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Super Komachi

Japan’s past and future trains float and roll at SCMaglev and Railway Park – CNET

SCMaglev and Railway Park Geoffrey Morrison/CNET Maglev sounds as sci-fi as teleporters and hovercars. A train that levitates above a track using electromagnets and cruises at aircraft speeds? That couldn't possibly be a reality. Except it is. China has one…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Come meet one of the world’s first AI popstars at our Barbican talk

Artificial intelligence is permeating our culture CGI influencers like Lil Miquela front world-spanning fashion campaigns, Sophia the Robot travels the world, acts in movies, and gains a legion of adoring fans doing it, while Charlie Brookers Miley Cyrus-star…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Chinese Economy

How to play the trade war’s worst-case scenario

We may want to hope that the trade friction will get resolved, but the fact remains that in the past three months, the situation has deteriorated, with new tariffs being imposed and the rhetoric from President Trump becoming nastier by the day. I do think T…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Checkpoint

Race to remember Berlin Wall victims, 30 years on

Berlin Wall BERLIN: Where guard towers and barbed wire once stood, runners will – this weekend – pound the 100-mile (160 kilometres) path along the former Berlin Wall in a race with victims of the Cold War relic at its heart. On Saturday at 6:00 am (0400 G…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Biological Warfare

India’s NFU Policy

Topics covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on Indias interests, Indian diaspora. Indias NFU Policy What to study? For Prelims: Key facts on Indias nuclear capability. For Mains: NFU- need, concerns and why have …

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Times Square

Photographing the street in a busy, urban environment

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign

Chinese President Xi Jinping is a man in a rush to build a legacy. In 2013, only four months into his presidency, Xi launched the One Belt One Road initiative, billed as the largest international development scheme in history. The “New Silk Road Economic Belt…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Checkpoint

Race to remember Berlin Wall victims, 30 years on

BERLIN: Where guard towers and barbed wire once stood, runners will this weekend pound the 100-mile (160 kilometre) path along the former Berlin Wall in a race with victims of the Cold War relic at its heart. On Saturday at 6am (0400 GMT), around 500 individ…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Ukrainian Revolution

Is Ukraine Due for Another Revolution?

Skip to comments. Is Ukraine Due for Another Revolution?Slate ^ | August 14, 2019 | Jonathan Brunson Posted on 08/17/2019 2:27:07 AM PDT by NorseViking The potential for another Ukrainian revolution festers beneath this year’s deceptively calm presiden…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Orangutan

Priyanka Chopra gaslit me at BeautyCon for criticising her over her ‘Jai Hind’ tweets – this is why I called her out

Yes, Im the girl who, during a panel at BeautyCon LA last week, asked Priyanka Chopra about her Jai Hind tweet. To some, the tweet, a clear sign of solidarity with the Indian military while tensions rose with Pakistan, may seem harmless, but timing is every…

bubmagAugust 17, 2019

Japan’s past and future trains float and roll at SCMaglev and Railway Park – CNET

Come meet one of the world’s first AI popstars at our Barbican talk

How to play the trade war’s worst-case scenario

Race to remember Berlin Wall victims, 30 years on

India’s NFU Policy

Photographing the street in a busy, urban environment

Race to remember Berlin Wall victims, 30 years on

Is Ukraine Due for Another Revolution?

Priyanka Chopra gaslit me at BeautyCon for criticising her over her ‘Jai Hind’ tweets – this is why I called her out

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