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Animal Protection

Kim Basinger Makes Rare Appearance in South Korea for the Animal Protection Act

Though Kim Basinger prefers to stay out of the spotlight, the actress made an appearance in South Korea for a cause she’s passionate about. Basinger, a vocal animal rights advocate, spoke at a press conference for the Animal Protection Act alongside South Ko…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

China's Strategy

Facebook’s artificial intelligence-powered machine defeats FIVE Texas hold’em champions at once

A computer has beaten five of the world's champion players at poker a game once thought too difficult for machines to master. It is the latest milestone marking the superior powers of machines over people and the first time a computer has beaten more than on…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Targeted Killings

Security and Defense: Five years later, another Gaza war on the horizon

There’s little doubt that the next war between Israel and the Gaza Strip is not far away, and it will be deadlier and more destructive than any previous war. In the last war between the two, Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Israel lost 68 soldiers and six …

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Cold War

The Brilliant Rage of Alexander Herzen

The Brilliant Rage of Alexander HerzenMichael McDonaldRussia’s tumultuous and mostly regrettable post-Cold War history is paralleled in some ways by an earlier time, one that provided the setting for the incomparable émigré journalist Alexander Herzen. Micha…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Donald Trump

Megan Rapinoe speaks out on how Trump’s message ‘exclud[es] people’

Rapinoe, a member of USWNT, has been vocal in her disdain for the president and his controversial rhetoric. Read more here.

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Cold War

Balancing science and security

Federal elected officials and members of the United States intelligence community have expressed concern about the security of the nation's scientific and technological information, articulating worries about China, Russia, and Iran. The fears include potenti…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Orangutan

Making peace with oil palm

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Exoskeleton

Caging cells in functional shells

Unprotected cells are sensitive to changes in their environment, including temperature, pH, and osmotic pressure. Zhu et al. have developed a facile route to encapsulating mammalian cells inside functional nanoparticles. A range of nanoparticles, encompassing…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

The New Lion King Just Isn’t Animated Enough

In The Lion KingDisneys 1994 animated originala pride of lions, led by the king Mufasa, perform a series of extraordinary behaviors. They squint. They wince. Their eyebrows arch to and fro with emotion: panic, anger, a slick sense of satisfaction, a devious s…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Riots

Minnesota United’s Collin Martin Reflects on MLS Pride Experience & Importance of Coming Out

As 2019s annual Pride month commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, people from communities the world over and those who identify as LGBTQIA+ have used the occasion as a platform for their voices to be heard. One such individual is professi…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Kim Basinger Makes Rare Appearance in South Korea for the Animal Protection Act

Facebook’s artificial intelligence-powered machine defeats FIVE Texas hold’em champions at once

Security and Defense: Five years later, another Gaza war on the horizon

The Brilliant Rage of Alexander Herzen

Megan Rapinoe speaks out on how Trump’s message ‘exclud[es] people’

Balancing science and security

Making peace with oil palm

Caging cells in functional shells

The New Lion King Just Isn’t Animated Enough

Minnesota United’s Collin Martin Reflects on MLS Pride Experience & Importance of Coming Out

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