yourself and form your own opinions. You will find it to be time well spent.

New rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours!

DRESDEN, Germany (PNN) - July 28, 2015 - Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works.

The EM Drive was developed by the British inventor Roger Shawyer nearly 15 years ago but was ridiculed at the time as being scientifically impossible.

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The plan to beam the Web to 3 billion unconnected humans!

NEW YORK (PNN) - July 27, 2015 - One of the best things about the Web is that it’s interactive. You communicate with friends and family, publish your own site, and leave comments on other people’s work. But a huge part of what we do online is simply consuming content.

A satellite broadcasting company called Outernet wants to bring all this content many of us take for granted

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This idyllic valley in Switzerland could soon change the world!

ZUG, Switzerland (PNN) - July 24, 2015 - I’m sitting here on a park bench with my friend and colleague Johann Gevers overlooking an absolutely serene lake in Zug, Switzerland.

With the elegant and imposing mountains behind, it’s as quintessentially Swiss as you can get.

Johann is the founder of Monetas, an advanced digital transaction platform that could dramatically c

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Hedge funds net-short gold for first time in history!

NEW YORK (PNN) - July 24, 2015 - After being net long all the way from $1900 to $1100, Bloomberg reports that hedge funds are holding first-ever gold net-short positions.

Hedge funds are holding the first ever bet on a decline in gold prices since the Fascist Police States of Amerika government started collecting the data in 2006.

The funds and other speculators shifted to

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Terrafugia unveils new design for TF-X autonomous flying car!

WALTHAM, Massachusetts (PNN) - July 21, 2015 - Flying-car developer Terrafugia has released new designs for its planned TF-X model. The TF-X is a planned autonomous flying car that was announced back in 2013. The updated design shows a sleeker body shape, a one-tenth scale model of which will be tested in a wind tunnel at MIT.

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Scientists can now control mice brains wirelessly!

BOULDER, Colorado (PNN) - July 21, 2015 - Researchers have a hard time understanding how tiny changes to networks of neurons in an animal's brain can affect its behavior. Now a team of researchers has figured out a way to tinker with the neural networks of mice in real time, using a wireless controller that can both shine light on the brain and deliver drugs to it. The device even lets scientis

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Commentary: Safety and civil liberties: is corporate clout calling the shots?

By Jim Carrey

July 20, 2015 - Let me be clear: I fully support the use of vaccines and believe they play a vital role in protecting the health of individuals and the public at large. That does not mean, however, that every vaccine is healthy, imperative, or right for every individual in every circumstance.

Over the past few centuries, vaccinations have saved millions from