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Bees

Hear Me Out: Super Bees

The bee population is plummeting and the ecosystems and food systems that depend on their pollination are declining. One startups solution to the incoming beepocalypse is to make better bees. A report issued this winter found that last year U.S. beekeepers r…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council

New York City (CNN)It's like a defendant on trial getting to sit on the jury too. Venezuela has become the latest accused human rights abuser to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It defeated Costa Rica 105 to 96 in a secret ballot vote i…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Nukes

Trump’s hasty exit forced US troops to bomb their own base in ‘an extreme worst-case scenario’

On Wednesday, US troops vacated the LaFarge Cement Factory base, which they shared with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters. The SDF fighters lit their area on fire and left, according to reports, and US troops threatened oncoming Turkish-back…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

SpaceX

Swarm gets green light from FCC for its 150-satellite constellation

Swarm Technologies aims to connect smart devices around the world with a low-bandwidth but ever-present network provided by satellites and it just got approval from the FCC to do so. Apparently the agency is no longer worried that Swarm’s sandwich-sized satel…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Yellow Vests

Are France’s Yellow Vest Protestors To Blame For Road Death Spike?

I am traveling with a friend, at what seems like a snails pace, through the Burgundy countryside. In truth Françoise is just respecting the 80 kph (50 mph) speed limit on country roads, introduced last year. Were beetling along the Route de Sermoise …

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Boeing 737max

United CRJ-550 Tickets Available for Purchase

Earlier this year, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced the official launch of the new CRJ-550 aircraft, which will be the first 50-seat aircraft with three classes in the world designed to meet the expectations of todays passengers. United Airlines is t…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey’s Victory Over Donald Trump

It is not unusual for the United States to demolish its own bases before departing a battlefield. It has done so in Afghanistan and Iraq. But that work is normally done by bulldozers or explosives in a calm, orderly way, not with last-minute airstrikes. And t…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

U.S. Senate fails to override Trump veto of bill to end border emergency

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's emergency declaration, which he says allows him to redirect federal funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, will stay in effect after the U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to override his veto of legislat…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

AR-15

What Exactly Constitutes an AR-15 Rifle Under the Law?

By MarkPA In the debate over assault weapons, the model designation AR-15 holds a prominent place. This model is nearly but not quiteplug-compatible with the US militarys M-16. (The AR-15 does not permit automatic fire whereas the M-16 can be selectively fir…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Significant traffic delays expected with Greta Thunberg in Edmonton for climate march – CTV News

EDMONTON -- Edmonton police and bus drivers are preparing for another climate march and ensuing counter-protests when Greta Thunberg comes to town Friday. Thunberg, the Swedish teen activist who has been making waves for accusing world leaders of letting you…

bubmagOctober 18, 2019

Hear Me Out: Super Bees

Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council

Trump’s hasty exit forced US troops to bomb their own base in ‘an extreme worst-case scenario’

Swarm gets green light from FCC for its 150-satellite constellation

Are France’s Yellow Vest Protestors To Blame For Road Death Spike?

United CRJ-550 Tickets Available for Purchase

Turkey’s Victory Over Donald Trump

U.S. Senate fails to override Trump veto of bill to end border emergency

What Exactly Constitutes an AR-15 Rifle Under the Law?

Significant traffic delays expected with Greta Thunberg in Edmonton for climate march – CTV News

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