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Recycling

How America’s least sustainable city learned to love recycling

From Arlo Guthrie, who wrote a seven-minute song about taking out the garbage, to Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, who drowned in her own garbage, our society has long struggled with the excesses of its own existence. Today, Americans hold the title of biggest trash producers in the world,…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Peace

You’re Not Going To Read ‘Infinite Jest’ During Isolation

Those of us in certain fandoms are used to being told to read another book, and apparently, it took the end of the world for that to happen. In the United Kingdom, at least, sales across all genres have seen single- to triple-digit increases in the last few weeks. (And…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Vietnam

Vietnam bans big gatherings, cuts flights in coronavirus battle

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will limit domestic flights and stop public gatherings for two weeks from Saturday in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government said in a statement on Friday.Indoor gatherings of more than 20 people and outdoor gatherings of 10 people or more will…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Moon Mission

NASA’s Perseverance to carry 10.9 million names to Mars this summer

10.9 million names to travel with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover New Delhi : Over 10.9 million names will be sent to Mars after NASA, under "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign, asked people around the world to submit their names to ride aboard the agency's next rover to the Red…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Jackie Chan

[Coronavirus] Russia’s top coronavirus ‘fake news’ stories

Russia's top coronavirus fake news stories were about Western plots - a theme also popular in Chinese disinformation. There was little hope of educating people who believed that type of thing, propaganda experts said. China amplified Russian fake news on Twitter (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) But some of the lies had "real-world…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Armed Robot

IASbaba’s 60 Day Plan [Day – 23]

Hello Friends, The 60 Days Training has finally begun:) DAY 23 is here! Before any competition, there is a preparatory phase. That phase involves a lot of sessions on strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the preparatory phase, the athletes train in a gradual manner. In the last phase, just before the…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Recycling

Plastics Recycling Looks Promising to Enterprise Blockchain Startups

Mar 27, 2020 at 05:00 UTCRECYCLE: Plastic bottles washed up on the shore of the Black Sea. (Credit: Shutterstock)Plastics Recycling Looks Promising to Enterprise Blockchain StartupsLike the lingering bit of advice from 1967’s "The Graduate," plastics as a field of opportunity is being reimagined for the blockchain age. But this…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Christchurch

Australia, NZ yet to talk terrorist swap

Wellington: A trans-Tasman exchange for the Australian terrorist convicted of last year's Christchurch mosques attack remains a possibility.While the legal framework for a transfer does not exist, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has left open the chance that Brenton Tarrant could be sent home to Australia to serve his…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Christchurch

Gunman facing rest of life in jail

JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFFFloral tributes to the victims of the mosque shootings at the Masjid Al Nur and Linwood mosques last year.The mosque shooter is expected to spend the rest of his life in jail, almost certainly in New Zealand. Brenton Tarrant, 29, appeared by video link in the High Court at…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

Sky-Diving

What Does a State of Emergency Mean for the Coronavirus Crisis?

Following Donald Trump’s declaration of a federal state of emergency nearly two weeks ago, every state except West Virginia had also declared a state of emergency over COVID-19. States have statutes that give police powers to the government in situations like hurricanes, fires or disease outbreaks. But as experts in public health, we know that different states empower…

bubmagMarch 27, 2020

How America’s least sustainable city learned to love recycling

You’re Not Going To Read ‘Infinite Jest’ During Isolation

Vietnam bans big gatherings, cuts flights in coronavirus battle

NASA’s Perseverance to carry 10.9 million names to Mars this summer

[Coronavirus] Russia’s top coronavirus ‘fake news’ stories

IASbaba’s 60 Day Plan [Day – 23]

Plastics Recycling Looks Promising to Enterprise Blockchain Startups

Australia, NZ yet to talk terrorist swap

Gunman facing rest of life in jail

What Does a State of Emergency Mean for the Coronavirus Crisis?

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