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Unwelcome Refugees

Precarious lives: Syrian refugees in Turkey in corona times

Turkey is a late-comer to the global scene of the COVID-19 crisis, yet it has exhibited an alarming rate of spread in the first weeks of its exposure to the virus. This column offers a discussion of the heterogenous risks associated with the precarious lives of the millions of Syrian…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 review: A luxury car loaded with tech and safety

I’ve been reviewing cars from a tech point of view in preparation for the arrival of self-driving vehicles. As those cars aren’t here yet, I had to settle for a Mercedes-AMG CLA 35. This Mercedes-Benz model wasn’t an electric car, but it was a luxurious vehicle loaded with technology. The…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Holocaust

Survivors of Mengele’s twin experiments

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on an innovative project that uses artificial intelligence technology to allow people to talk with Holocaust survivors, even after their death. For Stahl, it meant continuing a conversation she started with a survivor almost three decades ago.Speaking with Holocaust survivors who've diedHow…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Google

Google Maps now highlights restaurants with delivery options

Google Maps is still useful for grabbing a bite to eat even in the midst of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns, it seems. Google has rolled out updates to its Android and iOS apps that highlight restaurants with delivery (and, for some reason, takeout) options -- you just need to tap a…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Boris Johnson

Timeline: Johnson’s activities before his hospitalisation with coronavirus

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday in what Downing Street said was a “precautionary step” because he was showing persistent symptoms of the coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for it. A view of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Bushfire

Sikh volunteers cook and deliver free meals to people stuck at home due to coronavirus pandemic

Tireless Sikh volunteers continue to cook thousands of delicious meals and deliver them for free to people unable to leave home amid coronavirus pandemicSikh volunteers across Australia rally to help needy during coronavirus crisisSikh Volunteers Australia cooks and delivers 1,000 meals per day in MelbourneTurbans 4 Australia also delivers meals…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Antarctica

Scientists Have Unearthed Traces of an Ancient Rainforest In… Antarctica

Main Blog > Scientists Have Unearthed Traces of an Ancient Rainforest In... Antarctica In 2017, researchers aboard the RV Polarstern drilled through and pulled up sediment from the ocean off the coast of Antarctica. When they examined the core, they were surprise to find a layer of a very different…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Alexander von Humboldt

HHF

Better LearningTwo schools, one typology, infinite possibilities. For the Lessing Neighborhood School and the Alexander von Humboldt Grammar School, AllesWirdGut and DnD Landschaftsplanung laid out a generous extensive park landscape with free-standing, well-proportioned solitaire buildings. Positioned in a staggered array, the structures are subtly gradated in height and thus align…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

NOAA

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 5 April 2020

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 5 April 2020 Status Report From: Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) Posted: Sunday, April 5, 2020 Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast SDF Number 96 Issued at 2200Z on 05 Apr 2020 IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Stalingrad

Shirley Douglas, Mother of Kiefer Sutherland, Dies at 86

Shirley Douglas, the mother of actor Kiefer Sutherland, passed away on Sunday morning, the actor announced. She was 86. Sutherland said Douglas died from complications surrounding pneumonia, adding her death was “not related to COVID19.” “My mother was an extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary life,” he wrote. “Sadly she…

bubmagApril 6, 2020

Precarious lives: Syrian refugees in Turkey in corona times

Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 review: A luxury car loaded with tech and safety

Survivors of Mengele’s twin experiments

Google Maps now highlights restaurants with delivery options

Timeline: Johnson’s activities before his hospitalisation with coronavirus

Sikh volunteers cook and deliver free meals to people stuck at home due to coronavirus pandemic

Scientists Have Unearthed Traces of an Ancient Rainforest In… Antarctica

HHF

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 5 April 2020

Shirley Douglas, Mother of Kiefer Sutherland, Dies at 86

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