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Virtual Reality

How to Give Virtual Reality All the Feels

Virtual reality is here: People can strap on headsets and sensors and interact with CGI avatars of themselves and others in video games, military training simulations, engineering design spaces and even virtual medical labs. But these avatars have a problem…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Black Hole

Trump Transforms Washington’s Corruption Supernova Into a Black Hole

We are running out of outrage. Remember the one where Consider reports that Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao reportedly helped smooth the path for transportation funding to Kentucky to help the re-election prospects of her husband, Senate Majority Leade…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Brexit

UK PM candidate Leadsom: Brexit on Oct. 31 is my ‘hard red line’

LONDON (Reuters) - Andrea Leadsom, one of the candidates vying to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday she would seek a managed Brexit but that leaving the European Union on Oct. 31 was a hard, red line. “Leaving the EU on the 31st of…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Animal Protection

Canada Bans Keeping Whales, Dolphins In Captivity

OTTAWA — A federal bill banning the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity jumped its last parliamentary hoop, and will become Canadian law by the end of June. Bill S-203, the so-called “Free Willy” bill, was passed by the House of Commons at third read…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Water Scarcity

As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise

Some 30 miles north of San Diego, along the Pacific Coast, sits the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest effort to turn salt water into fresh water in North America. Each day 100 million gallons of seawater are pushed through semi-perm…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Trade War

China is ramping up trade-war tensions after Trump’s tariff threat, saying it will ‘fight to the end’

The Chinese government has pledged to "fight to the end" if the US continues to escalate the two countries' trade war. "China does not want to fight a trade war, but we are not afraid of fighting a trade war," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Bees

Honey Bee Colonies Across Europe Plunge 16%, Says Study

The total number of honey bee colonies across Europe plunged 16% over the winter 201718, according to COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes), an international, non-profit organization based in Switzerland, tasked with the goals of protecting honey bee…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Chinese Economy

Micron Is Becoming Collateral Damage in the War on Huawei

Micron(NASDAQ:MU), the third-largest maker of DRAM in the world, has lost more than 40% of its value over the past 12 months as memory chip prices have tumbled. DRAM prices fell nearly 30% during the first quarter of 2019, according to DRAMeXchange, marking t…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Recycling

Israel has a plan for avoiding climate calamity

The hope is that it will never actually happenand certainly there are geologists and political theorists who think the idea is far-fetched. But still, the threat of water scarcity does remain, a distant and creeping thunderhead as time marches forward. When …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Belt and Road

Why Malaysia’s Prime Minister is Warming to China’s Belt and Road

Editors Note: A version of this article was originally published by The Interpreter, which is published by the Lowy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Sydney. War on the Rocks is proud to be publishing select articles from The Interpre…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

How to Give Virtual Reality All the Feels

Trump Transforms Washington’s Corruption Supernova Into a Black Hole

UK PM candidate Leadsom: Brexit on Oct. 31 is my ‘hard red line’

Canada Bans Keeping Whales, Dolphins In Captivity

As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise

China is ramping up trade-war tensions after Trump’s tariff threat, saying it will ‘fight to the end’

Honey Bee Colonies Across Europe Plunge 16%, Says Study

Micron Is Becoming Collateral Damage in the War on Huawei

Israel has a plan for avoiding climate calamity

Why Malaysia’s Prime Minister is Warming to China’s Belt and Road

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