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Obamacare

The Most Important Health Reform Of All

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin We must make it profitable to treat sick patients. Photo credit: Getty Getty Of all the things we might do to improve our health care system, the one reform that is more important than any other is alm…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Video: Hard Brexit Makes Scottish Independence ‘More Urgent’

The scenario of a hard Brexit would increase the likelihood of Scotland becoming independent, Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. Her comments come as hard and soft Brexit Conservatives start jockeying for the…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Monsanto

Trump’s EPA Has a Monsanto Problem

The EPA is meant to protect us. Instead, it’s been captured by industry.The fact that you can buy a carcinogenic herbicide at your local Home Depot is a prime example of regulatory capture. A jury awarded a California couple more than $2 billion in May for d…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Air Pollution

Nano-sensor in a streetlamp shines light on urban air pollution

Given that the World Health Organisation estimates that seven million premature deaths annually around the world are caused by air pollution, monitoring air quality is vital. There are already a number of methods employed to do just that, including sensors on…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Julian Assange

UK minister signs US bid to extradite Assange

Britain’s interior minister said Thursday he had certified the US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage grounds in a procedural move that opens the way for a court battle. The US Justice Department confirmed on Tuesday that it ha…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Julian Assange

Assange extradition order signed by UK Home Secretary

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed a request for Julian Assange to be extradited to the US over computer hacking accusations. The WikiLeaks founder is due to appear via video link before Westminster Magistrates' Court tomorrow for a case managemen…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Water Pollution

This Harvard alum turns cheap, recycled rubber into luxury furniture

Can you make high-end luxury furniture with a cheap material like recycled rubber? Looking at the catalog of New York City-based designer company Slash Objects, the answer is a resounding yes. The trick is all in how you use it.Slash Objects pairs rubber with…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Julian Assange

Sajid Javid signs U.S. extradition order for Julian Assange

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed on Thursday that he has signed an order to extradite Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange to the U.S., where he faces charges of computer hacking, following a request from the U.S. government. The senior Pakistani-origi…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Climate Change

U.N. Head: Climate Change Can Prove the Value of Collective Action

As the head of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres works to solve the world’s thorniest issues from humanitarian crises to international terrorism knowing that the nature of these conflicts prevents any definitive resolution. But climate c…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Holocaust

‘Back to the Fatherland’ Review: Israelis Who Look to Put History Aside

The idea is interesting but the implementation is uneven in Back to the Fatherland, a documentary that looks at two generations of Israelis: one is hopeful, the other wary. The film, directed by Kat Rohrer and Gil Levanon, speaks with several young Israelis …

bubmagJune 13, 2019

The Most Important Health Reform Of All

Video: Hard Brexit Makes Scottish Independence ‘More Urgent’

Trump’s EPA Has a Monsanto Problem

Nano-sensor in a streetlamp shines light on urban air pollution

UK minister signs US bid to extradite Assange

Assange extradition order signed by UK Home Secretary

This Harvard alum turns cheap, recycled rubber into luxury furniture

Sajid Javid signs U.S. extradition order for Julian Assange

U.N. Head: Climate Change Can Prove the Value of Collective Action

‘Back to the Fatherland’ Review: Israelis Who Look to Put History Aside

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