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Elon Musk

The Moonprentice: Newt Gingrich wants ‘reality show’ contest with Musk and Bezos to colonize Luna

A coalition including Michael Jacksons former publicist, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and an Air Force general want US president Donald Trump to turn the race to colonize the moon into a reality show-esque contest between billionaires. The proposal, o…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

SpaceX

Plans detailed for first U.S. mission to land on moon since Apollo

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, the companies …

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Climate Change

This is what climate change looks like

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Star Wars

I must have the LEGO Tantive IV

The LEGO Steamboat Willie is absolutely darling. Based on the legendary animation that introduced us to Mickey Mouse, the Steamboat Willie can be yours! It also comes with black and white Mickey and Minnie minifigs. A Minnie-fig??! LEGO Ideas 21317 Disney Ste…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Uber Whistleblower: Autonomous Vehicles Need New Safety Metrics, Aren’t Really Any Safer

Over the past year the automotive industry has carefully walked back the expectations surrounding autonomous cars. Yet pretty much any change in rhetoric constitutes retracted goals.Â With numerous companies predicting self-driving fleets of commercial vehicl…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Venezuela

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/19/2019

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Readers, this Water Cooler is a bit light because I’m finishing up a post. –lambert Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one …

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Trickle-Down

I find the 1896 election and events following to be a major turning point that set us on the path to where we are now. "Trickle-down economics" used to be known as the "Horse and sparrow theory" which was responsible for the "Panic of 1896" so keep that in …

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Electric Car

Tesla’s new patent updates 1940s car wiring technology to the 21st century

Many say Tesla’s electric car lead is due to the massive investment in their giant battery factories, but we have seen plenty of proof that the company has also built up a large amount of expertise with optimising the efficiency and production of their electr…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Yellow Vests

Macron, Putin see chance on Ukraine but clash on Syria

BORMES-LES-MIMOSAS (FRANCE) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed changes in Ukraine had bolstered the chances of peace in its east but clashed on Syria, as the Russian leader made a rare bilateral visit to a key EU p…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

Hrant Dink

Reported patterns of pregnancy termination from Demographic and Health Surveys

Patterns of pregnancy termination Levels of T at the survey level vary significantly between surveys and according to demographic characteristics (S3 Table). The lower panel of Fig 1 displays the overall percentage of terminated pregnancies, T, for the 107 s…

bubmagAugust 19, 2019

The Moonprentice: Newt Gingrich wants ‘reality show’ contest with Musk and Bezos to colonize Luna

Plans detailed for first U.S. mission to land on moon since Apollo

This is what climate change looks like

I must have the LEGO Tantive IV

Uber Whistleblower: Autonomous Vehicles Need New Safety Metrics, Aren’t Really Any Safer

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/19/2019

Tesla’s new patent updates 1940s car wiring technology to the 21st century

Macron, Putin see chance on Ukraine but clash on Syria

Reported patterns of pregnancy termination from Demographic and Health Surveys

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