The Daily Populous

Sunday June 24th, 2018 morning edition

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Now, researchers suggest that in doing so, Jupiter and other gas giants may have contributed something else crucial to rocky worlds: water.

The most massive worlds may have shepherded water-rich debris from the outer solar system to fall on the rocky worlds.

After the gas giants have fully developed, the debris they hurl inward can be dangerous.

Water, of course, is a key ingredient for the evolution of life as we know it on Earth.

Around that time, Raymond first became intrigued with how Jupiter may have shaped water delivery in the early solar system.

The drag of the still-present nebula gas affects how the debris moves through the solar system, sending a fraction of them inward towards the inner solar system.

In our own solar system, the model shows that ices from the outer solar system snowed down on the Earth in three waves. »

A Mark Cuban-backed startup that says big banks have 'turned their back on the middle class' has landed $13 million in funding

Authored by businessinsider.com

A financial technology startup that aims to help users avoid overdraft fees has raised more than $13 million in funding led by a number of investors including famed "Shark Tank" entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

The point is to help folks avoid those dreaded $30-plus overdraft fees, which Cuban says plagued him during his college years.

Beyond overdraft fees, the point of Dave is to address the pain-points middle class folks face when banking with traditional financial-services firms, Wilk said. »

Italy's deputy PM Salvini called for 'mass cleansing, street by street, quarter by quarter', newly resurfaced footage reveals

Authored by independent.co.uk

“We need a mass cleansing, street by street, piazza by piazza, neighbourhood by neighbourhood,” Mr Salvini, who is also Italy’s deputy prime minister, said in an interview last year.

“We need to be tough because there are entire parts of our cities, entire parts of Italy, that are out of control.”.

During the same interview, the 45-year-old suggested Italy could adopt policies on immigration similar to those of Donald Trump in the US. »

Dutch ban on free plastic bags sees 71 pct drop in use

Authored by nltimes.nl

Some 300 retailers were questioned about their experience with the free plastic bag ban, NU.nl reports.

A total of 30 percent of retailers now offer paper bags, as an alternative to the plastic bag.

Most retailers support the free plastic bag ban and only a small percentage still insist on giving plastic bags away with purchases. »