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Disgraced CRISPR scientist had plans to start a designer-baby business https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614051/crispr-baby-maker-explored-starting-a-business-in-designer-baby-tourism/
How YouTubers plan to take on YouTube for better working conditions https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614055/youtube-union-ig-metall-labor-gdpr-privacy-policy-creators/
Human-Animal Chimeras Are Gestating on U.S. Research Farms https://www.technologyreview.com/s/545106/human-animal-chimeras-are-gestating-on-us-research-farms/
Scientists are making human-monkey hybrids in China https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614052/scientists-are-making-human-monkey-hybrids-in-china/
The ‘microworkers’ making your digital life possible https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48881827
What Went Wrong With The World Wide Web – And How We Can Fix It https://shouldthisexist.com/internet/
A Future Without the Front Page https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/us/news-deserts-future.html
The mood-altering power of the Moon http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190731-is-the-moon-impacting-your-mood-and-wellbeing
Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/was-the-automotive-era-a-terrible-mistake
Could Rust Be a New Source of Renewable Energy? https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a28555278/rust-electricity/
This One ‘Anomaly’ Is Driving Physicists To Search For Light Dark Matter https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/07/31/this-one-anomaly-is-driving-physicists-to-search-for-light-dark-matter/#33601b21169f
The Moon Is 100 Million Years Older Than We Thought, Apollo Rocks Show https://www.space.com/moon-older-than-thought-apollo-lunar-rocks.html
Another U.S. City Moves to Ban Face Recognition, Citing Threats to Free Speech and Civil Rights https://gizmodo.com/fourth-u-s-city-bans-facial-recognition-citing-threat-1836858623
How to escape the ‘hyperactive hivemind’ of modern work https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190715-how-to-escape-the-hyperactive-hivemind-of-modern-work
This supernova blast was so close, it littered the ocean floor with radioactive dust https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/supernova-radioactive-blast-litter-ocean-dust
Antarctic snow yields interstellar iron https://physicsworld.com/a/antarctic-snow-yields-interstellar-iron/