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Drones

Iran war museum showcases downed US drones – Al Jazeera English

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps is warning that it's ready for combat and that any country launching an attack will become a battlefield. General Hossein Salami was speaking at the opening of a new exhibition showcasing Iranian military capability.A…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Water Scarcity

Stop Trying to Save the World

Over the last year, I read every book, essay, and roman à clef about my field I could find. I came out convinced that the problems with international development are real, they are fundamental, and I might, in fact, be one of them. But I also found that its t…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Environmental activists get down and dirty on mass cleanup day

Thousands of volunteers wielding nets and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and riverbanks across the globe Saturday, in a litter-picking drive highlighting the vast quantity of trash dumped worldwide, a day after mass international climate protests. Campaigner…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Nukes

This Russian Missile Submarine Split In Two and Sits 18,000 Feet Below the Waves

Key point: The Soviet Union was more worried about international appearances than the lives of its citizens. If you're a sailor on a Russian submarine that sinks in the middle of the ocean, don't expect much sympathy from the Kremlin. Judging by the reactio…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Yellow Vests

The talking cure: How France’s Macron reversed his sinking popularity

He's back from the political dead. French President Emmanuel Macron has escaped from the grave of public opinion that buried his two predecessors. And, having shaken the dirt from premature burial from his clothes, he's back to doing what he enjoys breaking …

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Holocaust

Watch | Oldest Austrian Holocaust survivor dies at 106

Marko Feingold, who survived Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland and several German concentration camps died at the age of 106 in the city of Salzburg on Thursday after a lung infection. The Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration …

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Hiroshima

World Cup excitement and Japanese culture – Parkes column

Rugby World Cup: Wales v Georgia Venue: City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota City Date: Mon, 23 September Kick-off: 11:15 BSTCoverage: Full commentary on every Wales game across BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, BB…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Big Data

Contrary to hype around big data, the explosion of available information amid eroding trust in media makes it harder, not easier, to achieve consensus on truth (William Davies/The Guardian)

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Doping in Cycling

PEZ Bookshelf: Pantani Was A God

Okay: don't be misled by the title of this excellent book. Pantana Was A God is not a panegyric, a worshipful recounting of the life of the last pro cyclist to win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. It is two books in one…

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

The Good Guy/Bad Guy Myth

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf lithograph. Photo: Getty Images The first time we see Darth Vader doing more than heavy breathing in Star Wars (1977), hes strangling a man to death. A few scenes later, hes blowing up a planet. He kills his subordinates, …

bubmagSeptember 22, 2019

Iran war museum showcases downed US drones – Al Jazeera English

Stop Trying to Save the World

Environmental activists get down and dirty on mass cleanup day

This Russian Missile Submarine Split In Two and Sits 18,000 Feet Below the Waves

The talking cure: How France’s Macron reversed his sinking popularity

Watch | Oldest Austrian Holocaust survivor dies at 106

World Cup excitement and Japanese culture – Parkes column

Contrary to hype around big data, the explosion of available information amid eroding trust in media makes it harder, not easier, to achieve consensus on truth (William Davies/The Guardian)

PEZ Bookshelf: Pantani Was A God

The Good Guy/Bad Guy Myth

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