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Economic Bubble

Japan’s Heisei imperial era: three generations look back, and ahead

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Heisei era, which began when Emperor Akihito inherited the throne on Jan. 7, 1989, and ends when he abdicates on April 30, saw economic stagnation, disasters and technological change. Generations of Japanese lived through those dec…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Economic Bubble

Japan’s Heisei imperial era: three generations look back, and ahead

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Heisei era, which began when Emperor Akihito inherited the throne on Jan. 7, 1989, and ends when he abdicates on April 30, saw economic stagnation, disasters and technological change. Generations of Japanese lived through those dec…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Tesla will develop an ‘electric leaf blower’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is planning to develop a new creation — only this time, it won't be rolling on four wheels. It's a leafblower: Musk followed up that tweet with a pun: The statements come on the heels of Musk's other viral non-aut…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Air Pollution

Stop denying the risks of air pollution

A coal-powered plant near Linfen, in Chinas Shannxi province, a city with some of the worlds worst air pollution. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Air pollution kills. Fine particles produced by cars, industrial plants and numerous other sources are particularly dange…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Air Pollution

Stop denying the risks of air pollution

A coal-powered plant near Linfen, in Chinas Shannxi province, a city with some of the worlds worst air pollution. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Air pollution kills. Fine particles produced by cars, industrial plants and numerous other sources are particularly dange…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Filter Bubble

Machine behaviour

1.Simon, H. A. The Sciences of the Artificial (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1969). Simon asks whether there can be a science of the artificial that produces knowledge about artificial objects and phenomena. 2.Milner, R. A modal characterisation of observable machin…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Filter Bubble

Machine behaviour

1.Simon, H. A. The Sciences of the Artificial (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1969). Simon asks whether there can be a science of the artificial that produces knowledge about artificial objects and phenomena. 2.Milner, R. A modal characterisation of observable machin…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Super Heroes

Avengers Endgame is three of Marvel’s best films, rolled into one

End... game."/> Enlarge/ The beginning of the End... game. 5 with 5 posters participating, including story author Ars Technica takes spoilers seriously. This Avengers Endgame review has been written with a bare minimum of plot details, for those intere…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Nukes

Kim Jong-un heads to Russia for Vladimir Putin summit

Image copyrightReutersImage caption North Korean state media showed Mr Kim boarding his private train North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is on his way to the Russian far-east for a summit with President Vladimir Putin. State media say Mr Kim is travelling on…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Blockchain

Trump’s Twitter Meeting, an Ethereum Thief, and More News

President Trump tweeted insults at Twitter again this morning, but this time Jack took the conversation off platform to the White House. In other news, a controversial Census question creates some strange bedfellows, and a "blockchain bandit" is pilfering mil…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Japan’s Heisei imperial era: three generations look back, and ahead

Japan’s Heisei imperial era: three generations look back, and ahead

Elon Musk says Tesla will develop an ‘electric leaf blower’

Stop denying the risks of air pollution

Stop denying the risks of air pollution

Machine behaviour

Machine behaviour

Avengers Endgame is three of Marvel’s best films, rolled into one

Kim Jong-un heads to Russia for Vladimir Putin summit

Trump’s Twitter Meeting, an Ethereum Thief, and More News

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