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Nukes

360-Degree Pannable VR Video Of The First Hydrogen Bomb Explosion

This is a pannable VR recreation of the detonation of the 'Ivy Mike' thermonuclear device on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1952, the first full-scale detonation of a hydrogen bomb. Just make sure you're pointed in the right direction for the explosion, because I missed it the…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Electric Car

2020 E-Tron Sportback becomes Audi’s most expensive electric car

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bubmagApril 30, 2020

Syria

U.S. envoy wants Turkey to press militants in Syria’s Idlib

FILE PHOTO: U.S. special envoy for Syria and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Jim Jeffrey speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Yara NardiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Syria special envoy Jim Jeffrey said on Thursday he hoped Turkey would maintain pressure…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Scottish National Party

Coronavirus has made Scottish independence even less likely

The economic risks of independence look ever higherEditor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubNICOLA STURGEON,…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Alibaba

Private companies have put down strong roots in China

TO SAY THAT China’s economy has been hurt by covid-19 is putting it mildly. The 6.8% year-on-year fall in GDP in the first quarter ended a 28-year stretch of continuous, mostly rapid growth. The Communist Party, which derives legitimacy from rising living standards, is keen to put the slump behind…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Antarctica

The Largest Ozone Hole Over the Arctic Has Now Closed Up

This article originally appeared on VICE India.Just a few weeks ago, scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered the largest hole in the ozone layer ever in the Arctic—a hole that covered an area roughly three times the area of Greenland. But scientists at the Copernicus' Atmosphere Monitoring Service…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Recycling

Coronavirus Could Change Our Relationship With Trash

Photo: GettyThe coronavirus caused Lauren Singer to do something she hasn’t done in eight years: she created waste. Singer is one of the activists most associated with the waste-free movement. She first went viral in 2014 when her annual direct trash production was so small, it fit in a single…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Giphy

9 Sales Questions About Pricing You Need to Know How to Answer

As those on the frontlines of your business, your sales team is often confronted with a lot of different questions that can be difficult to answer or address.One of the most intimidating subjects? Pricing.As consumers become more impatient about making purchases and more thorough in their research to find the…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Economic Bubble

Peter Schiff Debunks The “Gold Is Set To Crash” Narrative

Via SchiffGold.com, The mainstream is a fickle place. On the one hand, we had Bank of America raising its 18-month price projection for gold to $3,000. On the other hand, some people argue the price of gold could crash later in the year. Gold is up over 13% on the year, but…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

Spanish Flu

Coronavirus Has Killed More Americans Than Any Flu In Half A Century

TOPLINE With the U.S. counting upwards of 61,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths on Wednesday evening, the coronavirus pandemic is more deadly than any flu the country has seen since 1967—but still falls far short of the devastating 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. A funeral home worker wore a face visor to wheel…

bubmagApril 30, 2020

360-Degree Pannable VR Video Of The First Hydrogen Bomb Explosion

2020 E-Tron Sportback becomes Audi’s most expensive electric car

U.S. envoy wants Turkey to press militants in Syria’s Idlib

Coronavirus has made Scottish independence even less likely

Private companies have put down strong roots in China

The Largest Ozone Hole Over the Arctic Has Now Closed Up

Coronavirus Could Change Our Relationship With Trash

9 Sales Questions About Pricing You Need to Know How to Answer

Peter Schiff Debunks The “Gold Is Set To Crash” Narrative

Coronavirus Has Killed More Americans Than Any Flu In Half A Century

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