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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

The US is hastening its own decline in AI, says a top Chinese investor https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612224/the-us-is-hastening-its-own-decline-in-ai-says-a-top-chinese-investor/

Study: Artificial Sweeteners Toxic to Digestive Gut Bacteria https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-10-01/study-artificial-sweeteners-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria

Gmail Is Autocompleting Entire Sentences And People Have Feelings https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/gmail-auto-complete-smart-compose-creepy-amazing

Incredibly Weird Microbes Found Deep Underground Could Change Search for Life on Mars https://www.space.com/42001-weird-underground-microbes-aid-mars-life-search.html

Climate scientists are struggling to find the right words for very bad news https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/03/climate-scientists-are-struggling-find-right-words-very-bad-news/

Look beyond 42 for the answer to life, the universe and everything https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24031982-200-look-beyond-42-for-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/

Do we really live longer than our ancestors? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181002-how-long-did-ancient-people-live-life-span-versus-longevity

The Magic Machine https://pca.st/a1v5

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Abuso em criança deixa marca no DNA https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,abuso-em-crianca-deixa-marca-no-dna,70002530059

Revolutionary ultra-thin ‘meta-lens’ enables full-color imaging https://phys.org/news/2018-10-revolutionary-ultra-thin-meta-lens-enables-full-color.html

Replacing fertilizer with plant probiotics could slash greenhouse gases https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612223/forget-fertilizer-this-startup-aims-to-slash-greenhouse-gases-with-plant/

Farmers Can Now Buy Designer Microbes To Replace Fertilizer https://www.wired.com/story/farmers-can-now-buy-designer-microbes-to-replace-fertilizer/

Why Dna Is The Most Exciting Programming Language Today https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-sean-parker-alex-marson-crispr-dna-programming/

Digital Ids Are More Dangerous Than You Think https://www.wired.com/story/digital-ids-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/

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Brasileiros são o povo que mais acredita em fake news no mundo, indica Ipsos https://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/direto-da-fonte/instituicoes-fracas-fake-news-em-alta-diz-diretor-do-ipsos/

Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web

‘Fake news’ podem atrapalhar o tratamento contra o câncer de mama https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/bem-estar,fake-news-podem-atrapalhar-o-tratamento-contra-o-cancer-de-mama,70002524055

Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/climate/epa-trump-mercury-rule.html

roda & avisa no spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0sOAybGBquPLYjdDb58V9D

radinho no spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/69nw6NiQZ7BnUYbvTPmyBP

A New Clue in the Search for Forests on Distant Planets https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/exoplanets-biosignature-vegetation-search-for-life/571636/

High CO2 levels cause plants to thicken their leaves, could worsen climate change effects https://phys.org/news/2018-10-high-co2-thicken-worsen-climate.html

NASA study shows travelling to Mars could ruin your gut and cause cancer https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-study-shows-travelling-to-mars-could-ruin-your-gut-and-cause-cancer/

A Key Ingredient For Life Fell To Earth From Outer Space https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2018/09/30/a-key-ingredient-for-life-fell-to-earth-from-outer-space/#692316a77bfe

Climate Change May Cost the U.S. More Than Almost Any Other Country https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a23552633/climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon/

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Uso de celulares atrapalha sono de crianças, causa distúrbios e provoca mau desempenho escolar https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/comportamento,uso-de-celulares-atrapalha-sono-de-criancas-causa-disturbios-e-provoca-mau-desempenho-escolar,70002523821

Study links restricting screen time for kids to higher mental performance https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/27/study-links-restricting-screen-time-kids-higher-mental-performance/?utm_term=.5518e1e91abf

Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45651725

What 61,000 hidden structures reveal about Maya civilization https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/what-61000-hidden-structures-reveal-about-maya-civilization/

We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thought-the-incas-couldnt-write-these-knots-change-everything/

New York City’s WiFi kiosks have over 5 million users https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/30/new-york-citys-wifi-kiosks-have-over-5-million-users/

The secret data collected by dockless bikes is helping cities map your movement https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612123/the-secret-data-collected-by-dockless-bikes-is-helping-cities-map-your-movement/

On Crowded London Streets, Councils Fight a Flood of Phone Boxes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/world/europe/london-phone-boxes-inlink.html

“The Galaxy With One Star” –A Black Hole So Big, So Blindingly Bright That It Blocks the Light of All Stars https://dailygalaxy.com/2018/09/the-galaxy-with-one-star-a-black-hole-so-big-so-blindingly-bright-that-it-would-block-the-light-of-all-stars/

IPCC: Climate scientists consider ‘life changing’ report https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45653099

Scientists Pinpoint Where Dark Matter Is Hiding in the Universe https://www.livescience.com/63711-3d-dark-matter-map.html

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Duas pancadas numa só semana https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,duas-pancadas-numa-so-semana,70002522735

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-co-1828476051

Google backtracks—a bit—on controversial Chrome sign-in feature https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/09/google-backtracks-a-bit-on-controversial-chrome-sign-in-feature/

Ransomware Behind Port of San Diego Cyberattack, Officials Say https://gizmodo.com/ransomware-behind-port-of-san-diego-cyberattack-offici-1829370504

We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thought-the-incas-couldnt-write-these-knots-change-everything/#Echobox=1538066104