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City plays ‘Baby Shark’ on loop to keep homeless from sleeping in waterfront park https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/18/city-plays-baby-shark-loop-keep-homeless-sleeping-waterfront-park/?utm_term=.c7aec5f67312
Menstrual Cups: Study Finds They’re Safe To Use — And People Like Them https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/17/742370168/menstrual-cups-they-re-safe-to-use-and-people-like-using-them
As Russian “FaceApp” gobbles up user photos, Schumer asks FBI to investigate https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/as-russian-faceapp-gobbles-up-user-photos-schumer-asks-fbi-to-investigate/
A philosopher accused of sexual harassment started a company to advise on business ethics https://qz.com/1668502/colin-mcginn-started-a-philosophy-consultancy-to-advise-on-business-ethics/
Bill Gates: Biggest impact of AI may be decades away, but society needs to prepare now https://www.geekwire.com/2019/bill-gates-biggest-impact-ai-may-decades-away-society-needs-prepare-now/
Study suggests girls’ advantage in reading explains gender gap in math fields https://phys.org/news/2019-07-girls-advantage-gender-gap-math.html
Google has “terminated” its project to build a search engine for China https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613975/google-has-terminated-dragonfly-project-to-build-a-search-engine-for-china/
China’s government has given location-tracking watches to 17,000 children https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613978/china-gps-beidou-gives-location-tracking-watches-to-17-000-children-privacy/
What’s new and what isn’t about Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613974/neuralink-whats-new-and-what-isnt-elon-musks-brain-computer-interface/
We Went to the Moon. Why Can’t We Solve Climate Change? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/climate/moon-shot-climate-change.html
Lunar Mysteries That Science Still Needs To Solve https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-11-lunar-mysteries-moon-science/
Apollo’s Most Important Discovery (Inside NASA’s Moon Rock Vault!) https://youtu.be/Qr28zMXQ3bU
Flat Earth: How did YouTube help spread a conspiracy theory? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-49021903/flat-earth-how-did-youtube-help-spread-a-conspiracy-theory
Inside China’s ‘thought transformation’ camps – BBC News https://youtu.be/WmId2ZP3h0c