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Smart bullets that steer to find their targets are coming soon – maybe not to a gun store shelf near you but at least to the military. The guided bullets program began as a highly classified project seven years ago, ...

Congress is cracking down on homemade soap. Yep, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Susan Collins, in their infinite wisdom, are concerned that the health of Americans will be impacted by handmade soaps and cosmetics that are made from all-natural products. The ...

Agenda 21 concerns have been raised in Colorado during a debate over private land and fruit trees – and the issue is one that counties all across the United States are tackling. Scott McInnis, a recently elected Mesa County commissioner ...

The federal government’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is once again sparking controversy – and it’s doing so on the one-year anniversary of the Bundy Ranch standoff. This time, it’s the Galice Mining District near Grants Pass, Oregon, that is ...

Fleas that carry the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague – also known as Black Death — have been found in Arizona, state officials there say. The parasitic insects are believed to have come from a nature preserve near a ...

Addressing medical needs is perhaps the most difficult aspect of homesteading and self-sufficiency. Growing your own pharmacy and learning emergency medical skills are all a good idea. You can now add “learn centuries-old medical remedies” to the list. An Anglo-Saxon ...

Genetically modified (GMO) trees may soon be coming to a backyard near you – without any government oversight or environmental risk assessment. Last month the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its reply to an August letter from ArborGen about ...

Monsanto may have just lost a very significant battle in the ongoing GMO seed debate. The European Patent Office (EPO) revoked the biotech’s patent on a specific type of all-natural, non-GMO tomato. The specific tomato breed in question is naturally ...

Israel built an “Iron Dome” to thwart rocket attacks — and now has unveiled an “information dome” to stop cyber-attacks on the power grid and other essential infrastructure. Perhaps America should take note. Like the Iron Dome, the so-called Information ...

Police in one Wisconsin town are telling residents: Let us search your home for guns you don’t know you have. Incredibly, the police want to come into homes without a warrant to look for firearms that have perhaps been long ...