Author: rene

Capitalism is turning us into addicts https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/10/17/18647521/capitalism-age-of-addiction-phone-david-courtwright

What Was The First Color In The Universe? https://www.universetoday.com/143769/what-was-the-first-color-in-the-universe/

As the lab-grown meat industry grows, scientists debate if it could exacerbate climate change https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/19/lab-grown-meat-could-exacerbate-climate-change-scientists-say.html

Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it, study shows https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191018112136.htm

Descongelamento do permafrost já sai caro para a Rússia https://moneytimes.com.br/descongelamento-do-permafrost-ja-sai-caro-para-a-russia/

Adam Neumann planned for his children and grandchildren to control WeWork https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/adam-neumann-planned-for-his-children-and-grandchildren-to-control-wework/

On Facebook’s live stream, Zuckerberg’s free-speech lecture got a big thumbs up https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/17/facebooks-live-stream-zuckerbergs-free-speech-lecture-got-big-thumbs-up/

The Skis That Came In From The Cold https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2018/10/04/skis/

Climate change is unearthing artifacts from melting glaciers https://www.good.is/climate-change-is-unearthing-artifacts-from-melting-glaciers

How to Mourn a Glacier https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-to-mourn-a-glacier

Ever wondered why your wine is weeping? Blame shock waves. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614479/ever-wondered-why-your-wine-is-weeping-blame-shock-waves/

India is trying to build the world’s biggest facial recognition system https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/17/tech/india-facial-recognition-intl-hnk/index.html

Brasileiros criam código para impedir tratores e outras máquinas de funcionarem em áreas protegidas https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2019/10/21/brasileiros-criam-codigo-para-impedir-tratores-e-outras-maquinas-de-funcionarem-em-areas-protegidas.ghtml

Silicon Valley grows more NIMBY against some of its own tech https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/19/silicon-valley-tech-nimby.html

Beautifully Preserved Iron Age Artifacts Found Under Norwegian Glaciers https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/09/19/norway-artifacts-revealed/

The Hunt for Earth’s Deep Hidden Oceans https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hunt-for-earths-deep-hidden-oceans-20180711/

There’s an effective and progressive solution for climate change. Why won’t Democrats embrace it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-an-effective-and-progressive-solution-for-climate-change-why-wont-democrats-embrace-it/2019/10/20/d11ca77e-ec55-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html

Australian newspapers black out front pages in ‘secrecy’ protest https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50119559

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1 em cada 4 adolescentes brasileiros é dependente de internet, aponta estudo https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,1-em-cada-4-adolescentes-brasileiros-e-dependente-de-internet-aponta-estudo,70003047747

Dunbar’s number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191001-dunbars-number-why-we-can-only-maintain-150-relationships

Beware solar storms, scientists warn https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/beware-solar-storms-scientists-warn

Airborne laser scan reveals Arran’s 1,000 ancient sites https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49989351

‘Estadão’ entrega prêmio Empresas Mais 2019 https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,estadao-entrega-premio-empresas-mais-2019,70003050498

Study reveals how mucus tames microbes http://news.mit.edu/2019/how-mucus-tames-microbes-1014

Under pressure to suspend Trump, Twitter restates that world leaders don’t always have to follow its rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/15/under-pressure-suspend-trump-twitter-restates-that-world-leaders-dont-always-have-follow-its-rules/

Investing in love and affection pays off for species that mate for life https://phys.org/news/2019-10-investing-affection-species-life.html

The Confidence Game – How Silicon Valley broke the economy. https://www.thenation.com/article/silicon-valley-history-book-review/

Leia, vale a pena – dicas de leitura https://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com/

Roda e Avisa – http://rodaeavisa.com

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WeWork Showed Us How Badly Start-up Bros Suck—but Shareholder Rule Isn’t Better https://www.thenation.com/article/wework-neumann-startup/

‘Cosmic Mudball Meteorite’ Smells Like Brussels Sprouts, Finds New Home at Museum https://www.livescience.com/mudball-meteorite-smells-like-brussels-sprouts.html

Oceans could have reached carbon threshold https://physicsworld.com/a/oceans-could-have-reached-carbon-threshold/

Microbiome research needs a gut check https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-microbiome-research-needs-a-gut-check/

Food As Medicine : Interesting Facts You Do Not Know About Your Gut Mirobiome https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliabolayanju/2019/10/14/food-as-medicine–interesting-facts-you-do-not-know-about-your-gut-mirobiome/#b7225d629445

Warp speeds in ‘Star Trek’ are achingly slow, and a simple animation by a former NASA scientist proves it https://www.businessinsider.com/star-trek-warp-light-speed-reality-travel-nasa-animation-2019-1

China’s Study the Great Nation app ‘enables spying via back door’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50042379

