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Electric Scooter

Bird is launching monthly scooter rentals for $24.99 in San Francisco and Barcelona (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

About This Page This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:50 AM ET, April 30, 2019. The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date i…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Black Hole

This wobbly black hole is shooting out jets in different directions at unprecedented speeds

For the first time, an image of a black hole has been unveiled by the Event Horizon Telescope, but its not what you might think. Heres why. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY A black hole almost 8,000 light-years from Earth isn't behaving normally and instead rapidl…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Brexit

Game on for EU vote, but real fight comes after

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - On posters, hustings and social media, a battle for Europe is being fought, as contenders seek votes for an EU parliamentary election in late May - but the real battle for power will come only once the count is in. More than 400 million…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Explainer: How the EU will vote and why it matters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In three weeks, Europeans will vote for a new European Parliament but the real struggle for power over the bloc will begin only after votes are counted. Here’s why? WHO’S VOTING AND FOR WHAT? More than 400 million people in the Europe…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Trump should consider Robert E. Lee’s act of treason before defending him

There is something relentless about President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump hits Biden as he hits 2020 trailTrump blasts union chiefs after Biden gets key endorsementGrassley to Trump: Lift tariffs or new NAFTA deal is 'dead'MOREs capacity to simplify and willf…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Bees

Bees Exposed to Neonicotinoid Pesticide Become Hyperactive Before Crashing Out, Reducing Their Ability to Forage

The use of neonicotinoidsa common class of pesticideshas increasingly been linked to negative effects on bees by a number of scientific studies in recent times. Now, a team of researchers from Imperial College London has found that bees which are exposed to …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Bees

Pesticide exposure causes bumblebee flight to fall short

Bees exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide fly only a third of the distance that unexposed bees are able to achieve.Flight behaviour is crucial for determining how bees forage, so reduced flight performance from pesticide exposure could lead to colonies going …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

VR

Watch Facebook’s F8 2019 keynote right here

Facebook’s yearly developer conference kicks off today. The keynote starts at 1PM / 10AM with opening remarks from Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg. As in past years, the event will last several hours and feature updates from various Facebook departments. Th…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Water Scarcity

EU supports families severely hit by drought in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The European Union has provided 125 000 in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected people suffering from food shortages requiring humanitarian assistance following sustained drought in Somalia. The drought resulted from insuffic…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump’s Health Secretary Praises Trump for Opening Up ‘Debate’ on Vaccines That Is ‘Settled’ Now

The nations top health official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, praised his boss Donald Trump on Monday for supposedly contributing to some kind of scientific debate about whether vaccines cause autism (they do not) and that it is now settl…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Bird is launching monthly scooter rentals for $24.99 in San Francisco and Barcelona (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

This wobbly black hole is shooting out jets in different directions at unprecedented speeds

Game on for EU vote, but real fight comes after

Explainer: How the EU will vote and why it matters

Trump should consider Robert E. Lee’s act of treason before defending him

Bees Exposed to Neonicotinoid Pesticide Become Hyperactive Before Crashing Out, Reducing Their Ability to Forage

Pesticide exposure causes bumblebee flight to fall short

Watch Facebook’s F8 2019 keynote right here

EU supports families severely hit by drought in Somalia

Trump’s Health Secretary Praises Trump for Opening Up ‘Debate’ on Vaccines That Is ‘Settled’ Now

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