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NOAA

Researcher proposes sea-level rise global observing system

Researcher Shane Elipot releases ocean drifter. Credit: Shane Elipot, Ph.D. University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researcher Shane Elipot proposes a new approach to monitoring global sea-level rise. Using the existing NOAA Global Drifter Program array of roughly 1,200 buoys that drift freely with ocean…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

NATO

New England senators float Supreme Court reform as Barrett nears confirmation

Sen. Ed Markey isn’t the only Democrat suggesting some form of Supreme Court reform if Republicans place Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. On the eve of the Senate’s expected vote to confirm Barrett and solidify a conservative majority on the nation’s top court, New England Democrats from across…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Black Hole

The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy

This story was produced in collaboration with InvestigateWest, a nonprofit newsroom in Seattle with a focus on the environment, public health, and government accountability It was a scorching August day at the Hoover Dam as three Trump administration officials gathered for a little celebration honoring pollution-free hydroelectricity. Inside the dam’s…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Censored Internet

Video: BE’s Karim Zidan discusses sports diplomacy alongside Garry Kasparov

For years Bloody Elbow’s Karim Zidan has reported on the intersection of sports and politics. Specifically, Zidan has identified incidents where powerful (and often despotic) regime use sports to advance their goals. Sometimes those goals include distracting the international community, and corporate partners, from human rights abuses. This practice has…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Black Swan

BrandPost: Introducing BI & Data Trends 2021 – “The Great Digital Switch”

iStock Big, sustainable themes have come out of our annual trends reports, such as “data literacy,” “de-silofication of data,” “postmodern analytics,” and most recently, “analysis is no longer enough.” Last year, our argument was that in a fragmented world, you need synthesis AND analysis. If that’s in place, you can…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

World War 2

Second World War veteran Webb remembered as tough and loving dad

Author of the article:Julie Kotsis • Windsor StarPublishing date:Oct 27, 2020 • • 2 minute readHandout photo of Howard Webb, WWII veteran, who passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 at the age of 99 years. Photo by Courtesy of the Webb family /Windsor StarArticle contentA survivor of five years fighting…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected. And for the first time, the presence of water on the moon’s sunlit surface has been confirmed, scientists reported Monday.That’s good news for astronauts…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

NSA

Kansas sets new COVID highs; governor to meet with leaders

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas on Monday reported record highs for its seven-day rolling averages of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and a spokesman for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said she was considering calling the Republican-controlled Legislature into a special session to impose a statewide mask mandate. Kelly planned to…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Extreme Meatpunks Forever season two kicks off with a quest to steal the sun

Home • PC Game News • Extreme Meatpunks Forever • Extreme Meatpunks Forever is “a serial visual novel/mech brawler about gay disasters beating up neonazis in giant robots made of meat,” a description which certainly tracks with the claim that it does punk better than any other recent game. The second…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Hongkong

Abortion rights protests block streets across Poland

Tens of thousands of people in Poland have blocked city streets in cars, on bicycles and on foot on the fifth day of protests against a Constitutional Court ruling that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the country. Carrying banners reading "Enough", "I won't be your martyr" and "I…

bubmagOctober 26, 2020

Researcher proposes sea-level rise global observing system

New England senators float Supreme Court reform as Barrett nears confirmation

The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy

Video: BE’s Karim Zidan discusses sports diplomacy alongside Garry Kasparov

BrandPost: Introducing BI & Data Trends 2021 – “The Great Digital Switch”

Second World War veteran Webb remembered as tough and loving dad

Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought

Kansas sets new COVID highs; governor to meet with leaders

Extreme Meatpunks Forever season two kicks off with a quest to steal the sun

Abortion rights protests block streets across Poland

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