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Fortnite

Opinion: Cars brought the fun back to Fortnite

Editorial The introduction of cars has brought back the biggest missing element in Fortnite: lighthearted fun. Published 2 days agoon August 7, 2020 The Fortnite v13.40 update brought one of the most anticipated items to the game: cars. Players had high expectations for cars in Fortnite, and the finished product…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Refugees

Why do so many refugees move after arrival? Opportunity and community

Credit: CC0 Public Domain What do you think of when you hear the word "refugee"? For many people, what comes to mind is vulnerability—you might imagine the grim conditions of a refugee camp or the dangers of the desperate journey to safety. So perhaps it's unsurprising that refugees are widely…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Moon Mission

Russia gearing up to launch moon mission in 2021

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft is starting to come together ahead of its planned launch next year.Last month, flight units of Russian scientific instruments were delivered from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences to NPO Lavochkin — part of Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency. Russian space industry…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

NATO

Senator launches investigation into USPS as Democrats demand Trump donor in charge reverse cuts

The top Democrat on a Senate committee overseeing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has launched a probe into service cuts after Trump donor Louis DeJoy took over the agency as postmaster general. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, opened an investigation…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Riots

Portland Officers: Riots Have Cost Lives and Shown ‘The Most Horrific Displays of Hate”

Black Lives Matter protesters march through Portland, Ore. after rallying at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. Following an agreement between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration to reduce federal officers in the city, nightly protests remained largely peaceful without major confrontations…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Water Pollution

How to Write About Climate Change

Just as the physics of our atmosphere is no longer only the concern of atmospheric physicists, so has climate change become a dominating theme for writers of otherwise different concerns. From Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation to Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow, the last decade has seen such a steep rise in…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

SpaceX

SpaceX closes out busy week with launch of more Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket takes off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 1:12 a.m. EDT (0512 GMT) Friday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight NowWith a Falcon 9 rocket launch Friday, SpaceX added 57 more satellites to the Starlink broadband fleet and deployed a pair of piggyback commercial…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Black Hole

New Class of Planet Can Form Around Black Holes, Say Astronomers

Supermassive black holes are among the most exciting and puzzling objects in the universe. These are the giant, massive bodies that sit at the heart of most, perhaps all, galaxies. Indeed, they may be the seeds from which all galaxies grow. Supermassive black holes are at least a hundred thousand…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Monsanto

Farms Can’t Save the Planet

In late June, overlooked amid pandemic, economic crisis, and protest headlines, a bipartisan cohort of United States senators introduced a bill to establish a U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, certification program, helping farmers and forest landowners participate in carbon credit markets. The bill’s sponsoring politicians ranged from Rhode Island…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Oxycodone

The Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Gold Rush

A return to normal life after the pandemic, which we can only hope will be better and more equitable than the one that preceded it, depends on the creation of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine. Aware of this reality, the Trump administration has made incredible declarations about when a…

bubmagAugust 7, 2020

Opinion: Cars brought the fun back to Fortnite

Why do so many refugees move after arrival? Opportunity and community

Russia gearing up to launch moon mission in 2021

Senator launches investigation into USPS as Democrats demand Trump donor in charge reverse cuts

Portland Officers: Riots Have Cost Lives and Shown ‘The Most Horrific Displays of Hate”

How to Write About Climate Change

SpaceX closes out busy week with launch of more Starlink satellites

New Class of Planet Can Form Around Black Holes, Say Astronomers

Farms Can’t Save the Planet

The Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Gold Rush

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