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Slavery Outlived the Civil War. How It Actually Ended Will Surprise You. Slavery Abolition

Slavery Outlived the Civil War. How It Actually Ended Will Surprise You.

Jurisprudence Chief Justice Salmon Chase decided that Elizabeth Turner’s apprenticeship violated the 13th Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Library of Congress. This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “ By the People ” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and…
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July 27, 2026
This AI watches your bubbles to monitor your health underwater Moravec‘s Paradox

This AI watches your bubbles to monitor your health underwater

Scuba diving in extreme environments pushes the human body to its limits, from sheer exhaustion to dangerous breathing problems. Now, robots equipped with cameras can “read” the bubbles rising from a diver’s regulator, tracking their size and rhythm to spot stress, hyperventilation, or fatigue in real time. Researchers at the…
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July 27, 2026
NOAA and Google Cloud collaborate to advance weather forecasting. NOAA

NOAA and Google Cloud collaborate to advance weather forecasting.

Accurate weather forecasting saves lives and protects infrastructure, but predicting complex global atmospheric patterns requires immense computing power. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is taking a major leap forward by selecting Google Cloud as the primary provider of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure for its Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing…
bubmag
July 27, 2026
Details of the Tesla Superchargers, Powerwall and Cybercabs Providing Starlink Urban Coverage SpaceX

Details of the Tesla Superchargers, Powerwall and Cybercabs Providing Starlink Urban Coverage

SpaceX’s Direct-to-Cell service delivers wide-area coverage from orbit, but it still runs into the classic satellite limits: capacity and densification in crowded areas. The most elegant fix is already sitting in Tesla’s network — Supercharger stations and the coming Cybercab fleet. Turn Superchargers into fixed small cells and Cybercabs into…
bubmag
July 27, 2026