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Climate Change

The top three 2020 candidates on climate change, ranked

With one Democratic presidential debate down and the second looming at the end of July, polling among the 20 qualifying primary candidates will likely continue to yo-yo.But when it comes to candidates’ environmental policy positions, one leading advocacy orga…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Scotland

What Zoo Design Reveals About Human Attitudes to Nature

This year, more than 181 million people in the U.S. will visit a zoo. Globally, in cities from London to Beijing to San Diego, zoos are major tourist attractions and beloved local amenities. But how many visitors pay attention to the architecture as well as t…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Elon Musk Plans to Start Putting Chips in Human Brains Next Year

Elon Musk expects to begin planting chips into human brains as early as next year, Business Insider reports. The Tesla CEO revealed the plans during a livestream earlier this week, stating that his neurotechnology startup Neuralink hopes to have its first hu…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Machine Learning

Yandex SEO: An Interview with the Yandex Search Team via @TaylorDanRW

It’s not common for Google to not be the dominant search engine in a given territory. But in the case of Russia, Yandex holds around 52% of the total market share, with Google holding 46%. What’s also uncommon is that this data is made publicly available by …

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

RSF’s Turkey representative acquitted of ‘terror’ charges

An Istanbul court has acquitted the Turkey representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two other campaigners on charges of making "terror propaganda" for Kurdish fighters, according to the media freedom group. RSF representative Erol Onderoglu w…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

BUK-Missile

Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of MH17 downing

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine load debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in Hrabove, Ukraine, with recovery operations carried out under the supervision…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Blockchain

Icertis raises $75 million to automate contract management

There’s more to managing contracts than most folks realize. Deals between companies of a certain size must be executed to the letter after they’re drawn up and finalized, and then continuously analyzed to reduce financial risk and improve performance. That’s …

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Gundam

Japan Now Has Gundam-Shaped Vending Machine

When you think of Japan, you probably think of Gundam. Maybe you think of vending machines. Now both have been joined into one single entity. Behold, the Gundam-shaped vending machine. As Wasedas Jeffrey Hall points out, the vending machine has been rolled o…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

The Queen

Queen Victoria’s throne, ball gown and grand piano on display at Buckingham Palace

The Queen will officially mark the summer opening of Buckingham Palace later today, by admiring the life treasures of her great, great grandmother. This year's summer exhibition, Queen Victoria's Palace, celebrates the 200th anniversary since the birth of Q…

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

Solar Storm

The ‘tumour-inducing’ 5G health hazard that doesn’t exist

In 2000, the Broward County Public Schools in Florida received an alarming report. Like many affluent school districts at the time, Broward was considering laptops and wireless networks for its classrooms and 250,000 students. Were there any health risks to …

bubmagJuly 17, 2019

The top three 2020 candidates on climate change, ranked

What Zoo Design Reveals About Human Attitudes to Nature

Elon Musk Plans to Start Putting Chips in Human Brains Next Year

Yandex SEO: An Interview with the Yandex Search Team via @TaylorDanRW

RSF’s Turkey representative acquitted of ‘terror’ charges

Relatives of victims mark 5th anniversary of MH17 downing

Icertis raises $75 million to automate contract management

Japan Now Has Gundam-Shaped Vending Machine

Queen Victoria’s throne, ball gown and grand piano on display at Buckingham Palace

The ‘tumour-inducing’ 5G health hazard that doesn’t exist

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