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Biological Warfare

The Toxic Nationalism of the Pharmaceutical Industry

As historians have shown, the highly racialized division between licit and illicit drugsepitomized by the verbiage of white and black marketsbecame even more pronounced in the Reagan Era, paving the way for the opioid epidemic of the present. During his pre…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Water Scarcity

News24.com | ‘There is no need to panic’ – Lindiwe Sisulu on water challenges

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says that, while she acknowledges that parts of South Africa are facing water scarcity, there is no need to panic. On Monday, Sisulu briefed media at the Rand Water offices in Johannesburg regar…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Paris

The 50 most beautiful cities in the world

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Matteo Salvini’s League triumphs in Italian Left-wing stronghold in blow to national coalition

Italy's centre-Right has won a landslide victory in Umbria, giving Matteo Salvinis anti-immigration League party its first foothold in a region ruled by the Left for 50 years and dealing a blow to the country's fragile ruling coalition. We are writing the pa…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Water Scarcity

Interreg EU project: Tackling climate change in the ‘Mediterranean way’

This article is part of our special report How Interreg transforms the Mediterranean region. An EU-funded project aims to push for green and circular economy policies in the Mediterranean, in light of an alarming study which recently pointed out that tempera…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Chinese Economy

Gold Loses $1,500 Perch as Trump Talks up Prospect of Quicker China Deal

Investing.com President Donald Trumps tease of the possibility of a faster-than-expected U.S.-China trade deal rained on the gold bulls' parade ahead of the Fed rate decision. Both futures and spot prices of gold fell below the key bullish level of $1,500 pe…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Exoskeleton

Jenny Sabin’s brainy AI sculpture learns to smile at Microsoft HQ

What could a ‘hive mind’ actually look like? It is a question that defines the latest collaboration between Microsoft and experimental architectural designer Jenny Sabin, as part of an Artist in Residence programme that seeks to explore the intersection of th…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Black Hole

The best duffle bags

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Electric Car

All-electric Mini Cooper SE priced starting at $29,900 in the U.S.

The new all-electric Mini Cooper SE, the first Mini designed from the ground up as an electric car, is going to retail in the U.S. starting at $29,900 (plus an $850 Destination and Handling fee) before any tax incentives are applied. That puts final pricing a…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Android

Opinion: Apple-branded HomeKit accessories fail one test, but still make sense

There’s a new report today suggesting that we may be seeing Apple-branded HomeKit accessories as the company explores ways to boost the popularity of smart home technology. According to a new report by Bloomberg, Apple is investing heavily in its smart home …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

The Toxic Nationalism of the Pharmaceutical Industry

News24.com | ‘There is no need to panic’ – Lindiwe Sisulu on water challenges

The 50 most beautiful cities in the world

Matteo Salvini’s League triumphs in Italian Left-wing stronghold in blow to national coalition

Interreg EU project: Tackling climate change in the ‘Mediterranean way’

Gold Loses $1,500 Perch as Trump Talks up Prospect of Quicker China Deal

Jenny Sabin’s brainy AI sculpture learns to smile at Microsoft HQ

The best duffle bags

All-electric Mini Cooper SE priced starting at $29,900 in the U.S.

Opinion: Apple-branded HomeKit accessories fail one test, but still make sense

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