President Trump promised an “orderly transition” on Jan. 20 after Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory. The certification came after a day in Washington, D.C., that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S. Capitol. Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted a statement from Trump on Twitter that called for calm in the early hours of Thursday morning. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” the statement read. “I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”

A team of researchers in South Korea recently published a paper entitled, “Thermally Controlled, Active Imperceptible Artificial Skin in Visible-to-Infrared Range.” Led by Dr. Seung Hwan Ko out of Seoul National University, the research centers around a cloaking “skin,” which consists of small patches that use heating and cooling to mimic either thermal characteristics or visible colors of any given environment. With this technology progressing, it could be implemented in many different industries. But for the military, it could completely change the entire landscape of modern warfare, and effectively make soldiers invisible…

A newly published study suggests the Milky Way galaxy could contain alien civilizations, though there’s a strong possibility most of them are already dead. The study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, also considered factors that may have ended these civilizations, such as exposure to radiation, a halt in evolution, and the tendency for intelligent life to self-annihilate, whether it be through climate change, technological advancements, or war. This suggests that any alien civilizations that are still alive are most likely young, as self-annihilation typically occurs after a long period…

In the midst of a tumultuous year, a record number of people are battling fear with faith by turning to God’s Word as a source of strength, encouragement and hope. The popular Bible app YouVersion and the Bible Gateway website recently published their year in reviews revealing that Bible searches, specifically for terms such as fear, healing, and peace, increased substantially this year, Christianity Today reports. In 2020 alone, YouVersion saw an uptick in overall searches by 80 percent, totaling nearly 600 million searches worldwide. Additionally, Isaiah 41:10 was ranked as the most searched, read, and bookmarked verse on the app. The verse reads, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

The Air Force says it has hired Boeing, General Atomics, and Kratos to build prototype “loyal wingman” type drones to carry systems developed under the Skyborg program. Through Skyborg the service is seeking to acquire a suite of artificial intelligence-driven capabilities that will control loyal wingmen, as well as fully-autonomous unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs…

The skulls of two baboons, mummified more than 3,000 years ago, have helped narrow down the location of a fabled “land of plenty”, which once supplied ancient Egypt with gold, frankincense, myrrh and monkeys. Known as the land of Punt, or ‘God’s land’, this faraway fantastical realm may have actually existed outside its renowned mythology, despite no physical remnants of it having ever been found. Ancient writings and drawings from the time have many archaeologists convinced the land of Punt was located somewhere around the Red Sea and was pivotal in the rise of the spice routes, also known as the maritime silk roads, which first linked Eastern and Western cultures and commerce. Or perhaps they should have been called the ‘baboon beats’. Researchers now think the traffic of a sacred monkey, known as the Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), was “an important, contributing factor to the rise of Red Sea trade during the 2nd millennium BC.” Ancient Egyptians seemed to have revered the Hamadryas baboon. The god Thoth, the supreme being of the moon and wisdom, is sometimes…