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Why Doesn’t Anybody Seem To Care That The US Military Has Officially Published Three UFO Videos?
IN OTHER NEWS, SCIENCE

Why Doesn’t Anybody Seem To Care That The US Military Has Officially Published Three UFO Videos?

On April 27, 2020, the US Department of Defense issued a public statement authorising the release of three “UFO” videos taken by US Navy pilots. The footage appears to depict airborne, heat-emitting objects with no visible wings, fuselage or exhaust, performing aerodynamically in ways that no known aircraft can achieve. The DoD doesn’t use the terms “unidentified flying object” or “UFO” but does clearly state “the aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified’.” Thoughts about what UFOs are vary widely – from illusions to alien spacecraft. However, a workable, conservative definition is: “intelligently-controlled airborne objects not apparently made by humans”. Only a small fraction of UFO reports collected globally over the past seven decades seem to des...
Newly Published Study Shows Women Politicians Responsive To People Who Reach Out In Time Of Need
POLITICS

Newly Published Study Shows Women Politicians Responsive To People Who Reach Out In Time Of Need

Women politicians are more responsive than men when people come to them seeking health care and economic support, our newly published study on gender and government responsiveness reveals. Our research, conducted in 2017, was published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science in August. For our experiment, we posed as citizens of different genders and emailed a request for help to a total of 3,685 national legislators in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay. In Europe, we asked for assistance signing up for unemployment benefits. In Latin America, we requested help getting medical care without health insurance. The response rate ranged widely, from 6% in Mexico – where government accountability to citizens is a docum...