(Natural News) A study carried out by researchers at the King’s College London has revealed that a wide majority of mussel samples taken from different beaches are contaminated with microplastics. As part of the research, the scientists collected mussel samples from four beaches around Kent, U.K. and found that up to 60 percent of samples exhibited microplastic contamination on average. […]

(Natural News) It looks like more trouble in paradise for the socialist utopia of Venezuela. The list of issues includes food rationing and widespread starvation, skyrocketing unemployment, rampant crime and social unrest, political corruption and suppression of opposition parties, state-controlled media, hyperinflation, and gasoline shortages despite the country having the world’s largest oil reserves. All this […]

(Natural News) By all rights, Venezuela should be a wealthy country, its people living in relative comfort, with an economically secure future. After all, it has the largest oil reserves on the entire planet and is rich in other natural resources. A combination of factors, including the drop in fuel prices, a crippling drought, and […]

(Natural News) Most Left-wing American political figures, entertainers and academics speak highly of the United Kingdom’s socialized medicine system, saying that the U.S. ought to emulate it. But they don’t live there so they don’t really know just how bad it is, and how close it is getting to collapse. In fact, the National Health […]

(Natural News) Chances are most Americans have seen some kind of science fiction movie about the end of the world once or twice in their life. But while Hollywood does a good job of keeping us on the edge of our seats at the movie theater, there really are people in this world who are […]

(Natural News) We’ve heard a lot about the crime and deaths caused by the opioid crisis, but what about the financial impact of it? Many small towns are struggling to cover the costs associated with the epidemic, whether it’s emergency calls, coroner bills, courtrooms, or overcrowded prisons. Reuters recently examined the case of Ross County, […]

(Natural News) The cost of mining Bitcoin is quickly outpacing the dollar value of Bitcoin itself, new reports indicate. The most up-to-date Bitcoin mining devices cost upwards of around $4,000, and yet by the time it produces enough Bitcoin to even break even, such a machine will already be obsolete and in need of replacement. […]

(Natural News) Life in Puerto Rico is about to turn medieval, thanks to the massive damage caused by Hurricane Maria, the once-in-a-century storm that just destroyed the island nation’s entire power grid. As reported by The Washington Post, sustained gale-force winds of up to 155 miles power hour when Maria made landfall leveled buildings, flooded […]

(Natural News) In a recently published column Armstrong Williams, conservative author, pundit and one-time advisor and spokesman for HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s 2016 presidential quest, says he believes that the Federal Reserve is nothing more than a “giant debt factory” that is setting the country up for a fiscal disaster. In making his observations, Williams […]

(Natural News) How high — or low — will Bitcoin go? That’s an intense matter of speculation among economists, geopolitical analysts, and of course cryptocurrency speculators and experts, but increasingly, predictions are generally negative. At present, Bitcoin is undergoing incredible growth, having risen 335 percent this year, and gaining more than 15 percent within the […]