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Bees

500 Million Bees Die Within Three Months In Brazil

Around 500 million bees have died within just three months in Brazil, with researchers saying pesticides are likely to be the main cause of death. The plummeting numbers of bees were reported by beekeepers from four Brazilian states, with the country's south…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Marcel Kittel retires from professional cycling

Marcel Kittel has announced his retirement from professional cycling, saying: "I have lost all motivation to keep torturing myself on a bike."Related Articles The 31-year-old German sprinter terminated his contract with Katusha-Alpecin in early May, saying h…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Star Wars

The Immersive Star Wars Hotel Will Feel Like a Cruise Ship, and Now Has a Name

Youve heard of Star Wars Galaxys Edge, now get ready for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Thats the official name of the immersive Star Wars hotel thats currently under construction at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, which was announced Thursday night …

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

50-Classic Children Short Stories: Volume 1 (Unabridged Audiobook) $0.80

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W49HC6D/Amazon/Audible has 50 (!) classic children short stories available in just one audiobook for $0.82 The tracklist is below: Tom Tit Tot,Three Sillies,The Rose-Tree,The Old Woman and her Pig,How Jack went to Seek his Fortu…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Big Data

Azure Data Share: Sharing Big Data in the Cloud

A partner needs sales data from last quarter that is sitting up in your Azure Data Lake. They are a new partner so the necessary infrastructure hasnt been setup to facilitate data transfers over to their system. If the dataset is small enough, you could alw…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Electric Scooter

Rayvolt Tapped To Supply Barcelona-Based Scooter & Bike Sharing Network YEGO

BicyclesPublished on August 23rd, 2019 | by Kyle Field 0 August 23rd, 2019 by Kyle Field CleanTechnica visited Barcelona to get the inside scoop on ebike upstart Rayvolt and we happened upon some exciting news about the company building custom bikes for…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Air Pollution

The surprisingly great idea in Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal: electric school buses

An electric school bus on display at the International Motor Show (2018). | Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty Images A small idea in Sanders’s Green New Deal could reap big benefits for kids. Bernie Sanders’s just-released Green New Deal plan is huge —…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Silk Road

Payra Seaport Won’t Be Another Chinese ‘Pearl’

India has always watched Chinas involvement in developing neighboring Bangladeshs ports with suspicion. In April 2019, Indian news agency ANI published an article warning that Bangladeshs Payra Seaport could fall into Chinese hands and become a part of Chinas…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

NATO

Friday News Roundup – International

This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, had asked his administration to investigate buying Greenland. Greenland, according to the Danish government, is not for sale. The Journal also noted, “It is al…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

Scotland

I’m a trans Afro-Latinx drag performer – but you won’t see people like me on RuPaul’s show

The new cast of RuPauls Drag Race UK has been revealed, and unfortunately, I think it is a painful reminder of what we see as palatable within the LGBTQIA+ community. While the show is often championed as a celebration of diversity, I believe it fails to repr…

bubmagAugust 23, 2019

500 Million Bees Die Within Three Months In Brazil

Marcel Kittel retires from professional cycling

The Immersive Star Wars Hotel Will Feel Like a Cruise Ship, and Now Has a Name

50-Classic Children Short Stories: Volume 1 (Unabridged Audiobook) $0.80

Azure Data Share: Sharing Big Data in the Cloud

Rayvolt Tapped To Supply Barcelona-Based Scooter & Bike Sharing Network YEGO

The surprisingly great idea in Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal: electric school buses

Payra Seaport Won’t Be Another Chinese ‘Pearl’

Friday News Roundup – International

I’m a trans Afro-Latinx drag performer – but you won’t see people like me on RuPaul’s show

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