Author: rene

Netherlands to cut speed limit to reduce emissions https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50396037

How decoding African DNA could help fight disease https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50205190

Something Strange And Unseen Seems to Be Causing Distant Galaxies to Synchronise https://www.sciencealert.com/something-strange-is-causing-distant-galaxies-to-synchronise

What do we know about the gut microbiota in Parkinson’s disease? https://neurosciencenews.com/parkinsons-microbiota-15191/

Curiosity Finds Mysterious Oxygen Fluctuations on Mars https://gizmodo.com/curiosity-finds-mysterious-oxygen-fluctuations-on-mars-1839809905

The Science Is Extremely Clear: You Need to Prioritize Sleep https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-is-extremely-clear-you-need-to-prioritize-sleep/

Psychobiotics: Your microbiome has the potential to improve your mental health, not just your gut health https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/psychobiotics-your-microbiome-has-the-potential-to-improve-your-mental-health-not-just-your-gut-heath/

The climate chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/climate-change-japan-pacific-sea-salmon-ice-loss/

Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution https://www.quantamagazine.org/seeing-emergent-physics-behind-evolution-20170831/

Why dark matter’s no-show could mean a big bang rethink

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432560-600-why-dark-matters-no-show-could-mean-a-big-bang-rethink/#ixzz659iRIxgi

Sete em cada dez projetos de inteligência artificial em empresas falham, diz estudo https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/inovacao,sete-em-cada-dez-projetos-de-inteligencia-artificial-em-empresas-falham-diz-estudo,70003087069

Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50401308

The Curiosity rover detects oxygen behaving strangely on Mars https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/12/world/curiosity-rover-oxygen-scn/index.html

This AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sR1rU3gLzQ

Escola Nômade https://escolanomade.org/

Silicon Valley’s Singularity University Is Cutting Staff, CEO Exits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-12/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-is-cutting-staff-ceo-exits

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Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50381328

The Important Gut-Behavior Relationship https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/brain-and-behavior/201911/the-important-gut-behavior-relationship

The Nature Of Matter https://science360.gov/obj/video/a9a0485c-9399-4528-9bdf-fd412718cd5b/nature-matter

The computing power needed to train AI is now rising seven times faster than ever before https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614700/the-computing-power-needed-to-train-ai-is-now-rising-seven-times-faster-than-ever-before/

Baby Fish Feast on Microplastics, and Then Get Eaten https://www.wired.com/story/baby-fish-are-feasting-on-microplastics/

Petrobras atende regras globais antes do prazo e reduz enxofre de combustível marítimo… – Veja mais em https://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/reuters/2019/09/30/petrobras-atende-regras-globais-antes-do-prazo-e-reduz-enxofre-de-combustivel-maritimo.htm

Climate change: British Airways reviews ‘fuel-tankering’ over climate concerns https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50365362

The Century of the Self (Full Documentary) https://youtu.be/eJ3RzGoQC4s

Richest 1% of Americans Close to Surpassing Wealth of Middle Class https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-09/one-percenters-close-to-surpassing-wealth-of-u-s-middle-class

Scientists Measure Mouse Personality and Map Traits to Their Genetics https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-measure-mouse-personality-and-map-traits-to-their-genetics/

Could Google’s Quantum Computer Mine 3 Million Bitcoin in 2 Seconds? https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/11/could-google-s-qauntum-computer-mine-3-million-bitcoin-in-2-seconds/

Climate change: Sea ice loss linked to spread of deadly virus https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50333627

Leia, Vale a Pena: http://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com

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This Parody of Blade Runner Is Prepared to Hunt Down 2019’s Real Machine Menace https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-parody-of-blade-runner-is-prepared-to-hunt-down-20-1839744208

The Evolution of Evolution https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/darwin/

Apple’s ‘sexist’ credit card investigated by US regulator https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50365609

Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have ‘massive’ benefits https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50348321

We Had a Chance to Save Public Transportation, Instead We Handed Millions to Lyft and Uber and Gridlocked the San Francisco Streets https://medium.com/@ilyaberger/we-had-a-chance-to-save-public-transportation-instead-we-handed-millions-to-lyft-and-uber-and-77860ffdedfd

Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/09/us/internet-child-sex-abuse.html

Knowing Paris by Its Bridges https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/travel/paris-bridges-seine.html

Macaco de pé sobre árvores https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,macaco-de-pe-sobre-arvores,70003082261

Paris Ends an E-Scooter Melee With New Rules of the Road https://www.wired.com/story/paris-escooters-regulation/

Ayodhya verdict: The man who helped Lord Ram win https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50053301

Coca-Cola chooses plastic bottle collection over aluminum cans to cut carbon footprint https://www.reuters.com/article/us-coca-cola-plastic-aluminium-idUSKBN1XG2J6

A Clever Radio Trick Can Tell If a Drone Is Watching You https://www.wired.com/story/a-clever-radio-trick-can-tell-if-a-drone-is-watching-you/

Think you’re anonymous online? A third of popular websites are ‘fingerprinting’ you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/31/think-youre-anonymous-online-third-popular-websites-are-fingerprinting-you/

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A NASA scientist’s incredible animation shows how dinosaurs roamed the Earth on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy https://www.businessinsider.com/video-nasa-scientist-dinosaurs-milky-way-2019-10

Bill Gates’ 5 Secrets To Happiness Are Surprisingly Affordable https://www.forbes.com/sites/remyblumenfeld/2019/11/08/bill-gates-5-secrets-to-happiness-are-surprisingly-affordable/#51df101a4d0e

Amazon Ring doorbells exposed home Wi-Fi passwords to hackers https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/07/amazon-ring-doorbells-wifi-hackers/

The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614690/polygenic-score-ivf-embryo-dna-tests-genomic-prediction-gattaca/#Echobox=1573186254

This Martini Wants to Kill Climate Change One Sip at a Time https://www.wired.com/story/this-martini-wants-to-kill-climate-change-one-sip-at-a-time/

Why Diet Might Be a Big Deal for Mental Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsC9UWYPDM

How Much Data Can Our Brains Store? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp3RSH8ukI

Living with gods: Shiva lord of the dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poT6NfxH93k

Jean-Michel Jarre launches ‘infinite album’ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50335897

‘Astonishing’ fossil ape discovery revealed https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50305423

Mexico mammoths: Human-built woolly mammoth traps found in Tultepec https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50330717

A detective has been granted access to an entire private DNA database https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614684/a-detective-has-been-given-access-to-private-consumer-dna-data-for-the-first-time/

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Scrubbing Your House Of Bacteria Could Clear The Way For Fungus https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/11/06/776502362/scrubbing-your-house-of-bacteria-could-clear-the-way-for-fungus

Fitbit is doomed: Here’s why everything Google buys turns to garbage https://www.zdnet.com/article/fitbit-is-doomed-why-everything-google-buys-turns-to-garbage/

WeWork’s saga is a cautionary tale about golden parachutes and CEO pay https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/05/perspectives/adam-neumann-golden-parachute-wework/index.html

90 Minutes a Day, Until 10 p.m.: China Sets Rules for Young Gamers https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/business/china-video-game-ban-young.html

The US Army is creating robots that can follow orders https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614686/the-us-army-is-creating-robots-that-can-follow-ordersand-ask-if-they-dont-understand/

We’re Running Out of These Elements — Here’s How https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLHfiyIS0Q

Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Know Pedestrians Could Jaywalk https://www.wired.com/story/ubers-self-driving-car-didnt-know-pedestrians-could-jaywalk/

Elon Musk says he has the solution for California’s fire-related blackouts. It starts at $15,000. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/06/elon-musk-says-he-has-solution-californias-fire-related-blackouts-it-starts/

What If Earth Picked Up a Second Moon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkNpofn5Iks&feature=youtu.be

No one should buy the Facebook Portal TV https://www.cnet.com/news/no-one-should-buy-the-facebook-portal-tv/

Why explosives detectors still can’t beat a dog’s nose https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614571/explosives-detectors-dogs-nose-sensors/

painel sobre transformação digital no HSM Expo 2019 https://soundcloud.com/rene-de-paula-jr/painel-sobre-transformacao-digital-no-hsm-expo-2019

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