Can anti-nuclear activists stop the Doomsday Clock?
Can anti-nuclear activists stop the Doomsday Clock?
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Morrisons sheds 400 jobs as it closes four stores
Hundreds of supermarket workers are facing redundancy after Morrisons has revealed it will close four stores. After suffering a fall in sales in the past three months, the UKs fourth-largest supermarket chain said the closures were part of a constant review…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
World powers increasingly see icy Arctic as a hot property
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium are poor, with a high rate of subs…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Microplastics in drinking water is likely not harmful to people, World Health Organization says
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new report titled "Microplastics in drinking-water" (124-page PDF) Based on the limited information we have, microplastics in drinking water dont appear to pose a health risk at current levels," said Dr. Maria Neir…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Guy On Electric One-Wheel Skateboard Thing Eats It, Breaks His Case Of Beer
This is a video of a cool dude cruising on one of those electric one-wheeled skateboard things when he hits a pothole or maybe just sucks at one-wheeled skateboarding and eats it, smashing the case of beer he was carrying. Always heartbreaking to see. *pours …
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Sources and factors influencing air pollution
From planes and buses to refineries and factories, there are multiple sources of air pollution. These are complex processes that lead to formation of new particulate matter and precursor gas molecules both of which are harmful to our lungs, said scientists an…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Where Lincoln Stood on Slavery
Seven years ago today, as the presidential election contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney entered the home stretch, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at three events in Detroit. Biden was in the news that week because of an intemperate assertion that Repu…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Once Upon a Time in the West: Inga Thompson’s South American adventure
Although there remains a lot of work to be done in providing women's racing with the same opportunities as the men, the sport has come a long way in equality from its early days, when an openly chauvinistic attitude toward female athletes saw women riders tre…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Clean air summit focuses on inter-departmental initiatives
Air pollution has emerged as a serious concern in India with its adverse health implications, particularly for children and other vulnerable groups. But cities across the globe have encountered the problem at some point and dealt with it in their own ways, sa…
bubmagAugust 22, 2019
Astronomers Found Cloaked Black Hole Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
Black holes usually form by pulling in surrounding material into its core until it has gained enough mass such that the gas around it dissipates and the black hole is revealed in its full glory. Astronomers say they have found one of the farthest black holes …
bubmagAugust 22, 2019