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Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic crossing: ‘Why I wanted to help’

Greta Thunberg was on the wrong side of the world. She'd taken 14 days to cross the Atlantic on a carbon-neutral journey via boat for climate change summits in the US and Chile. But at the last minute political unrest meant the Chile talks moved to Spain. …

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

NATO

Long focused on Russia, NATO widens gaze toward China

LONDON (Reuters) - Seventy years since its Cold War-era founding as a transatlantic alliance focused on Moscow, NATO is expanding its gaze toward the increasingly muscular challenge posed by China. But it’s unclear, even to diplomats within the 29-member mi…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Virtual Reality

My embarrassing Nintendo Ring Fit injury made me realize the limits of my body – CNET

CNET's Bridget Carey using Ring Fit Adventure a few months ago. Not shown: Me pulling a muscle over the weekend. Mark Licea/CNET Getting into some post-turkey exercise gaming with Ring Fit Adventure on the Nintendo Switch certainly seemed like a good idea a…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Android

Alexa, where is my phone?!

It's a scenario that we're all familiar with. You get home with an armful of groceries, purse, briefcase, backpack, etc, put everything down, and then can't find your phone anywhere. PANIC sets in. Where is my phone!? Luckily, you remembered to enable one of …

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Teaching Self-Driving Cars to Watch for Unpredictable Humans

We are very much interested in how human-driven vehicles and robots can coexist, says Daniela Rus, director of the MIT lab and a coauthor of the paper. Its a grand challenge for the field of autonomy, and a question thats applicable not just for robots on roa…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Black Hole

Black Hole Factories May Hide at Cores of Giant Galaxies

In 2015, when scientists, for the first time ever, directly detected gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—from colliding black holes, the result came as a shock to some astronomers. Based on previous studies of black holes using x-rays, many experts expec…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

The Queen

World Leaders Are Openly Mocking Trump at the NATO Summit

As Democrats prepare to resume their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in Washington, members of the royal family and world leaders are openly mocking him in London. Politicians including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French Prime Mi…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Pro-Trump supporter punches man outside Buckingham Palace during NATO meeting

A man was punched by a pro-Trump supporter outside Buckingham Palace as NATO leaders met with Queen Elizabeth last night. The pro-Trump supporter, identified as Danny Thomas, threw the punch at a counter-protester during a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (C…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Kim Jong-Un visits sacred ‘revolution’ mountain on horseback amid nuclear threats

North Korean leader King Jong-Un was pictured climbing a sacred mountain on horseback in a symbolic second visit to the site in a month. Photos show Kim and his wife climbing the countrys snow covered Mount Paektu on white horses, a trip hailed as having rem…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Barack Obama

Factbox: U.S. House calls four law professors to start Trump impeachment hearing

(Reuters) - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee announced on Monday it will call four witnesses, all of them law professors, during the first day of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hearings in the Democrat-controlled House start Wednesda…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic crossing: ‘Why I wanted to help’

Long focused on Russia, NATO widens gaze toward China

My embarrassing Nintendo Ring Fit injury made me realize the limits of my body – CNET

Alexa, where is my phone?!

Teaching Self-Driving Cars to Watch for Unpredictable Humans

Black Hole Factories May Hide at Cores of Giant Galaxies

World Leaders Are Openly Mocking Trump at the NATO Summit

Pro-Trump supporter punches man outside Buckingham Palace during NATO meeting

Kim Jong-Un visits sacred ‘revolution’ mountain on horseback amid nuclear threats

Factbox: U.S. House calls four law professors to start Trump impeachment hearing

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