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Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study Nuclear Weapons

Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study

The concept of nuclear winter -- a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear bombs -- has been around for decades. But such speculations have been based largely on back-of-the-envelope calculations involving a total war between Russia and the United States. Now, a new multinational study…
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March 16, 2020
Coronavirus latest: French President Macron says ‘we are at war’ as he orders lockdown Korean Peace Talks

Coronavirus latest: French President Macron says ‘we are at war’ as he orders lockdown

Germany and France are implementing unprecedented levels of restrictions. President Macron has urged citizens to stay at home and closed France's borders while Germany's social life grinds to a halt. DW has the latest. French President Macron has warned people to "severely restrict movements for the next 15 days at least," limiting…
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March 16, 2020
With launch of COVID-19 data hub, the White House issues a ‘call to action’ for AI researchers Google

With launch of COVID-19 data hub, the White House issues a ‘call to action’ for AI researchers

In a briefing on Monday, research leaders across tech, academia and the government joined the White House to announce an open data set full of scientific literature on the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, known as CORD-19, will also add relevant new research moving forward, compiling it into…
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March 16, 2020
Chinese Economy Collapses in the First Quarter – Is the U.S Next? Chinese Economy

Chinese Economy Collapses in the First Quarter – Is the U.S Next?

Analysts have repeatedly underestimated the economic impacts of the growing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. The latest data from China show that economic activity in January and February collapsed due to lockdowns and weak consumer demand. China’s economic doom could be an omen for the rest of the world. The stock market’s…
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March 16, 2020
Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study Nuclear Weapons

Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study

Average changes in maize yield in the five years following a nuclear war between Pakistan and India. Credit: Adapted from Jägermeyr et al., 2020 The concept of nuclear winter—a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear bombs—has been around for decades. But such speculations have been…
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March 16, 2020