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Food for Thought. Thoughtful debate and insightful observations/ commentary on actions/events in financial markets, investments, societies, and governments around the world that impact our lives. Also Oxstone Team’s Global Investment Commentary and Best Investment Ideas.

The 2 Billion Year Old Nuclear Reactor That Exists In Africa

When we generally think of nuclear reactors, we think of the ones created by humans. They’re anthropogenic and technically artificial, designed and […]

How the US Toppled the World’s Most Powerful Gold Trader

(Bloomberg) — In December 2018, a man in his early 30s was intercepted on arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport and […]

In think tank’s Taiwan war game, US beats China at high cost

WASHINGTON – In a pessimistic, but realistic, 2026 war game scenario, a combined sabotage and information operation campaign helped Chinese military […]

Fashion Brands Score With NFTs, But Market Trends Show Threats Abound

According to a recent report, iconic fashion brands from ready-to-wear sportswear to haute couture have been reaping the financial rewards […]

China’s Ultra-Rich Are Losing Their Favorite Escape Route to Europe

It’s a pitch that’s lured thousands of Chinese over the past decade, helping to reshape Portugal’s urban landscape as part […]

This Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

Aldo Steinfeld, a professor at ETH Zürich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, says his system for converting ambient air […]

Visualized: Which Countries are Dominating Space?

▼ Use This Visualization Believe it or not, there is a lot of stuff in space. In fact, our atmosphere […]

No path out of economic oblivion for Russia, Yale University scientists believe

August 11, 2022·19 min read In the study, titled “Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy” the experts said that […]

Yale researchers have unearthed a new clue that may explain who has long COVID—and how to treat the chronic condition

Public health officials are scrambling to understand long COVID, the condition in which patients report symptoms like fatigue, muscle weakness, […]

Wastewater is trying to tell us something about the future of COVID, polio, monkeypox, and the next epidemic to come

“The danger of polio is present in New York today.” The statement seems ripped from the headlines during the 1916 New York polio […]