New Edition of Welsh Meat ‘Bible’ Launched
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2020-07-30
‘I don’t care about Hitler’: Wiley and the rise of antisemitism
There are two sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge. Jewish and KKK … Red Necks are the KKK and Jewish people are the Law … Work that out. This was one of the weirder recent tweets from the grime artist Wiley which caused outrage and resultedContinue Reading
2020-07-30
Autonomous cars: five reasons they still aren’t on our roads
Grzegorz Czapski/Shutterstock Elon Musk thinks his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. “There are no fundamental challenges remaining,” he said recently. “There are many small problems. And then there’s the challenge of solving all those small problems and putting the whole system together.”Continue Reading
2020-07-30
Data analysis shows wellbeing fell during the pandemic but improved under lockdown
Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Lockdowns are seemingly vital for controlling COVID-19. Early evidence suggests they have a big effect on preventing deaths. But if we’re to keep using them, we also need to know their broader impacts. Many people are worried about lockdowns also having a negative effect on mental health. Indeed,Continue Reading
2020-07-30
Chinese nationalists call online for more retaliation measures against US diplomacy that targets Beijing · Global Voices
Detachment ritual inside the U.S consulate in Chengdu. Screenshot from the U.S China Embassy’s video. The US abrupt decision to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston on July 22 shocked China, and in a tit-for-tat expected measure, Beijing announced the closure of the United States Consulate in Chengdu inContinue Reading
2020-07-30
Mars 2020: the hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech Next spring is going to be a busy time for Mars. In close succession, three spacecraft will arrive at the planet, joining the dozen or so craft already circling Mars. Two of the spacecraft were launched in the past couple of weeksContinue Reading
2020-07-30
Secret trials threaten open justice in Australia · Global Voices
Whistleblowers, lawyers and journalists face prosecutions without proper public scrutiny Protesters in Brisbane protesting Australia’s claim on Timor Leste oil, May 2017- Photo by Andrew Mercer / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) A government illegally bugs the office of a foreign country’s Prime Minister during treaty negotiations. The spy in chargeContinue Reading
2020-07-30
SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favourable weather forecast and a successful final week at the ISS, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas HurleyContinue Reading
2020-07-30
Here’s how the body reacts to one-off overeating – new research
The participants were able to eat almost 3000 calories worth of pizza on average in one sitting. Dean Drobot/ Shutterstock Whether it’s a summer barbecue with friends, your favourite fast food takeaway, or Christmas dinner, we can probably all recall times when we’ve eaten more food in one sitting thanContinue Reading
2020-07-30
Four student activists arrested in Hong Kong for ‘inciting secession’ because of their social media posts · Global Voices
Evidence for the arrest was based on social media content Nineteen year-old Tony Chung, one of the four arrested. Photo taken by Kris Chung / HKFP. The original version of this post was published on the Hong Kong Free Press on July 29 2020. The following edited version is publishedContinue Reading
2020-07-30