Thursday, March 6
At A Glance
Why you keep having the same dream.
... and check out 1440's overview of dreams.
How the COVID-19 pandemic remade America.
Michael Bloomberg is the US' biggest donor for second year.
Do you really need fluoride treatment after a teeth cleaning?
... and how surgeons can implant teeth in eyes to restore vision.
Over 900-pound dolphin jumps onto fishermen's boat.
George Mason University breaks 40-year-old NCAA baseball record.
A map that shows how big countries really are.
Clickbait: Chappell Roan gets Rickrolled. (via YouTube)
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 Academy Awards haul in 19.69 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, the largest audience since 2020 (More)
> Philadelphia Eagles sign Saquon Barkley to two-year, $41.2M extension, making Barkley the highest-paid running back in NFL history (More) | UEFA Champions League knockout stage kicks off; see full bracket and schedule (More)
> Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize; see gallery of some of Liu's top designs (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI announces NextGenAI consortium with MIT, Harvard, and others to advance AI-assisted research at top universities; OpenAI to provide $50M and computational resources in support (More) | What is OpenAI? (1440 Topics)
> Uber expands driverless Waymo rideshares to Austin, Texas; marks the fourth market to receive the company's autonomous vehicles, behind Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles (More) | Self-driving cars explained (1440 Topics)
> Protein derived from tardigrades shown to help shield DNA in mouse cells from radiation; also known as water bears, the microorganisms can withstand extreme environments from the Arctic to outer space (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.2%, Dow -1.6%, Nasdaq -0.4%); S&P 500 wipes out postelection gains as investors assess US tariffs (More) | China retaliates with tariffs of up to 15% on US farm imports, while Canada says it will apply tariffs on over $100B of US goods; Mexico to announce tariffs Sunday (More)
> Best Buy shares close down 13% after CEO warns price increases are highly likely due to US tariffs on Mexico, China, and Canada; Target CEO also warns of price hikes on fruits and vegetables (More)
> Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismisses fraud lawsuit against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Zelle's operator (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump delivers address to Congress over trade, Ukraine, the economy, and more, while setting the record for longest address to a joint session of Congress in modern history; see key takeaways (More) | Watch highlights of speech (More) | Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) delivers Democratic rebuttal (More)
> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready to sign minerals deal with the US; offers to release Russian prisoners of war, halt long-range drone and missile strikes on Russia, and declare immediate maritime truce (More) | Office of Personnel Management revises guidance, says federal agencies have authority to decide whether to fire probationary employees (More)
> Powerful storms sweep across the US, with weather ranging from high winds and possible tornadoes in the South and East to blizzards in the Midwest (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Term Limits
There are certain positions in our government where employment is guaranteed for a lifetime like Supreme Court Justices and other Judges, then there are positions where the term in limited but they can be re-elected as often as the voters want them there, then there is the position of President or POTUS where there can only be two four-year terms.
Additionally, there IS NOT LIMITS ON AGE of elected politicians.
Let me take AGE first...
It is my belief that if full retirement age currently is 67, then NO ELECTED OR APPOINTED official should be eligible to serve this country past age 67.
Sometimes, old people have the benefit of experience and wisdom and sometimes these old people CLING to old, preconceived ideas and stand in the way of CHANGE.
From 1960-2024, the same problems that we had in 1960 are still present in 2024 and it is because politicians focus more on re-election than they do on what is right for Americans.
Also, when you check public records, you will discover that most of these politicians have somehow, become multi-millionaires.
How did this happen?
Term limits, like POTUS, should be immediately set into motion by CONGRESS...
However, what are the odds that CONGRESS will pass any laws that limits their terms for the benefit of the USA???
Warp drive may be achievable
For decades, movies and television series have sparked curiosity about the future, blending science with fiction in ways that inspire real-world innovation.
Among the most intriguing ideas is warp drive—a concept that challenges Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by suggesting faster-than-light travel might be possible by warping space and time.
In 1994, theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre introduced the idea of a space-time bubble that could contract distances ahead of a spacecraft while expanding them behind it.
His model, known as the Alcubierre drive, suggested a loophole in relativity that could, in theory, allow faster-than-light travel. Yet, most scientists dismissed it as impossible due to extreme energy requirements. READ MORE...
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