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Doping in Cycling

Why Cycling Banned This Incredibly Addictive “Safer” Oxycontin

CHANTILLY, France The world's top professional cyclists are riding toward the Tour de France finish line this weekend, and they'll get there safer and cleaner than in previous years. Tramadol, a performance-enhancing opioid, has been banned from cycling at th…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Brexit

Bully or broker: EU wonders which Boris Johnson will come to Brexit talks

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union is offering new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a wary welcome, insisting it will consider any detailed new ideas he has on Brexit but cautious lest his gambit is ultimately to blame Brussels for a no-deal de…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Hitting the Books: Modern surveillance and ‘the science of happiness’

Even as cities across the US grapple with the spectre of omnipresent, automated government surveillance, and the existential threat to civil liberties that the technology holds, a number of nations around the globe have adopted these tools to monitor the lowe…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Who are the people running away from Europe?

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Global Warming

Sony’s New Wearable Air Conditioner Fits in Your Pocket – Interesting Engineering

With global warming increases temperatures everywhere a portable air conditioner seems like a good idea. Now Sony has unveiled a new model that fits right in your pocket. Called the Reon Pocket, the innovative portable air conditioner is from the company's s…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck: aid worker

KOMAS, Libya (Reuters) - Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday. Search operations are continuing to find other missing migran…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Climate Change

Opinion: Trump’s most catastrophic decision

David A. Andelman, executive director of The Red Lines Project at the Center for National Security at Fordham University, is a contributor to CNN where his columns won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing. Author of "A Shattered Peace: Versailles …

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Black Hole

Black Hole Sun: Shooting the Total Solar Eclipse in Argentina

I have recently come back from a wonderful photo journey to shoot the total solar eclipse that took place July 2nd in South America. This was going to be my first total eclipse experience, and I was very motivated to make the most out of it. Northern Argenti…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Dozens of bodies of migrants who perished in the Mediterranean wash up on Libya’s shoreline

UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, called it "the worst Mediterranean tragedy" so far this year. Around 150 African migrants died off the Libyan coast on Thursday, in their apparent bid to reach Europe. Now their bodies are washing up on nearby beaches. The …

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Nukes

Iran says missile tests defensive, needs no one’s permission

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday missile tests were part of its defensive needs and were not directed against any country, after Washington said Tehran had test-fired a medium-range missile. A U.S. defense official said Iran tested what appeared to be…

bubmagJuly 27, 2019

Why Cycling Banned This Incredibly Addictive “Safer” Oxycontin

Bully or broker: EU wonders which Boris Johnson will come to Brexit talks

Who are the people running away from Europe?

Sony’s New Wearable Air Conditioner Fits in Your Pocket – Interesting Engineering

55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck: aid worker

Opinion: Trump’s most catastrophic decision

Black Hole Sun: Shooting the Total Solar Eclipse in Argentina

Dozens of bodies of migrants who perished in the Mediterranean wash up on Libya’s shoreline

Iran says missile tests defensive, needs no one’s permission

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