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Antarctica

Antarctic seal photo wins top prize

The winners of a new wildlife photography competition have been announced, with a drone image of seals on an ice floe earning the top prize. Image copyright Nature TTL / Florian Ledoux French photographer Florian Ledoux took the winning photo, entitled Above the Crabeater Seals, in Antarctica."For me, it is…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Chernobyl

Stalker 2 Unveils Its First Screenshot, But It’s Not Much To Go On

Stalker 2, the sequel to Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, was announced in May 2018, but we haven't seen any screenshots from it since--until now. Developer GSC Game World has celebrated the 13th birthday of the original Stalker by releasing this first screenshot from the sequel, and while it doesn't show…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Feudalism

The System Will Not Return to “Normal,” and That’s Good; We Can Do Better

by Charles Hugh-Smith Essential home lockdown reading. The pandemic is revealing to all what many of us have known for a long time: the status quo was designed to fail and so its failure was not just predictable but inevitable. We’ve propped up a dysfunctional, wasteful and unsustainable system by pouring trillions…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Bushfire

Daily briefing: Tiny fossil has the oldest known rear-end

NATURE BRIEFING 24 March 2020 A fossil the size of a grain of rice appears to be the earliest known bilaterian, the group of animals (including humans) with two-sided symmetry, two openings and a through-gut. Plus: the diagnostic tests for coronavirus available now and in the works, and two approaches…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Air Pollution

Taking Cars Off The Road May Slow Coronavirus Spread: Study

Image: AP ImagesSmog is the natural enemy of humanity. The pollution created by transportation, shipping, and industry has been killing us slowly for decades, contributing to numerous respiratory diseases. And according to a new joint study from the universities of Bologna and Bari in Italy, smog may have been a…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Big Data

Google Opinion Rewards survey asks about coronavirus symptoms to create public data set

Big data provides a wellspring of insight, and there are already examples of that amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tech companies have signaled a willingness to aid relief efforts by providing such information to researchers. One such survey effort might be underway with Google Opinion Rewards today asking people if they…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Gundam

“Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost ON” Headed To PS4 In July

Bandai Namco revealed today that Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost ON would finally be headed to the PS4 this July. July 30th, to be exact. But before the game gets to that point, the company will be running a closed beta in April. The event will take place from…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Protectionism

Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Economic Cure: Something Close to State Control?

Crises are a time of rapid change. Uncertainty about the future, combined with pressure to act, and fear over alternatives leads to a quickening of political shifts. What might have taken years now occurs in a matter of weeks. Political scientists believed that the election of Donald Trump in 2016…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Times Square

I Have Watched Coronavirus Porn And It Involves Lots Of Purell

A quick and dirty survey of pandemic pornPornography is a form of escapism, so you’d think the last genre anyone would want to watch would be “coronavirus porn.” That would make as much sense as Corona beer sales going up this year — which they are.As of March 23, searching…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Dalai Lama

The 50 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time

March 23, 2020 7:15PM ET Awesome rock & roll reads, from Keith Richards and Patti Smith to Slash and Nikki Sixx Chris Foster/REX/Shutterstock, R Bamber/REX/Shutterstock, Andre Csillag/REX/Shutterstock Funny thing about rock & roll memoirs: They tend to have the same plot. Our heroes begin with big dreams about making it…

bubmagMarch 24, 2020

Antarctic seal photo wins top prize

Stalker 2 Unveils Its First Screenshot, But It’s Not Much To Go On

The System Will Not Return to “Normal,” and That’s Good; We Can Do Better

Daily briefing: Tiny fossil has the oldest known rear-end

Taking Cars Off The Road May Slow Coronavirus Spread: Study

Google Opinion Rewards survey asks about coronavirus symptoms to create public data set

“Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost ON” Headed To PS4 In July

Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Economic Cure: Something Close to State Control?

I Have Watched Coronavirus Porn And It Involves Lots Of Purell

The 50 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time

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