Discover how sacred healing sites may harbour antibiotic-producing microbes. A new paper proposes that many iconic spiritual healing sites - from Lourdes to Chimayó and the Blessed Clay of Boho - sit in geologically distinctive environments that favour antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria. Rather than dismissing ancient traditions, Dr. Gerry Quinn suggests they may encode real experiential knowledge of healing through microbial exposure, ritual, contemplation, and connection with nature.

“The United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” – US President, Donald J. Trump, May 16, 2026 - https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116586488927495029 The developers of the greenhouse gas emissions scenarios for the IPCC’s next assessment report (AR7) have officially dropped RCP8.5 – the high-emissions pathway long treated as a de facto “business-as-usual” case (Van Vuuren et al. 2026). We at CERES were among...

The CERES team presented three talks at The Heartland Institute’s 16th International Climate Change Conference (ICCC16), held April 8–9, 2026, in Washington, D.C. In this post, we provide links to each talk, the slides, and some commentary.