Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
2019 Australia election: Morrison celebrates ‘miracle’ win
From BBC Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked voters for re-electing his conservative coalition in a shock result at the federal polls. He told supporters he had “always believed in miracles” as partial results showed the Liberal-National Coalition close…
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Haiti struggles without electricity as cheap Venezuelan oil flow stops
By Tsvetana Paraskova From Oli Price Venezuela’s crisis and plunging oil production impact countries in the Caribbean as well, as most people in the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, Haiti, now have electricity just three hours a day, after Venezuela stopped sending…
Blue Origin and SpaceX get million-dollar NASA nod to test Moon lander tech
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Eleven aerospace companies will share more than $45 million in funds from NASA to design and test prototypes for the Artemis Moon missions, the agency has announced. Among the established names like Northrop Grumman and Sierra Nevada are…
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Scientists create a four-winged robot insect that flies with grace
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s difficult to make an insect-like flying robot — realistic four-winged bots are typically too heavy, while lighter two-winged models tend to fly erratically. USC researchers have edged one step closer to the dream machine, however. They’ve created Bee+,…
Magic Leap buys Belgian startup building hologram teleconferencing software
By Luca Matrey From TechCrunch Princess Leia’s hologram message to Obi-Wan is getting closer to reality, at least augmented reality. Magic Leap announced yesterday that they’ve agreed to acquire Belgian startup Mimesys. The team has been working on bringing Star Wars-esque…
Understanding journalists and what they do
University Miami Researchers from 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries, hosted by the Institute for the Advanced Study of the Americas, will share information on the challenges journalists face and their contributions to society. Verbal targeting by presidents. Online harassment,…
Austria chancellor calls for snap election after corruption scandal
From BBC Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has asked for a snap election after his Vice-Chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, resigned over a corruption scandal. Mr Kurz’s centre-right People’s Party is in government with Mr Strache’s far-right Freedom Party. The Freedom Party leader…
Ohio State University doctor ‘abused 177 male students’
BBC World News An athletics team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from 1979 to 1997, an investigation by Ohio State University in the US says. Dr Richard Strauss, who died in 2005, is accused of groping and…
