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Earth‘s Climate

Bushfires and climate change bring plant-stored mercury back into our environment

by Larissa Schneider, Colin Cooke, Nathan D Stansell and Simon Haberle, The Conversation Industrial activities like mining, fossil fuel combustion, and cement production release mercury into the environment. Credit: Shutterstock Climate change and bushfire may exacerbate recent mercury pollution and increase exposure to the poisonous neurotoxin, according to our study…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Mass Tourism

To Go, Or Not To Go, To These Beautiful European Destinations?

A group of tourists arriving in Amsterdam. One million tourists are expected for Easter weekend. NurPhoto via Getty Images “Wish You Weren’t Here,” reads the headline of a report by the World Economic Forum, refering to one of the biggest problems related to the travel and tourism industry of our…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Super Komachi

Visit The Tohoku Region For An Authentic Experience in Japan

The Tohoku region, which is located on Honshu Island in the northeast region of Japan, is known for ... its diverse natural beauty. Courtesy of JNTO One of the worlds most popular tourist destinations, Japan is as widely known for its incredible art and… Read More

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Virtual Reality

Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but meanwhile a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding,…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Electric Scooter

Bird deploys the Bird Two scooter in San Francisco

Bird is rolling out its Bird Two scooters, which the company first unveiled back in August, via Scoot in San Francisco. Scoot's plan is to deploy up to 1,000 of these Bird Two scooters.* With each new generation of electric vehicle we bring to San Francisco,…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Virtual Reality

PC VR is far from dead, but it’s also more niche than ever

Source: Nick Sutrich/Android Central If you've been around social media in any form over the past year, it's likely you've heard of Beat Saber. The game is ubiquitous with virtual reality gaming, and for good reason. It recently became the first VR-only game…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Android

Star Trek: Picard Episode 2

By Phil Hornshaw | @philhornshaw and Kevin Wong on February 12, 2020 at 9:07AM PSTIn Star Trek: Picard's second episode, "Maps and Legends," the legendary captain continues to investigate the mystery surrounding android Dahj--including trying to discover who the people were who hunted her. Picard returns to Starfleet headquarters, and…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Monsanto

Monsanto executive testifies the company expected dicamba to drift

Monsanto executive testifies the company expected dicamba to drift Leaves of Bader Farms' peach trees bear holes and discoloration that owner Bill Bader believes is the result of drift from illegal applications of the herbicide dicamba on area farms. Other trees throughout the orchard have branches that are almost entirely…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Scottish National Party

Slim majority of Scots now back independence because of Brexit: poll

LONDON (Reuters) - A slim majority of Scots now support independence, bolstered by the support of those who previously rejected a split from the United Kingdom but who now back it because of their opposition to Brexit, according to a poll published on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Cursor

Untitled Goose Fan Game Unleashes Havoc On Your Desktop

Theres a pixelated goose dragging my cursor all over my computer screen and every time I try to close the program that unleashed it more just pop up, threatening me with bad jokes and a chorus of honks. This is the unnerving magic of game designer Sam Chiets…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Bushfires and climate change bring plant-stored mercury back into our environment

To Go, Or Not To Go, To These Beautiful European Destinations?

Visit The Tohoku Region For An Authentic Experience in Japan

Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

Bird deploys the Bird Two scooter in San Francisco

PC VR is far from dead, but it’s also more niche than ever

Star Trek: Picard Episode 2

Monsanto executive testifies the company expected dicamba to drift

Slim majority of Scots now back independence because of Brexit: poll

Untitled Goose Fan Game Unleashes Havoc On Your Desktop

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