China’s horrifying new app is spying on 100 million Android users https://www.fastcompany.com/90416911/chinas-horrifying-new-app-is-spying-on-100-million-android-users

Were people really happier in the past? Millions of pieces of text suggest not. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614558/were-people-really-happier-in-the-past-millions-of-pieces-of-text-suggest-not/

Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/

Airlines Sound The Death Knell For In-Flight Seatback Screens https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2019/10/13/airlines-sound-the-death-knell-for-in-flight-seatback-screens/#3032a851415f

Cars Were Banned on 14th Street. The Apocalypse Did Not Come. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/nyregion/14th-street-cars-banned.html

Energy Vault launches its breakthrough energy storage system https://youtu.be/J2bkZbKeUmQ

Marc Benioff: We Need a New Capitalism https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opinion/benioff-salesforce-capitalism.html

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Babies Who Are Cuddled More Seem to Have Their Genetics Altered For Years Afterwards https://www.sciencealert.com/babies-who-are-cuddled-more-seem-to-have-their-genetics-altered-for-years-afterwards

Microsoft brought book burning into the digital age — and you should be worried https://thenextweb.com/podium/2019/10/12/microsoft-brought-book-burning-into-the-digital-age-and-you-should-be-worried/

The wheels may be coming off Facebook’s digital currency project Libra https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614553/the-wheels-may-be-coming-off-facebooks-digital-currency-project-libra/

Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673

MIT launches digital content library for workforce learning on emerging technologies http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-launches-digital-content-library-workforce-learning-emerging-technologies-1008

Apple’s China Nightmare Just Got Even Worse https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/10/12/apples-china-nightmare-just-got-much-worse/#63f903b15023

Twitter and Facebook won’t remove false Trump campaign ads about Biden https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614549/twitter-and-facebook-wont-remove-false-trump-campaign-ads-about-biden/

Google Is Promoting Climate Change Denialism On Its Apps And Mobile Homepage https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/google-discover-climate-change-denial

Silicon Valley needs to grow a backbone and stand up to China https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/its-time-for-silicon-valley-to-leave-china/

Silicon Valley Cynicism in the Age of Trump and Zuckerberg https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-cynicism-in-the-age-of-trump-and-zuckerberg/

Pai do ‘vício nas telas’ agora quer oferecer a cura https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/cultura-digital,pai-do-vicio-nas-telas-agora-quer-oferecer-a-cura,70003047755

Russian scientists say they’ve found the highest-ever ‘flares’ of methane in Arctic waters https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/12/us/arctic-methane-gas-flare-trnd/

Turning Paris’s underground car parks into mushrooms farms https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-49928362/turning-paris-s-underground-car-parks-into-mushrooms-farms

WeWork Could Run Out of Money Next Month: Report https://gizmodo.com/wework-could-run-out-of-money-next-month-report-1838982228

Astrophysicist Who Just Won The Nobel Prize Says We’ll Never Colonise Exoplanets https://www.sciencealert.com/nobel-winning-astrophysicist-says-we-ll-never-colonise-exoplanets

Human Gut Virome is Stable and Person-Specific https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/human-gut-virome-is-stable-and-person-specific-66553

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Pela 1ª vez na América Latina, cientistas testam terapia que usa células do paciente contra câncer https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pela-1-vez-na-america-latina-terapia-usa-celulas-do-paciente-para-tratar-cancer,70003045387

Hong Kong protesters get pro bono cybersecurity help from Silicon Valley https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614520/hong-kong-protesters-get-pro-bono-cybersecurity-help-from-silicon-valley/#Echobox=1570645058

This girl’s dramatic story shows hyper-personalized medicine is possible—and costly https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614522/this-girls-dramatic-story-shows-hyper-personalized-medicine-is-possibleand-costly/

The biggest threat of deepfakes isn’t the deepfakes themselves https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614526/the-biggest-threat-of-deepfakes-isnt-the-deepfakes-themselves/

Germany’s synagogue shooting was live-streamed on Twitch—but almost no one saw it https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614529/germanys-synagogue-shooting-was-live-streamed-on-twitch-but-almost-no-one-saw-it/

Why it’s time to start talking about blockchain ethics https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614531/why-its-time-to-start-talking-about-blockchain-ethics/

Why remote war is bad war https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614488/why-remote-war-is-bad-war/

A Virus in Koala DNA Shows Evolution in Action https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/science/koala-retrovirus-evolution.html

Japan ninja student gets top marks for writing essay in invisible ink https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49996166

Why baboons may provide clues about human gut microbiome https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326614.php

Germany shooting: 2,200 people watched on Twitch https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49998284

Apple removes police-tracking app used in Hong Kong protests from its app store https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/apple-removes-police-tracking-app-used-in-hong-kong-protests-from-its-app-store.html

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