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Water Pollution

Behind the scenes of INVENTING TOMORROW with the WaterInsights Team

The documentary INVENTING TOMORROW follows several young scientists on their journey to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a program of Society for Science & the Public, with projects that tackle complex environmental issues affe…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Why Is What Was Once-Affordable-To-Many Now Only-Affordable-To-The-Wealthy?

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, With these speculative and risk management skills accessible only to the wealthy, no wonder only the wealthy have gained purchasing power in the 21st century. Let's start with an excerpt from a recent pers…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Elon Musk

Porsche Taycan reservations surpass 30,000 ahead of world debut

Porsche has secured 30,000 deposits for the Taycan more than a month before the German automaker will unveil the all-electric sports cars, numbers that suggest there’s enough to demand to support the company’s plans to produce 40,000 units in its first year. …

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Palestine

What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement

New Yorkers protesting Gov. Andrew Cuomos anti-BDS executive order in June 2016. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, chec…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Riots

At least 52 dead in Brazil prison riot; 16 decapitated

At least 52 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organised crime groups at the Altamira prison in northern Brazil on Monday, according to prison officials. Para state prison authorities said 16 of the victims were decapitated while o…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

eSports

Fortnite World Cup Crowns a Teenage Winner, Now $3 Million Richer

Kyle said in an interview on Monday that his confidence had grown as the event had unfolded. I definitely went into the competition aiming for at least top 20, but after that big first game I definitely thought I could win, he said. He played a total of six g…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Bees

Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions [Ecology]

Author contributions: G. Balent, B.P., F.B., T.T., V.B., G.S., A.O., L.B., J.-L.M., and L.F. designed research; C.S., N.G., A.B.B., C.B., R.C., A.H., L.H., P.M., C. Vuillot, A.A., J.G., P.B., Y.C., C. Violle, D.G., G. Bota, I.B., G.L., B.G., A.V., F.C., A.G.-…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Monsanto

Germany’s Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

Germany's Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Monsanto

Germany’s Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer AG , which completed the takeover of U.S.-based Monsanto last year, has been dealt a legal blow in Brazil as more farmers joined a lawsuit challenging the protection of a key soy seed patent. …

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Why Is What Was Once Affordable to Many Now Only Affordable to the Wealthy?

Let’s start with an excerpt from a recent personal account by the insightful energy/systems analyst Ugo Bardi, who is Italian but writes his blog Cassandra’s Legacy in English: Becoming Poor in Italy. The Effects of the Twilight of the Age of Oil. “I am not …

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Behind the scenes of INVENTING TOMORROW with the WaterInsights Team

Why Is What Was Once-Affordable-To-Many Now Only-Affordable-To-The-Wealthy?

Porsche Taycan reservations surpass 30,000 ahead of world debut

What the House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals About the Palestine Solidarity Movement

At least 52 dead in Brazil prison riot; 16 decapitated

Fortnite World Cup Crowns a Teenage Winner, Now $3 Million Richer

Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions [Ecology]

Germany’s Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

Germany’s Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

Why Is What Was Once Affordable to Many Now Only Affordable to the Wealthy?

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