Trapped in Tripoli: The people stuck in Libya’s civil war
Craig TaylorSurvivors of a deadly air strike on a migrant detention centre in July tell the BBC they feel abandoned by the United Nations, and are desperate to escape Libya. BBC News – Africa
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A Canadian Company Has Created An Invisibility Shield
jordonc ✅It’s not quite the invisibility cloak from Harry Potter, but we’re getting there. The material, dubbed Quantum Stealth, has been developed by Hyperstealth which is a “Canadian camouflage design company”. The “invisible” material is as thin as paper, inexpensive, and requires no power source. While it doesn’t work quite as well as the magical cloak…
Herman Mashaba: Johannesburg’s black mayor resigns over DA race row
Herman Mashaba hits out at his party’s promotion of a colleague who had praised aspects of colonialism. BBC News – Africa
The Shortest/Hardest IQ Test…
“Apparently, it only takes three questions to separate the Einsteins from the Homer Simpsons of this world.” The quiz was developed at Princeton in 2005 by psychologist Shane Frederick, and its designed to test your ability to ignore your gut response and think slower and more rationally. Or in psychology terms, “how good are you…
Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei: School dropout, mother of twins and world record-holder
Women’s marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei says her difficult childhood keeps her on track. BBC News – Africa
Boeing staff texted about 737 Max issue in 2016
A pilot allegedly wrote that he had “unknowingly” lied to regulators during tests of the 737 Max. BBC News – Africa