renedepaula

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Scientists May Have Found a Way to Treat All Cancers… By Accident https://youtu.be/e-V_MDVgISo

Cidades-esponja: conheça iniciativas pelo mundo para combater enchentes em centros urbanos https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2020/02/16/cidades-esponja-conheca-iniciativas-pelo-mundo-para-combater-enchentes-em-centros-urbanos.ghtml

Mediterranean diet scores another win for longevity by improving microbiome https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/17/health/mediterranean-diet-microbiome-wellness/index.html

Is Capitalism A Threat To Democracy?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/is-capitalism-a-threat-to-democracy

This photo triggered China’s Cultural Revolution https://youtu.be/kXByOrRrO7c

The high-stakes fight over Bolivia’s lithium https://www.protocol.com/bolivia-lithium-morales

Ultrasonic bracelet jams the microphones around you https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/15/ultrasonic-microphone-jamming-bracelet/

Planners talk about resilience in the face of climate change. We need to start using a different R word. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/17/climate-hope-best-prepare-worst/

Seeding oceans with iron may not impact climate change http://news.mit.edu/2020/oceans-iron-not-impact-climate-change-0217

Empresa espiã da CIA teve acesso direto a dados sobre violações de ditaduras sul-americanas https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,ditaduras-da-america-do-sul-usaram-maquinas-de-criptografia-da-cia,70003200765

Stopped Clock Illusion https://youtu.be/nNBTLbw1_2Q

7 Deadly Sins http://www.stephenfry.com/7deadlysins/

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature? https://youtu.be/3g246c6Bv58

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Can a blood pressure drug help ease the painful memory of an ex? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51317388

This French Woman Risked Her Life to Document Nazi Theft https://youtu.be/bLlHuxapK68

Neuschwanstein Castle Bankrupted the King Who Built it https://youtu.be/_bATY21knQ4

No more business as usual? https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart-with-kai-and-molly

Are ‘Near-Death Experiences’ Real? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/near-death-experience.html

Facebook say influencer memes are not political ads https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51511226

Three simple tips for making better decisions https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/three-simple-tips-for-making-better-decisions/p0837fww?playlist=bbc-bitesize

The lethal legacy of early 20th-century radiation quackery https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-lethal-legacy-of-early-20th-century-radiation-quackery/2020/02/14/ed1fd724-37c9-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html

The fake ‘kitchen hacks’ with billions of views https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-51504484/the-fake-kitchen-hacks-with-billions-of-views

“ENTRE RIOS” – a urbanização de São Paulo https://youtu.be/Fwh-cZfWNIc

Chuva Extrema Vai Exigir Que Sp Repense Entorno De Rios https://www.estadao.com.br/infograficos/cidades,chuva-extrema-vai-exigir-que-sp-repense-entorno-de-rios,1075987

Was Jeanne Calment The Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—Or A Fraud? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/was-jeanne-calment-the-oldest-person-who-ever-lived-or-a-fraud

Occam’s Razor https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/68210b00-0423-012e-f9a0-00163e1b201c/f525d807-a669-493b-9906-88403956c03b

Richard Feynman Creates a Simple Method for Telling Science From Pseudoscience (1966) http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/richard-feynman-creates-a-simple-method-for-telling-science-from-pseudoscience-1966.html

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

O futuro do trabalho – Lado B https://www.hsm.com.br/o-futuro-do-trabalho-lado-b/

Rats will devour your car https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/02/13/rats-will-devour-your-car/

Reconhecimento facial no Metrô pode ter ‘consequências desastrosas’, alertam advogados https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/reconhecimento-facial-no-metro-pode-ter-consequencias-desastrosas-alertam-advogados/

A snowman-shaped space rock is teaching us how planets form https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615208/a-snowman-shaped-space-rock-is-teaching-us-how-planets-form/

A Crisis Right Now: San Francisco and Manila Face Rising Seas https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/13/climate/manila-san-francisco-sea-level-rise.html

What happened to winter? Jet stream science explains unseasonable warmth in U.S. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/what-happened-winter-jet-stream-science-explains-unseasonable-warmth-u-n1136136

We should stop sending humans into space to do a robot’s job https://qz.com/1666726/we-should-stop-sending-humans-into-space/

The full extent of World War II damage to Big Ben has only just been discovered https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/13/uk/big-ben-restoration-wwii-damage-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

‘Ghost’ DNA In West Africans Complicates Story Of Human Origins https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805237120/ghost-dna-in-west-africans-complicates-story-of-human-origins

The Bayesian Trap https://youtu.be/R13BD8qKeTg

Why Space Over South America is Deadly for Satellites https://youtu.be/w-nfF7bK34Y

Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51500692

Low-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet http://news.mit.edu/2020/smart-diaper-rfid-notify-caregiver-0214

Antarctic ice melt could push sea levels to rise 1.5 metres by 2100
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233619-antarctic-ice-melt-could-push-sea-levels-to-rise-1-5-metres-by-2100/#ixzz6DvQdB5N7

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

EU backs away from proposed five-year facial recognition ban https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/11/european-commission-facial-recognition-guidelines/

Climate change models predicted ocean currents would speed up — but not this soon https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/climate-change-models-predicted-ocean-currents-would-speed-not-soon-n1135176

Mathematicians Prove Universal Law of Turbulence https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-batchelors-law-of-turbulence-20200204/

The Only Water on Earth Without Life https://youtu.be/_eFPaeeh-Ys

There Are Rivers in the Sky Drenching the U.S. Because of Climate Change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-11/there-are-rivers-in-the-sky-drenching-the-u-s-because-of-climate-change

‘The intelligence coup of the century’
For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/

Deforested parts of Amazon ’emitting more CO2 than they absorb’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51464694

The Last Time Democracy Almost Died https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/03/the-last-time-democracy-almost-died

Construção de hidrelétrica pela Etiópia ameaça controle do Egito sobre o Nilo https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,construcao-de-hidreletrica-pela-etiopia-ameaca-controle-do-egito-sobre-o-nilo,70003193455

A Fast Radio Burst 500 Million Light Years Away Is Repeating Every 16 Days. Here’s What We Know https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2020/02/11/a-fast-radio-burst-pulses-with-a-regular-beat-hinting-at-its-cause/#14b7c251506b

The latest USB-C chargers are apparently more powerful than Apollo 11’s computer https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/2/11/21133119/usb-c-anker-charger-apollo-11-moon-landing-guidance-computer-more-powerful

Government’s Paper Coffee Cups Too Dirty To Be Recycled https://nltimes.nl/2020/02/10/governments-paper-coffee-cups-dirty-recycled

Why sequencing the human genome failed to produce big breakthroughs in disease https://theconversation.com/why-sequencing-the-human-genome-failed-to-produce-big-breakthroughs-in-disease-130568