One doesn’t have to look too far or wide on the internet these days to find conspiracy theorists and their theories. They’ve always existed, of course, but they enjoyed a huge boost in their capabilities with the advent of global super-interconnection. Put simply, anyone doubting a huge moment in history, or of the opinion that some sort of cover-up has taken place, can now spread their views and evidence (or lack of, as the case may be) across the world at a few clicks of a button. It’s hardly a surprise, then, that the naysayers have been out in force during the current NASA Artemis II mission. Part of the mission’s significance is that it has surpassed the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance from Earth, previously set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen launched on Wednesday (1 April) aboard a 322-foot rocket, beginning their journey beyond Earth’s orbit. After...
Fears over a dramatic escalation of tensions that could herald the start of World War III are widespread after Donald Trump warned that Iran could be wiped out “in one night” in a startling recent speech. Concerns over Trump’s increasingly unpredictable, oft nonsensical rhetoric hit new heights yesterday when the POTUS appeared to flirt with the idea of nuclear war. The US and Israel have been in conflict with Iran since the two countries launched joint strikes on February 28. In the opening salvos of the war, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed, along with multiple family members. The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that Iran pose no military threat in the weeks following, and that the Middle Eastern country have effectively been beaten into complete submission. Iran, however, continue to deny that they are negotiating with Trump over a peace deal, and have launched a series of retaliatory attack. They also maintain de facto control over the important Strait of Ho...