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Holocaust

‘Literature, Not Journalism’: The Historian Who Invented 22 Holocaust Victims

The three men from the archive were clearly uncomfortable. On an early April afternoon, they were sitting somewhat sheepishly in an office belonging to the Stralsund City Archive. Files and large format copies with family trees and biographical information ha…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Star Wars

Save £20 on an AncestryDNA test kit in the Father’s Day Sale

Father's Day is fast approaching, and you really should get your dad something special. That means steering clear of the same cliché gifts you normally buy, and giving your dad something he'll actually want. We know your dad seems really grateful when you ge…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Water Scarcity

Camel milk could be the next superfood—thanks to East Africa

For the first time ever, residents of Glasgow were in late May treated to a cuppa with a twist: cappuccinos made from camel milk. The Willow Tea Rooms in the Scottish city introduced the new coffee drink as part of a project to support Kenyan female milk trad…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

New York City

Don’t Throw Your Old Bicycle in the Trash

There are graveyards of mangled bicycles sitting in vacant lots throughout villages and major cities in China. Local governments have long struggled with what to do with the millions of abandoned bicyclesthe result of an initial oversupply to support the coun…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Plastic Pollution

As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home

Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit. On May 28, 2019, Malaysia's environment minister announced that the country was sending 3,000 metric tons of contaminated plastic wast…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Big Data

Google to buy data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it would buy Looker, a big data analytics company, for $2.6 billion in cash. The deal builds on an existing partnership where the two companies share more than 350 customers, including Buzzfeed, Hearst and …

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Giant Games Brings a Five-Title Lineup to E3 2019

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Games, the US subsidiary of premier games developer and publisher Giant Network Group, will attend Los Angeles' Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 (June 11-13, 2019) with five titles to showcase! Pascals…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

NSA

The Bose soundbar everyone goes nuts over is cheaper right now than it was on Black Friday

Boses products are typically quite expensive, though theyre worth every penny if you want sound quality thatll knock your socks off. Of course, thats why people get so excited when Boses most popular speakers and headphones go on sale at a discount. It doesnt…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Exoskeleton

Forensic pollen scientists are helping the US track opioids

Pollen is with you wherever you go. And that means it knows where youve been. Or at least, its a dead give-away in the hands of someone who knows what theyre looking at. That someone is Andrew Laurence, one of two forensic pollen scientistsknown as palynolog…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Air Pollution

Simple Actions towards environment protection will lead to a giant leap towards mitigating air pollution: Union Environment Minister

bubmagJune 6, 2019

‘Literature, Not Journalism’: The Historian Who Invented 22 Holocaust Victims

Save £20 on an AncestryDNA test kit in the Father’s Day Sale

Camel milk could be the next superfood—thanks to East Africa

Don’t Throw Your Old Bicycle in the Trash

As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home

Google to buy data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion

Giant Games Brings a Five-Title Lineup to E3 2019

The Bose soundbar everyone goes nuts over is cheaper right now than it was on Black Friday

Forensic pollen scientists are helping the US track opioids

Simple Actions towards environment protection will lead to a giant leap towards mitigating air pollution: Union Environment Minister

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