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Recycling

How to Learn to Drive as an Adult

I didnt learn to drive until I was 27. I grew up in cities, so there wasnt a great need, and more importantly I was stone cold terrified: when I tried to drive my then-boyfriends car at age 18, I screamed bloody murder every time I braked and shut my…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Drones

This real-life flying saucer may change flight forever — Future Blink

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Global Warming

Canada’s natural gas investments ‘on a collision course’ with Paris accord: report – Global News

OTTAWA The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry’s biggest players. The report, released on Canada Day, says there are projects…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Machine Learning

A look inside neural networks

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already firmly embedded in our everyday lives and is conquering more and more territory. For example, voice assistants are already an everyday item in many people's smartphones, cars and homes. Progress in the field of AI is ba…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Air Pollution

Climate change: Heatwave made ‘at least’ five times more likely by warming

Image copyrightNASA Last week's record breaking heatwave across much of Europe was made "at least five times" more likely to happen by climate change, say scientists. Their rapid attribution study says that rising temperatures "super-charged" the event, mak…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Economic Bubble

Japan’s tax revenue hit record ¥60.36 trillion in 2018 fiscal year

Japan’s tax revenue hit a record ¥60.36 trillion in fiscal 2018 on the back of higher wages and dividend payments, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. Tax revenue in the year through March increased 2.7 percent from a year earlier, surpassing a government est…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Monsanto

Austria set to be first EU country to ban all uses of weedkiller glyphosate

VIENNA: Austria was set on Tuesday to ban all uses of the weedkiller glyphosate, the first European Union country to take such drastic action against the chemical over concerns that it can cause cancer. Other EU countries have passed partial bans of glyphosa…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Julian Assange

Turbulent day in European parliament as Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem

BREXIT PARTY MEPS turned their back when asked to stand for the European anthem during a ceremony to mark the opening of the European parliament this morning. As Beethovens Ode to Joy began playing, party leader Nigel Farage, a veteran of the EU chamber sin…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Belt and Road

Turkey’s Erdogan affirms importance of ties with China

BEIJING (AP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an ostensible U.S. NATO ally, affirmed the importance of ties with key American rival China at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday. Erdogan told Xi on Tuesday that Turkey and …

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

Panda

‘The Usain Bolt of pandas’ stuns a driver with its ‘lightning’ speed

With their portly stature, extremely slow movement and passion for napping, pandas are not the most athletic species around. But one bamboo-eating bear has stunned Chinese web users with its extraordinary running speed and was even compared to world-record-h…

bubmagJuly 2, 2019

How to Learn to Drive as an Adult

This real-life flying saucer may change flight forever — Future Blink

Canada’s natural gas investments ‘on a collision course’ with Paris accord: report – Global News

A look inside neural networks

Climate change: Heatwave made ‘at least’ five times more likely by warming

Japan’s tax revenue hit record ¥60.36 trillion in 2018 fiscal year

Austria set to be first EU country to ban all uses of weedkiller glyphosate

Turbulent day in European parliament as Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem

Turkey’s Erdogan affirms importance of ties with China

‘The Usain Bolt of pandas’ stuns a driver with its ‘lightning’ speed

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