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Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ stocks up on more food seeds in preparation for a global catastrophe: report Seed Vault

Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ stocks up on more food seeds in preparation for a global catastrophe: report

An Arctic “doomsday vault” is set Tuesday to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. The seeds are to be deposited in the vault inside a mountain near Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago,…
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February 25, 2020
Mallinckrodt proposes US$1.6 billion opioid deal, Chapter 11 for generics unit: WSJ Oxycodone

Mallinckrodt proposes US$1.6 billion opioid deal, Chapter 11 for generics unit: WSJ

Business Drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc is considering a Chapter 11 filing covering its U.S. generics business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing people familiar with the matter. (https://on.wsj.com/3c3rwqH) FILE PHOTO: Bottles of prescription painkillers Hydrocodine Bitartrate and Acetaminopohen, 5mg/325mg pills, made by Mallinckrodt sit on a shelf at a…
bubmag
February 25, 2020
Lucasfilm finally pulls back the curtain on the secretive Project Luminous Star Wars

Lucasfilm finally pulls back the curtain on the secretive Project Luminous

At the 2019 Star Wars Celebration last April, Lucasfilm and Disney Publishing announced an ambitious-sounding plan: to tell one cohesive story over a series of books, comics, and, if later rumors were to be believed, maybe more. Authors Cavan Scott (Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space, IDW’s Star Wars Adventures),…
bubmag
February 25, 2020
Katherine Johnson, ‘hidden figure’ at NASA during 1960s space race, dies at 101 Computers in School

Katherine Johnson, ‘hidden figure’ at NASA during 1960s space race, dies at 101

Mrs. Johnson, who died Monday at 101, went on to develop equations that helped the NACA’s successor, NASA, send astronauts into orbit and, later, to the moon. In 26 signed reports for the space agency, and in many more papers that bore others’ signatures on her work, she codified mathematical…
bubmag
February 25, 2020
‘Maradona is divine’ – Insigne won’t compare Messi to former Napoli star Maradona

‘Maradona is divine’ – Insigne won’t compare Messi to former Napoli star

The Argentine icon has talked up the qualities of his fellow countryman but admits his heart lies with Italian hopefuls in the Champions LeagueLorenzo Insigne had no interest in comparing Lionel Messi to Diego Maradona ahead of Napoli's clash with Barcelona, saying the latter was "divine for Neapolitans".Messi and Barcelona…
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February 25, 2020
Antarctica’s Record-Breaking Heat Wave Melts 20 Percent of Snow on One of Its Islands in 9 Days NOAA

Antarctica’s Record-Breaking Heat Wave Melts 20 Percent of Snow on One of Its Islands in 9 Days

About a fifth of snow on one of Antarctica’s islands has vanished due to a recent heat wave. Record-breaking warm temperatures the continent experienced from Feb. 5 to Feb. 13 managed to melt 20 percent of snow on Eagle Island — an island located on the northwestern peninsula of Antarctica…
bubmag
February 25, 2020
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, February 25th 2020 Privacy Concerns

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, February 25th 2020

Ultrasonic Assistance; Browser Data Leakage; Cloud Snooper Your browser does not support audio playback. previous SANS Daily Network Security Podcast (Stormcast) for Friday, February 28th 2020 00:00 My Next Class Defending Web Applications Security EssentialsSan FranciscoMar 16th - Mar 21st 2020Intrusion Detection In-DepthBaltimoreApr 27th - May 2nd 2020 … more…
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February 25, 2020
Maria Zakharova Calls Dutch Claim of Having Eyewitness at Missile Launch in MH17 Case ‘Farce’ BUK-Missile

Maria Zakharova Calls Dutch Claim of Having Eyewitness at Missile Launch in MH17 Case ‘Farce’

World02:51 GMT 25.02.2020(updated 02:57 GMT 25.02.2020) Get short URLMOSCOW (Sputnik) - The comment comes as a coordinator of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) established to probe the causes of the deadly MH17 crash claimed he could produce an eyewitness to the missile launch.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Monday…
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February 25, 2020