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Air Pollution

Mask, the saviour of lungs

Changes in the climate, air pollution and occupational health hazards are some of the causes for the increase in lung diseases among people, say pulmonologists. However, without a registry on the causes, there are no yardsticks to measure what kind of disease…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Giphy

Soon You’ll Be Able to Add GIFs to Venmo Payments

The most annoying (or fun) part about sending moolah on Venmo is having to enter in a description. Sure, you can get fun suggestions in the form of emojis but Venmo announced today that soon youll also be able to send gifs. Its not quite the same as searchin…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Black Hole

Astrophysicists find massive black holes wandering around dwarf galaxies

A new search led by Montana State University astrophysicist Amy Reines has revealed more than a dozen massive black holes in dwarf galaxies that were previously considered too small to host them, surprising scientists with their location within the galaxies. Credit: MSU. Credit: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez A new search led by…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

AR-15

New, Deadlier AR-16 Introduced Which Is An AR-15 Wearing A MAGA Hat

U.S.—Horror has spread throughout the nation as the unthinkable has happened: A new, even deadlier successor to the AR-15 -- the AR-16 -- is now for sale. The gun is a lot like the destructive AR-15 but is even scarier, as it is wearing a red “Make America Great Again”…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Bolsonaro

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the Snowden leaks, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil after publishing texts that embarrassed officials

Glenn Greenwald, an American journalist famous for his central role in publishing the Edward Snowden leaks, has been charged for cybercrimes in Brazil, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Greenwald has been at the heart of a debate over press freedoms i…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Jaywalkers

Chinese officials name and shame people for going outside in their pyjamas

A city in eastern China has named and shamed residents for going outside in their pyjamas by posting pictures of them and their ID information, sparking an outcry. The authority of Suzhou in the province of Anhui yesterday released pictures of seven people w…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Cristina Kirchner

FAIR: Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon

Netflix‘s Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy Like The Mechanism before it, Netflix’s new series Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader. “Try saying this,” the director said: “‘In…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Brexit

UK government suffers fourth defeat on Brexit legislation

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government suffered a fourth defeat on its Brexit legislation when members of Parliament's upper chamber voted to ensure protections for child refugees after Brexit. Johnson's Conservative Party won a large major…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

The Queen

The Queen Considered Stripping Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of Their Duke and Duchess Titles: Report

It's been three days since Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use their HRH titles. But did Queen Elizabeth II ever consider stripping the couple of their duke and duchess titles, as well?If the Evening Standard's report is true, Her Majesty may have contemplated the…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Water Scarcity

10 Critical Water Scarcity Facts We Must Not Ignore

Why is water scarcity a legitimate concern? It is true that the hydrologic cycle, the process in which the earth circulates water throughout its ecosystems, is a closed-loop cycle that neither adds nor takes away water. In theory, the amount of water on eart…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Mask, the saviour of lungs

Soon You’ll Be Able to Add GIFs to Venmo Payments

Astrophysicists find massive black holes wandering around dwarf galaxies

New, Deadlier AR-16 Introduced Which Is An AR-15 Wearing A MAGA Hat

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the Snowden leaks, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil after publishing texts that embarrassed officials

Chinese officials name and shame people for going outside in their pyjamas

FAIR: Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon

UK government suffers fourth defeat on Brexit legislation

The Queen Considered Stripping Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of Their Duke and Duchess Titles: Report

10 Critical Water Scarcity Facts We Must Not Ignore

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