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Orangutan

Indonesia’s plan to escape from its sinking capital will put the rain forest at risk

As sea levels rise, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking; a large chunk of the city is already below sea level. That’s one reason that the megalopolis now plans to partially relocate, moving government offices, and as many as 1.5 million government e…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Orangutan

Indonesia’s plan to escape from its sinking capital will put the rain forest at risk

As sea levels rise, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking; a large chunk of the city is already below sea level. That’s one reason that the megalopolis now plans to partially relocate, moving government offices, and as many as 1.5 million government e…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Water Scarcity

Water Scarcity Is A Growing Problem. We Can Use Satellites To Better Measure It.

By Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water. About half of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, in more than 30 A…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Singapore

Cyclists and E-Scooters Are Clashing in the Battle for Europe’s Streets

It was five o’clock on a recent Monday afternoon, and at one of the busiest connectors between the city’s center and its surrounding neighborhoods, rush hour was in full swing. Hundreds of vehicles flowed across Dronning Louise’s bridge every minute, but this…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Food Industry

Eva Longoria to Direct ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Cheetos Creator Biopic Movie

Eva Longoria is taking on a fun new role! The 44-year-old Desperate Housewives alum will direct a new movie called Flamin’ Hot, about Richard Montanez, who created the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack, Deadline reported on Monday (August 26). PHOTOS: Check out the…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

The Queen

A Signed Copy of Edward VIII’s Abdication Speech Is Hitting the Auction Block

On August 26, 1819, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born near Coburg, Germany. In 1840, when Albert was just 20 years old, he married Queen Victoria, who reigned over the United Kingdom and Ireland for nearly 65 yearsfrom June 20, 1837 until her de…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Google

Google Wants It Both Ways

Google is facing a flurry of backlash after announcing plans to protect user privacy by continuing to allow cookies in Chrome in a proposal it calls the Privacy Sandbox. This felt like a surprise, since the company suggested in May that it would update how co…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Trickle-Down

Marianne Williamson: Yang’s Book Convinced Me to Back Unconditional Basic Income

“I think when you’re talking about universal basic income, and for me it was reading Andrew Yang’s book, The War on Normal People, which really opened my eyes in a way that I had not fully realized before of the tsunami that we have coming toward us in the fo…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Star Wars

Inside ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance,’ Disney’s most ambitious ride

ORLANDO There are few words that can properly convey what it's like to stand on the deck of a Star Destroyer for the first time in your life. "Awesome" barely begins to cover it. That experience was part of a sneak peek at "Rise of the Resistance," which Di…

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Bubble

Facebook is testing an Instagram spin-off app for close friends only

Getty Images/Westend61 And to make it clear that it loves privacy now. Facebook is testing an Instagram spin-off app called Threads, the Verge’s Casey Newton reported Monday. Threads, if it ever officially launches, would be an extension of the Close Friends …

bubmagAugust 27, 2019

Indonesia’s plan to escape from its sinking capital will put the rain forest at risk

Indonesia’s plan to escape from its sinking capital will put the rain forest at risk

Water Scarcity Is A Growing Problem. We Can Use Satellites To Better Measure It.

Cyclists and E-Scooters Are Clashing in the Battle for Europe’s Streets

Eva Longoria to Direct ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Cheetos Creator Biopic Movie

A Signed Copy of Edward VIII’s Abdication Speech Is Hitting the Auction Block

Google Wants It Both Ways

Marianne Williamson: Yang’s Book Convinced Me to Back Unconditional Basic Income

Inside ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance,’ Disney’s most ambitious ride

Facebook is testing an Instagram spin-off app for close friends only

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