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Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor http://news.mit.edu/2020/carbon-nanotube-transistors-factory-0601

Contagion: The BBC Four Pandemic https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059y0p1

There Is a Playbook for Police Reform https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/police-reform-obama-task-force.html

Meet the hard-working microbes that make your favorite cheeses https://www.popsci.com/story/science/microbes-that-make-cheese/

Diet and gut bacteria fundamentally influence cancer drug toxicity https://newatlas.com/medical/diet-gut-microbiome-chemotherapy-cancer-drug-toxicity/

Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world’s energy system https://theconversation.com/physicists-hunt-for-room-temperature-superconductors-that-could-revolutionize-the-worlds-energy-system-80707

This startup is using AI to give workers a “productivity score” https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/04/1002671/startup-ai-workers-productivity-score-bias-machine-learning-business-covid/

US billionaires have become $565 billion richer during the pandemic https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/business/billionaire-wealth-inequality-pandemic-jobs/index.html

Rentabilidade de bancos brasileiros sobe em 2019 e lucro bate recorde, mostra BC https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2020/06/04/rentabilidade-de-bancos-brasileiros-sobe-em-2019-e-lucro-bate-recorde-mostra-bc.ghtml

Butterfly-inspired nanotech makes natural-looking pictures on digital screens https://phys.org/news/2020-06-butterfly-inspired-nanotech-natural-looking-pictures-digital.html

The greatest decade in cinema history? https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200601-the-greatest-decade-in-cinema-history

Three pioneers who predicted climate change https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/three-pioneers-who-predicted-climate-change/p08ftt06

Diet, gut microbes affect effectiveness of cancer treatment, research reveals https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-diet-gut-microbes-affect-effectiveness.html

Uruguay Targets Heavy Trucks for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pilot – FuelCellsWorks https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/uruguay-targets-heavy-trucks-for-hydrogen-fuel-cell-pilot/

Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world’s energy system https://phys.org/news/2020-06-physicists-room-temperature-superconductors-revolutionize-world.html

The pandemic’s first major research scandal erupts https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6495/1041

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A conversation with President Obama: Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence https://youtu.be/q_qB6SsErpA

The History of Pandemics Teaches Us Only That We Can’t Be Taught https://www.wired.com/story/the-history-of-pandemics-teaches-us-only-that-we-cant-be-taught/

Why Do Other Animals Keep Giving Us Viruses? https://youtu.be/k8sYqWssKoQ

Subatomic Stories: The crazy world of quantum foam https://youtu.be/YZImA8NLOx8

COSMIC RELAXATION: 8 HOURS of 4K Deep Space NASA Footage + Chillout Music for Studying, Working, Etc https://youtu.be/Y_plhk1FUQA

Black Lives Created Modern Music | Black Lives Matter https://youtu.be/FUhAzkwM6aI

Why filming police violence has done nothing to stop it https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002587/sousveillance-george-floyd-police-body-cams/

What Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Donald Trump have in common https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002631/mark-zuckerberg-jack-dorsey-donald-trump-media-monarchy/

Podcast: To beat a pandemic, try prepping for a tsunami https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002535/podcast-to-beat-a-pandemic-try-prepping-for-a-tsunami/

Of course technology perpetuates racism. It was designed that way. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002589/technology-perpetuates-racism-by-design-simulmatics-charlton-mcilwain/

SpaceX can now send humans to space. It just needs a market. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002574/spacex-crew-dragon-human-spaceflight-low-earth-orbit-market/

Are We All Wrong About Black Holes? https://www.wired.com/story/are-we-all-wrong-about-black-holes/

Bolsonaro veta destinação de R$ 8,6 bilhões de fundo extinto para ações contra coronavírus https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/06/03/bolsonaro-veta-destinar-r-86-bilhoes-para-combate-ao-coronavirus.ghtml

Florianópolis completa um mês sem registrar mortes pela Covid-19 https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2020/06/03/florianopolis-completa-um-mes-sem-registrar-mortes-pela-covid-19.ghtml

Anguish And Action https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

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Has mystery of universe’s missing matter been solved? https://earthsky.org/space/cosmic-bursts-unveil-universe-missing-matter-mystery

