​Psychiatric drugs kill 500k+ Western adults annually, few positive benefits – leading scientistPsychiatric drugs lead to the deaths of over 500,000 people aged 65 and over annually in the West, a Danish scientist says. He warns the benefits of these drugs are “minimal,” and have been vastly overstated. Research director at Denmark’s Nordic Cochrane Centre, Professor Peter Gøtzsche, says the use of most antidepressants and dementia drugs could be halted without inflicting harm on patients.

Tesla aims at household energy bills with wall-mounted batteriesElectric car producer Tesla Motors has adapted battery technology for household and business applications. The wall-mounted batteries will make solar power more accessible and throttle grid consumption to diminish loads and bills. Talked of earlier in April, the home battery products were officially presented this week by Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.

Enter the Sand-man: Socialist Bernie Sanders blasts billionaires, corporations in presidential bid announcementNoted critic of economic inequality, corporations and the rich, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he was running for president to buck the system in which billionaire families were able to buy elections and candidates. The Supreme Court’s ” disastrous” decision in Citizens United created the situation in which ” billionaires are literally able to buy elections and candidates,” Sanders argued.

​US introduces $30 mn bill to target ‘Russian propaganda’, ISIS threatUS legislators have introduced a new bill which proposes adding $30 million to target ‘Russia’s propaganda,’ which they claim “pose[s] a challenge to the NATO system.” The House Armed Services Committee’s bill also targets the Islamic State activities.

Why the Future of Religion Is BleakReligion has been waning in influence for several centuries, especially in Europe and North America. There have been a few brief and local revivals, but in recent years the pace of decline has accelerated. Today one of the largest categories of religious affiliation in the world-with more than a billion people-is no religion at all, the “Nones.”

‘Unparalleled’ public interest: US media unite to demand classified Petraeus case docsUS media outlets are demanding that a federal court unseals documents related to the sentencing of former CIA Director David Petraeus. Last week, he received two years of probation and $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to leaking classified documents.

Have Fossil Fuels Officially Lost to Renewables?Photo credit: Gencho Petkov/shutterstock.com We’ve passed the turning point! As a planet, we’re adding more capacity for renewable energy each year than for coal, natural gas, and oil combined, Bloomberg Business reports.