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The Queen

Royal baby Archie: Step-by-step guide of royal protocol, from name reveal to christening

On Monday 6 May, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their first child, a baby boy. Following the birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, we have been reminded that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's experience as first-time parents will differ great…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror

AMYGOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEENSHAIKH: As we continue to talk about the call for slavery reparations, we spend the rest of the hour with Ta-Nehisi Coates, who testi…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

SpaceX

Watch SpaceX catch a rocket fairing on a ship at sea after it returns from space

SpaceX managed another first for its reusable rocketry efforts during its most recent launch when it caught part of the fairing in a giant net mounted on a boat named ‘Ms. Tree.’ The nosecone component, used to protect the Falcon Heavy’s cargo during its June…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Barack Obama

Alitalia forced to withdraw ad after row over ‘blackface’ actor portraying Barack Obama

But others said the criticism of Alitalia was exaggerated, unwarranted and sanctimonious. Italy has a track record of insensitivity, at best, and outright racism, at worst, towards black people. Migration from African and Asian countries came much later t…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Blockchain

Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging Will Save Lives and Cut Waste

About 600 million people suffer food poisoning every year, according to the World Health Organization, and 420,000 die. When an outbreak occurs, investigators can spend days or weeks tracking its source. Meanwhile more people can sicken, and massive amounts o…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Black Hole

The Largest Black Holes in the Universe Formed in a Snap — Then Stopped

About 13 billion years ago, when our universe was still just a scrappy startup, the cosmos hit a creative streak and churned out supermassive black holes left, right and center. Astronomers can still sneak a peek at these relics of the early universe when th…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

BMW and Daimler partner on autonomous driving, first results of team-up in market by 2024

Global automakers BMW and Daimler will join forces in a new long-term partnership to co-develop automated driving technologies, including levels of automation all the way up to SAE Level 4, which is defined as full self-driving, no human intervention required…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Cold War

Alek Sigley: Why Sweden helped free Australian student in N Korea – BBC News

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Mr Sigley arrived in Beijing on Thursday When Australian student Alek Sigley went missing in North Korea last week, Canberra turned to a country more than 15,000km (9,320 miles) away for help. The Scandinavian nation of…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump border wall: US president suffers new construction setback

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Building the border wall was a major campaign promise by President Trump during the 2016 elections US President Donald Trump has again been thwarted in his attempt to use military money to fund his wall along the border …

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Virtual Reality

Otherworld VR Bar is Taking You to Another Dimension

A new virtual reality bar has recently opened in London. Imagined by the virtual reality studio The Dream Corporation, Otherworld invites its visitors to live an extraordinary journey. This new generation “arcade bar” offers customers the opportunity to expe…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Royal baby Archie: Step-by-step guide of royal protocol, from name reveal to christening

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror

Watch SpaceX catch a rocket fairing on a ship at sea after it returns from space

Alitalia forced to withdraw ad after row over ‘blackface’ actor portraying Barack Obama

Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging Will Save Lives and Cut Waste

The Largest Black Holes in the Universe Formed in a Snap — Then Stopped

BMW and Daimler partner on autonomous driving, first results of team-up in market by 2024

Alek Sigley: Why Sweden helped free Australian student in N Korea – BBC News

Trump border wall: US president suffers new construction setback

Otherworld VR Bar is Taking You to Another Dimension

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