The Dead Sea Scrolls contain genetic clues to their origins https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dead-sea-scrolls-dna-genetic-clues-origins-hebrew-bible

Researchers Dig Into Case of Geologic Amnesia – In Search of a Billion Years Missing From the Geologic Record https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-dig-into-case-of-geologic-amnesia-in-search-of-a-billion-years-missing-from-the-geologic-record/

Edward Hopper and American Solitude https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/edward-hopper-and-american-solitude

Climate change: older trees loss continue around the world https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52881721

Civil rights leaders say they’re ‘disappointed and stunned’ after call with Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Sandberg https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/02/civil-rights-leaders-stunned-after-call-with-zuckerberg.html

Large simulation finds new origin of supermassive black holes https://phys.org/news/2020-06-large-simulation-supermassive-black-holes.html

Masks help stop the spread of coronavirus – the science is simple and I’m one of 100 experts urging governors to require public mask-wearing https://theconversation.com/masks-help-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-the-science-is-simple-and-im-one-of-100-experts-urging-governors-to-require-public-mask-wearing-138507

What the future of the space station looks like after SpaceX’s historic launch https://www.theverge.com/21276881/nasa-spacex-iss-international-space-station-future-commercial

Why we can’t count on carbon-sucking farms to slow climate change https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002484/why-we-cant-count-on-carbon-sucking-farms-to-slow-climate-change/

Two-meter distancing might halve infection risk compared to one meter https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/02/1002493/two-meter-distancing-halves-risk-compared-to-one-meter-suggests-a-new-review/

Amnesia Nation: Why China Has Forgotten Its Coronavirus Outbreak https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/business/china-coronavirus-amnesia.html

Adolf Hitler house to be ‘neutralised’, Austria says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52890655

Facebook’s Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous precedent over Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52877801

Fury at America and Its Values Spreads Globally https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/after-the-killing-of-george-floyd-fury-at-america-and-its-values-spreads-globally

Just Stop the Superspreading https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/coronavirus-superspreaders.html

Today, I submitted my resignation to Facebook. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/timothy-j-aveni_blacklivesmatter-activity-6673316720993824768-q_dU/

The Inflated Promise of Genomic Medicine https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-inflated-promise-of-genomic-medicine/

The Invention of the Book, Part 1 https://pca.st/luucvkzu

Germania (city) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(city)

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These are broken times https://pca.st/z2d75n52

Diamonds: Articles of Interest #11 https://pca.st/mfq9c9hp

Goethe: The story of colour https://pca.st/3c245k7o

Evolution Of Evil E09: Benito Mussolini | Full Documentary https://youtu.be/3ssKbcEWhcI

Deep Ocean: 10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes https://youtu.be/t_S_cN2re4g

Africa’s Huge Locust Swarms Are Growing at the Worst Time https://www.wired.com/story/africas-huge-locust-swarms-are-growing-at-the-worst-time/

Prehistoric climate change damaged the ozone layer and led to a mass extinction https://theconversation.com/prehistoric-climate-change-damaged-the-ozone-layer-and-led-to-a-mass-extinction-139519

An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox https://www.wired.com/story/covid-crisis-modern-paradox/

New Ebola Outbreak in Congo, Already Hit by Measles and Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html

What we can learn from conspiracy theories https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200522-what-we-can-learn-from-conspiracy-theories

Climate change: May was sunniest calendar month on record in UK https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52877912

Kees van der Leun
@Sustainable2050
15-million year high in CO2 concentrations last month! https://twitter.com/Sustainable2050/status/1267545856112287764

Sun unleashes biggest flare since 2017. Is our star waking up? https://www.space.com/sun-unleashes-biggest-solar-flare-since-2017.html

Summers are growing longer due to climate change, while winters are dramatically shrinking https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/01/summers-are-growing-longer-due-climate-change-while-winters-dramatically-shrink/

Mass Extinction 215 Million Years Ago Was NOT Due to Asteroid or Climate Change https://scitechdaily.com/mass-extinction-215-million-years-ago-was-not-due-to-asteroid-or-climate-change/

The Day the Dinosaurs Died https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died