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Arizona CEO who calls black Uber driver the N-

After the CEO of Agroplasma, an Arizona fertilizer company, is told to sit in the back seat by a black driver, the CEO is greatly offended and argues relentlessly. The driver, an Arizona State University student, remains calm and polite and also firm about his no-front-seat-passengers policy. The CEO, Hans…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Chernobyl

You Should Know About This Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation

A fungus observed inside Chernobyl is a radiation extremophile that could inspire new technology. Removing radiation and even turning it into energy could help clean disaster sites and enable spaceflight.The fungi use high amounts of…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Bees

Asian hornet invasion spreads to northern Germany, posing major threat to European bees

Bees in Europe are struggling. Some species are already disappearing at rates “consistent with a mass extinction”, due to the climate crisis and other human impacts. But there is now another major threat to bees’ survival in Europe: killer hornets. In early September 2019, an Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Hiroshima

The Navy Wanted Nuclear-Armed Battleships In the 1950s

Key Point: Under the proposal, 2,000 sailors would have had to sail into hostile waters in an expensive, 900-foot vessel to attack just four targets with nuclear weapons. In the early 1980s, four Iowa-class fast battleships originally built during World War II—Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin—were taken out of mothballs…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Times Square

The Best Romantic Things To Do In New York City This Month

A couple enjoys the view of famous ice-rink in Central Park in New York City. Getty The holidays may be over but we’ve still got about two months left of winter. Whether you’re looking for first date ideas or just looking to spice things up, winter is the ideal time…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Super Heroes

‘Birds of Prey’ Won’t Break Opening Records, but Could See a Long Box-Office Life

Margot Robbie has the weekend to herself, and her Harley Quinn is poised to benefit from Valentine’s Day as well. Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” will lead the post-Super Bowl weekend. Although it would have to exceed expectations to…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Huawei

Huawei Slaps Verizon With Lawsuit for Violating Patents

Photo: Getty ImagesPatents are a thorny issue between tech giants, especially with regard to who pays who licensing fees for using revolutionary technologies. The latest brouhaha involves Huawei and Verizon, with the former suing the U.S. telecom firm for allegedly using 12 patents without authorization. Two complaints were filed yesterday…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Astroturfing

Astroturfing Is Bad But It’s Not the Whole Problem

By Beth Simone Noveck,The Governance Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering In November 2019, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton boasted that draft regulations requiring proxy advisors to run their recommendations past the companies they are evaluating before giving that advice to their clients received dozens of…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Matteo Salvini

Labour’s “Close Collaboration” With Party Represented at Kawczynski Conference

The Tories have given a formal warning to Daniel Kawczynski after he spoke at a conference in Rome featuring Matteo Salvini, Viktor Orban, Marion Marechal. Labour Politicians have troopedouttocondemn his presence and no further action from the Tories, with le…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

New York City

Heidi Klum walked the red carpet in a shapeless dress with a daring thigh-high slit

Heidi Klum attended the amfAR Gala in New York City on Wednesday.She walked the red carpet in a baby-blue Stéphane Rolland gown, which was strapless and made from satin.The shapeless dress also had a thigh-high slit and was embellished with Amazonite crystals.Previously, Klum wore blue while walking around New York…

bubmagFebruary 6, 2020

Arizona CEO who calls black Uber driver the N-

You Should Know About This Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation

Asian hornet invasion spreads to northern Germany, posing major threat to European bees

The Navy Wanted Nuclear-Armed Battleships In the 1950s

The Best Romantic Things To Do In New York City This Month

‘Birds of Prey’ Won’t Break Opening Records, but Could See a Long Box-Office Life

Huawei Slaps Verizon With Lawsuit for Violating Patents

Astroturfing Is Bad But It’s Not the Whole Problem

Labour’s “Close Collaboration” With Party Represented at Kawczynski Conference

Heidi Klum walked the red carpet in a shapeless dress with a daring thigh-high slit

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