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Hiroshima

Fake asteroid hurtling at New York City triggers terrifying results in NASA simulation

In a NASA simulation of a fictional scenario, New York City was hit with an asteroid packing 1,000 times the destruction of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The exercise, which was part of the "National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Acti…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Non-renewable Resources

Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history -- and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platfo…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Brexit

Activists are battling propaganda and voter apathy ahead of 2019’s EU elections

For better or for worse, tech will play a pivotal role in this years European elections, which promise to be a heated and fraught affair, and have the potential for the same kind of foreign influence that marred the 2016 US Presidential Election. Thats not u…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Bert Oosterbosch – Dutch Fastman Remembered

Star from the Past: if you are of a certain age, the name Bert Oosterbosch will conjure up memories of a smooth and powerful fast-man who could win time trials, Tour stages and could tow the Raleigh squad to team time trial victories. Bert was taken from us w…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Global Warming

Everything Is Fucked, Major New Extinction Report Finds

There has never been a period like this in the history of humanity. In a sweeping report delivered on Monday, the worlds top scientists warned that up to a million species could go extinct in the next few decades. But crucially, the report also shows the worl…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Nukes

Fake asteroid hurling at New York City triggers terrifying results in NASA simulation

Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the Earth. (Photo: Don Davis, NASA) In a NASA simulation of a fictional scenario, New York City was hit with an asteroid packing 1,000 times the destruction of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. …

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Hiroshima

Catastrophic meteors: How space scientists hope to protect ‘the only planet we know’ – CTV News

NASA is warning that meteors pose a major threat to Earth, so agencies are already testing out ways to defend against them by using lasers or by ramming spacecraft into them. During a conference last week, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine explained that no…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Non-renewable Resources

Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platfor…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Super Heroes

If ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Introduces the Multiverse, What Does This Mean for the Future of the MCU?

Superhero comics have always been a playground for the imagination, more so than any other creative medium. If you have a great idea for a dead character, there’s always a way to bring them back. If you have a great idea that shatters the laws of the natural …

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Water Scarcity

We Sleep With Taps Open, In Case Water Turns On – Harare Residents

By Jeffrey GogoMike (not his real name) lives with his mother in a 3-bedroomed house in Mabelreign. The mother is often away for days attending to her religious calling. A 22-year old bachelor rents a room on Mike's premises. He works in the mines outside Ha…

bubmagMay 6, 2019

Fake asteroid hurtling at New York City triggers terrifying results in NASA simulation

Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

Activists are battling propaganda and voter apathy ahead of 2019’s EU elections

Bert Oosterbosch – Dutch Fastman Remembered

Everything Is Fucked, Major New Extinction Report Finds

Fake asteroid hurling at New York City triggers terrifying results in NASA simulation

Catastrophic meteors: How space scientists hope to protect ‘the only planet we know’ – CTV News

Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

If ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Introduces the Multiverse, What Does This Mean for the Future of the MCU?

We Sleep With Taps Open, In Case Water Turns On – Harare Residents

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