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Air Pollution

Air Pollution May Affect Crime, But the Problem Goes Deeper Than That

Back in September, as youth around the world took to the streets for the Global Climate Strike, high schoolers in Richmond, California were dealing with the trauma of a shooting outside De Anza High School on the same day 17-year-old Petelavanh Owen Syharath …

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Global Warming

Hungry North Pole explorers Horn and Ousland near end of epic trek

Image copyrightAFPImage caption The Norwegian research ship Lance is about two days' trek from the explorers Two explorers are short of food and battling strong winds after trekking hundreds of miles at the North Pole, but they hope to reach safety soon. …

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Bees

Minecraft’s Buzzy Bees update is coming on December 11

Whats one thing that you can expect plenty of in every update of Minecraft? Bugs. And this update will be full of themalthough this time we’re talking about the good ones, the buzzy kind that happens to be a critical part of the earths natural ecosystem. And …

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Viral video shows people climbing up the new US-Mexico border wall and sliding down the other side

A video showing three people scaling a newly installed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall with only a makeshift rope ladder is making the rounds on the internet. The video was posted to Twitter by photojournalist J. Omar Ornelas with the caption: "This i…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Yellow Vests

From Algeria to Hong Kong, a year of anti-establishment rage

Paris (AFP) - Angry citizens have swelled the streets of cities across the globe this year, pushing back against a disparate range of policies but often expressing a common grievance -- the establishment's failure to heed their demands for a more equitable fu…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Yellow Vests

Why France is striking over Macron’s pension reforms

Workers across France are striking as part of a national wave of industrial action, that has seen protests against reforms to the state pension system. Train and bus drivers, air traffic controllers, energy workers, truck drivers, teachers, students, police o…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Singapore

Top 10 Green Cities in the World

Do we truly keep our environment? Whichever larger city that you visit, it is hard to see a lot of trees and parks. Everything in the cities is gray because of giant buildings and streets. The noise is huge and it is quite hard to find a peaceful place to…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Cold War

A 35,000-Ship Navy? The U.S. Navy Has Some Ideas to Make It Happen

Key Point: The Navy's new technology based strategy will save many servicemen's lives. The future of amphibious attack may consist of thousands of disaggregated manned and unmanned surveillance boats, armor-carrying connectors, minesweepers and small attack …

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Chinese Economy

2. Attitudes toward China

Around the globe, people are divided in their opinions of China. A median of 40% across 34 countries surveyed have a favorable view of China, while a median of 41% have an unfavorable opinion. The countrys most positive ratings come from Russia (71% favorable…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Half-million crabs killed by plastic debris on remote islands

In the first study of its kind, an IMAS-led research team estimates that around 570 000 hermit crabs have been killed on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean and Henderson Island in the Pacific after being trapped in plastic debris. Published in t…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Air Pollution May Affect Crime, But the Problem Goes Deeper Than That

Hungry North Pole explorers Horn and Ousland near end of epic trek

Minecraft’s Buzzy Bees update is coming on December 11

Viral video shows people climbing up the new US-Mexico border wall and sliding down the other side

From Algeria to Hong Kong, a year of anti-establishment rage

Why France is striking over Macron’s pension reforms

Top 10 Green Cities in the World

A 35,000-Ship Navy? The U.S. Navy Has Some Ideas to Make It Happen

2. Attitudes toward China

Half-million crabs killed by plastic debris on remote islands

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