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Plastic Pollution

How a 90-Year-Old Quest for Plankton Uncovered Early Plastic Pollution

In 1965, a humble British survey accidentally uncovered one of the first known examples of plastic pollution in the ocean. J Shepherd/Getty Images In 1925, on a fruitless whale-watching expedition somewhere in the Southern Ocean, Sir Alister Hardy had a brig…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Fortnite

Fortnite champions don’t even like the game anymore

Having won the Fortnite nationals, co-champion Jack Stuttard is asked what's next: another season? More tournaments? The online circuit? Honestly, we don't like the game that much any more. Not gonna lie. We'll see what happens. The host smiles and turns t…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Elon Musk

Faraday Future’s EV dreams live on with (another) bailout

"As part of the vendor program, Birch Lake has also provided financing to FF for the company to pay all past due amounts for approximately 60 percent of FF's vendor base, including smaller vendors who are owed less than $20,000," the company wrote. Meanwhile,…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Skateboard

SlingBoard brings paddleboarding to dry land

John Wink, the creator of SlingBoard, says that his big-wheeled roller combines all the best bits of paddleboarding, skateboarding and mountain biking. Essentially a longboard with a widened deck and a special pole for propulsion, the land paddler is currentl…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

White House is working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is planning to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, an effort that is "working its way through the internal process," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. Sanders was …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Women of the Wall appoint liberal Orthodox director

The Women of the Wall prayer rights organization has appointed a new, liberal Orthodox Executive Director to head up the group’s operations, who is set to begin work on Wednesday. Yochi Rappeport-Zierler, 29, began work for WOW as its Director of Education …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

CCTV

South Africa: Industrial Parks to Transform Economy

The upgrading of infrastructure at industrial parks will go a long way in transforming the economy and creating jobs, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Bulelani Magwanishe. "The Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme, through which the Nkowankowa In…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Geely

QOTD: Smart Idea, or No?

Monday brought news few people feared: the dwindling, one-model Smart brand (we refuse to use a lowercase “S”) is gonzo after 2019, at least in North America. Finally, some of you might be thinking. It’s not likely there’s a large contingent of readers who c…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 5: Attract new fans with personalities and broadcast technology

CommentaryCycling can build its fan base by telling compelling stories about the personalities in the races and by harnessing modern broadcast technology to enrich the viewer experience. "> In contrast to spectators that watch other sports in stadiums an…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Water Scarcity

Africa: Death By Diet – the Race to Transform the World’s Bad Food Habits

By Thin Lei WinRome — Half a century ago farmers grew rice, sesame and pulses on the land around Myint Soe's village in Myanmar. Now only paddy fields remain. Technology has made farming easier but government policy and climate change have slashed the foods …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

How a 90-Year-Old Quest for Plankton Uncovered Early Plastic Pollution

Fortnite champions don’t even like the game anymore

Faraday Future’s EV dreams live on with (another) bailout

SlingBoard brings paddleboarding to dry land

White House is working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization

Women of the Wall appoint liberal Orthodox director

South Africa: Industrial Parks to Transform Economy

QOTD: Smart Idea, or No?

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 5: Attract new fans with personalities and broadcast technology

Africa: Death By Diet – the Race to Transform the World’s Bad Food Habits

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