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China identifies new strain of coronavirus as source of pneumonia outbreak https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-identifies-new-strain-of-coronavirus-as-source-of-pneumonia-outbreak/2020/01/09/f2625650-329f-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html
None of these 195 countries — the U.S. included — is fully prepared for a pandemic, report says https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10/24/none-these-countries-us-included-is-fully-prepared-pandemic-report-says/
How to Measure the Speed of Light with Marshmallows – Christmas Lectures with Neil Johnson https://youtu.be/ejKCiBZwB34
A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully Illustrated and Fully Annotated http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-complete-archive-of-vincent-van-goghs-letters.html
How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/world/australia/fires-murdoch-disinformation.html
Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/russian-journals-retract-more-800-papers-after-bombshell-investigation
Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System (Exclusive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-signs-deal-ai-driven-film-management-system-1268036
Electric scooter injuries rose 222 percent in 4 years in the U.S. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/electric-scooter-injuries-rose-222-percent-4-years-united-states
Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe’s Expansion https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/cosmic-magnifying-glasses-yield-independent-measure-of-universes-expansion
ORA: The World’s First Graphene Headphones https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/413314819/ora-the-worlds-first-graphene-headphones
The US military is trying to read minds https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614495/us-military-super-soldiers-control-drones-brain-computer-interfaces/
8 Ways Overseas Drug Manufacturers Dupe the FDA https://www.wired.com/story/8-ways-overseas-drug-manufacturers-dupe-fda/