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Brexit: Vote Leave chief who created £350m NHS claim on bus admits leaving EU could be 'an error'

One of the masterminds behind the Brexit vote has performed an astonishing U-turn by admitting that leaving the EU may be “an error”.

Dominic Cummings, the Vote Leave campaign director, described the referendum as a “dumb idea” before other ideas had been tried to win back powers from Brussels.

He has also warned that Brexit is shaping up to be a “guaranteed debacle”, without big changes in Whitehall to deliver a successful negotiation.

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, seized on the comments, saying: “Dominic Cummings has let the cat out of the bag.

This is the man who slapped the £350m NHS lie on the side of the bus who is now saying leaving the EU could be a mistake.

And, notoriously, he came with the campaign for an extra £350m to be spent on the NHS every week from diverted EU spending – which also proved crucial, MPs said.

These Brexiteers have forced us to play a massive stakes game of Russian roulette with millions of jobs at risk. »

Co-benefits of climate mitigation: Counting statistical lives or life-years?

Authored by sciencedirect.com

This article revisits established quantification methodologies for air pollution related mortality applied by government agencies in USA and EU.

To avoid overstating the benefits of air pollution control, these are treated as proportional to the number of life years lost.

Chilton (2004) was the first study to elicit directly the willingness-to-pay expressed in VOLY’s in an air pollution context. »

Why Roman concrete still stands strong while modern version decays

Authored by theguardian.com

Scientists have cracked the secret to Roman water-based structures’ strength – and findings could help today’s builders.

Their structures are still standing more than 1,500 years after the last centurion snuffed it: now the Romans’ secret of durable marine concrete has finally been cracked.

Scientists say this is the result of seawater reacting with the volcanic material in the cement and creating new minerals that reinforced the concrete. »

Futurama fans are retaliating against Netflix’s removal of the show in the best way

Authored by polygon.com

Nearly all of Futurama has been removed from Netflix and fans of the show aren’t taking it very well.

It was the third of four straight-to-DVD Futurama movies that helped make up the show’s fifth season.

The first five seasons of Futurama, for those looking, is currently unavailable on both Netflix and Hulu. »

Indigenous girls in remote areas skip school because they lack pads and tampons

Authored by theguardian.com

Girls in remote Indigenous communities are staying home from school each month because they do not have access to tampons and pads, a new survey has found.

The purpose of the research was to measure Australia against United Nations sustainable development goal six, which stipulates access to water and sanitation for all.

Cultural taboos around both underwear and menstruation meant women and girls attempted to hide their bodily functions in an overcrowded house. »