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Nuclear Disarmament

Landmark INF nuclear arms treaty is history: What now?

The United States on Friday is set to officially withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Signed in 1987, the agreement required the US and the Soviet Union to completely eliminate ground-launched missiles ranging from 500 to 5,500 km…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Global Warming

Egely Wheel telekinesis — fact or fiction?

Earlier this year, UK tabloid The Daily Mail, famous for its incompetent fakery, published a bombshell article claiming “World leaders duped by manipulated global warming data”. This article was hailed by conservative media from Breitbart to The National Revi…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Electrify America will use robots to charge self-driving EVs

Their first pilot demonstration will take place in San Francisco. The autonomous charging station will allow self-driving EV fleets to connect to Electrify America's 150kW DC fast chargers without human intervention. The cars will park themselves inside a sta…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Scotland

Bad for the environment, awful for our health and terrible for public space – this is the case for banning cars

As the magnitude of the climate crisis finally dawns on Britain, one development we should all be pleased to welcome is the end of the automobile age. Yes, the dominion of the private car over the public realm is officially out of road. Any effective respons…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Obamacare

There’s a party running on unpopular ideas in 2020, and it’s not the Democratic Party

The Republican Party has a problem. It’s abandoned the kind of popular reforms that will appeal to middle-of-the-road voters, and insists on running on unpopular ideas. Worse, instead of rallying behind a sensible, moderate candidate with a history of winnin…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Water Scarcity

Innovation lessons from Israel

When the Global Innovation Index ranking was announced last week the expectations were high. India, many believed, would break into the top 50 league for the first time. It came close, ranked 52 among 130-odd economies. Nevertheless, its performance was comme…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Olga Misik reading Russian constitution in front of Putin’s riot police becomes symbol of resistance

An image of a teenage girl sitting in front of riot police with the Russian constitution on her lap has gone viral - viewed by many as a metaphor for young people's disillusionment with politics in the nation. Olga Misik, 17, was pictured reading the documen…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

BERLIN - German soccer club Babelsberg is mixing sport with politics again. The fourth-tier club is forgoing a main jersey sponsor for the coming season to carry the logo of Seebrücke (Sea-bridge), a group campaigning for safe routes for refugees to reach Eu…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

BERLIN (AP) German soccer club Babelsberg is mixing sport with politics again. The fourth-tier club is forgoing a main jersey sponsor for the coming season to carry the logo of Seebrücke (Sea-bridge), a group campaigning for safe routes for refugees to reach…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

BERLIN (AP) German soccer club Babelsberg is mixing sport with politics again. The fourth-tier club is forgoing a main jersey sponsor for the coming season to carry the logo of Seebrücke (Sea-bridge), a group campaigning for safe routes for refugees to reach…

bubmagAugust 1, 2019

Landmark INF nuclear arms treaty is history: What now?

Egely Wheel telekinesis — fact or fiction?

Electrify America will use robots to charge self-driving EVs

Bad for the environment, awful for our health and terrible for public space – this is the case for banning cars

There’s a party running on unpopular ideas in 2020, and it’s not the Democratic Party

Innovation lessons from Israel

Olga Misik reading Russian constitution in front of Putin’s riot police becomes symbol of resistance

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

Refugee-friendly German club forgoes sponsor for cause

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