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A Better Explanation for the Gender Gap in Math-Related Fields https://fee.org/articles/a-better-explanation-for-the-gender-gap-in-math-related-fields/
New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hypothesis-asteroid-contributed-mass-extinction.html
Elon Musk’s plan for sending people to Mars is probably a suicide mission https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/10/02/elon-musks-plan-for-sending-people-to-mars-is-probably-a-suicide-mission/
NASA Just Revealed an Ocean on Enceladus Contains The Building Blocks of Life https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-revealed-enceladus-really-does-contain-the-building-blocks-of-life
A Doctor Who Prescribed 500,000 Doses of Opioids Is Sent to Prison for 40 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/opioids-doctor-sentenced-joel-smithers.html
Are Antioxidants Actually Good for Anything? https://youtu.be/qhEB_wbsIt4
Gut bacteria is key factor in childhood obesity https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-gut-bacteria-key-factor-childhood.html
Did a large meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago? Here’s new evidence https://phys.org/news/2019-10-large-meteorite-earth-years-evidence.html
How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-jurassic-plankton-stole-control-of-the-oceans-chemistry-20191001/
Google contractors reportedly targeted homeless people for Pixel 4 facial recognition https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20896181/google-contractor-reportedly-targeted-homeless-people-for-pixel-4-facial-recognition
WeWork is a symptom of a disease that may not have a cure https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wework-is-a-symptom-of-a-disease-that-may-not-have-a-cure-2019-10-02
Uber to launch Uber Works temp worker app Friday in Chicago https://www.cnet.com/news/uber-to-launch-uber-works-temp-worker-app-friday-in-chicago/
Beijing Launches New Rule: Residents Must Pass Facial Recognition Test to Surf Internet https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-launches-new-rule-residents-must-pass-facial-recognition-test-to-surf-internet_3099181.html