Ryan Chatelain

The story goes something like this: On the night of April 26, 1777, a messenger arrived at the Putnam County, New York, home of Col. Henry Ludington, a militia leader aligned with the patriot cause, to warn that the British were raiding and burning an American military depot in nearby Danbury, Connecticut. Ludington’s 16-year-old daughter, Sybil, then mounted a horse and made a 40-mile trek through rain and darkness to rally 400 soldiers from her father’s regiment, who fought in the Battle of Ri...

In recent months, generative artificial intelligence has exploded in the mainstream, allowing people to create images, audio, and essays or other text using nothing more than an idea and a command.
But with the groundbreaking technology comes concerns that it could be exploited to push disinformation that might influence elections, including in the 2024 presidential race. 
“People should be concerned about AI in the upcoming election because it's going to blur the line between fake and real,” sa...

Government officials are not only withholding information about UFO sightings but threatening and retaliating against those who come forward with reports, witnesses testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Congress members also told tales of unnamed figures trying to prevent their hearing or limit its scope.
The joint hearing by two subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee followed up on a bombshell July session, in which a former senior intelligence officer testified about the existence of a...

A team of researchers say they’ve discovered the reason why people tend to catch the common cold more in winter months. 
Colds are the results of ever-present germs invading our bodies, and it’s long been believed that the illnesses are more likely to occur when colder weather drives people indoors, where viruses can spread more easily.
But in a study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers say the answer is actually in our noses because their innate immu...

Photo voter identification laws have been one of the more divisive and enduring political issues over the past 15 years. And with Republican-led state legislatures passing new voting restrictions — and congressional Democrats seeking to block them — the debate isn’t going away any time soon.
It’s a rather complex topic, one in which there is various research available that supports the arguments of both proponents and opponents. Due to the nuances of individual state laws, courts have come out o...