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New York City

Climate Change: New York City Buildings to Face Greenhouse Gas Limits

The cost to building owners will be high. Mark Chambers, the director of the Mayors Office of Sustainability, said the cumulative cost to building owners to make the upgrades needed to meet the caps would exceed $4 billion. He added that building owners would…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Bubble

Gene Therapy Restores Immunity for ‘Bubble Boys’

April 17, 2019 -- In 1971, a boy was born in Texas with a rare genetic defect that robbed him of an immune system. With the help of NASA engineers, David Vetter lived for years inside a series of plastic rooms that protected him from infections, earning him t…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Apple in talks with self-driving car sensor suppliers

(Reuters) — Apple has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies technology while also still working on its own lidar unit, three people familiar with the disc…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Nukes

North Korea tests ‘tactical’ weapon, report says

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected and directed a "new tactical guided weapons firing test," according to a report from the country's state media. The report, from news agency KCNA, did not state exactly what kind of weapo…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Bubble

Romeo and Juliet are reborn in Kenya in the vibrant lesbian romance Rafiki

Rafiki Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Neville Misati, Nice Githinji Availability Select theaters April 19 From its opening frames, Rafiki is bursting with life. Introduced riding her skateboard through the streets of Nairobi, Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) observes t…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Plastic Pollution

adidas Unveils the FUTURECRAFT LOOP, A Fully Recyclable Sneaker

adidas continues to raise awareness surrounding ocean plastic pollution and sustainability with the introduction of their new sneaker, the FUTURECRAFT LOOP, a 100% recyclable performance running shoe. Together with Parley for the Oceans, the FUTURECRAFT LOOP…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

AR-15

7 Top AR-15 Stocks for Your Build or Upgrade

One of the things that a lot of people look to upgrade on their factory AR is the stock, but which AR-15 stock to get? There are SO many of them out there. We’ll go over some examples, but it also helps to know what you want in a replacement…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Bubble

There’s now a cure for the deadly genetic disorder known as ‘bubble boy’ disease

For babies born with the severe genetic condition known as "bubble boy" disease, a run-of-the-mill common cold can be deadly. Born without crucial disease-fighting immune cells, they must be kept isolated from the outside world for their own protection. Mo…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Palestine

Why aren’t Europeans calling Israel an apartheid state?

Apartheid is alive and well and thriving in occupied Palestine. Palestinians know this. South Africans know this. Many Israelis have accepted this as part of their political debate. Americans are coming to terms with this, with new voices in Congress and NGO…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

The Real Russia. Today. The life and times of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olga Kashin thinks Babchenko’s fate is ‘instructive,’ and Dmitry Bykov is hospitalized

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 This day in history: 107 years ago today, on April 17, 1912, Imperial Russian Army soldiers fired on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia near the Lena River, killing more than 150 people. Future Provisional Government le…

bubmagApril 17, 2019

Climate Change: New York City Buildings to Face Greenhouse Gas Limits

Gene Therapy Restores Immunity for ‘Bubble Boys’

Apple in talks with self-driving car sensor suppliers

North Korea tests ‘tactical’ weapon, report says

Romeo and Juliet are reborn in Kenya in the vibrant lesbian romance Rafiki

adidas Unveils the FUTURECRAFT LOOP, A Fully Recyclable Sneaker

7 Top AR-15 Stocks for Your Build or Upgrade

There’s now a cure for the deadly genetic disorder known as ‘bubble boy’ disease

Why aren’t Europeans calling Israel an apartheid state?

The Real Russia. Today. The life and times of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olga Kashin thinks Babchenko’s fate is ‘instructive,’ and Dmitry Bykov is hospitalized

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