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What Genetics Is Teaching Us About Sexuality
Yes, your sex life is influenced by your DNA. But it’s more complicated than that. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/genetics-sexual-orientation-study.html
No single gene associated with being gay https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49484490
Ebola Outbreak in Congo Hits Milestone, and Death Toll Rises https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/africa/congo-ebola-deaths.html
How city life affects your health and happiness http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190816-is-city-life-really-bad-for-you
Brasil perde de vegetação área equivalente a 3,6 vezes o Estado de SP em 33 anos https://sustentabilidade.estadao.com.br/blogs/ambiente-se/brasil-perde-de-vegetacao-area-equivalente-a-36-vezes-o-estado-de-sp-em-33-anos/
O que é pior neste governo
Todo governo passa. Mas a repulsa à ciência, o obscurantismo desse governo poderá custar muito caro ao Brasil https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-que-e-pior-neste-governo,70002988609
Trump administration to relax restrictions on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/08/29/trump-administration-reverse-limits-methane-powerful-greenhouse-gas/
Ranchers blamed for deforestation in Brazil rely on a booming business https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-rainforest-fires-ranchers-blamed-for-deforestation-in-brazil-rely-on-booming-business-2019-08-29/
Who’s Burning the Amazon? Rampant Capitalism https://www.wired.com/story/whos-burning-the-amazon-rampant-capitalism/
Websites have been quietly hacking iPhones for years, says Google https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614243/websites-have-been-quietly-hacking-iphones-for-years-says-google/
Over 250 Archaeologists Show Evidence Humans ‘Transformed’ Earth Long Before 1900s https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-are-arguing-about-exactly-when-we-started-the-anthropocene
Some of The World’s Most-Cited Scientists Have a Secret That’s Just Been Exposed https://www.sciencealert.com/some-of-the-world-s-most-cited-scientists-have-a-secret-that-s-just-been-exposed
Why Washing Machines Are Learning to Play the Harp https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/why-are-washing-machines-learning-to-play-the-harp/594706/
Utopia, Abandoned – The Italian town Ivrea was once a model for workers’ rights and progressive design. Now, it’s both a cautionary tale and evidence of a grand experiment in making labor humane. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/t-magazine/olivetti-typewriters-ivrea-italy.html
New science blooms after star researchers die, study finds http://news.mit.edu/2019/life-science-funding-researchers-die-0829
Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614235/recombinetics-gene-edited-hornless-cattle-major-dna-screwup/
All Rings Considered https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/all-rings-considered/