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The 2010s Killed the Cult of the Tech Founder. Great! https://www.wired.com/story/the-2010s-killed-the-cult-of-the-tech-founder/

A casca de civilidade está rachando https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-casca-de-civilidade-esta-rachando,70003138066

A revolução de bolso https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-revolucao-de-bolso,70003138378

‘Fake news é promovida porque atrai publicidade’ https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,fake-news-e-promovida-porque-atrai-publicidade,70003139080

China jails ‘gene-edited babies’ scientist for three years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50944461

Scientists Put a Human Intelligence Gene Into a Monkey. Other Scientists are Concerned. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/scientists-put-a-human-intelligence-gene-into-a-monkey-other-scientists-are

Chinese metal mines feed the global demand for gadgets. They’re also poisoning China’s poorest regions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-metal-mines-feed-the-global-demand-for-gadgets-theyre-also-poisoning-chinas-poorest-regions/2019/12/29/c90eac2c-0bcb-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html?arc404=true

Soil could solve climate change—if we save it https://qz.com/1776825/how-soil-could-hold-a-key-to-solving-climate-change/

The Decade of Disillusionment https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2010s-decade-disillusionment.html

How modern life is transforming the human skeleton https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190610-how-modern-life-is-transforming-the-human-skeleton

The air that makes you fat https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151207-the-air-that-makes-you-fat

How air pollution is doing more than killing us https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190415-how-air-pollution-is-doing-more-than-killing-us

A revolução de bolso https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-revolucao-de-bolso,70003138378

The 84 Biggest Flops, Fails, And Dead Dreams Of The Decade In Tech https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/21029499/decade-fails-flops-tech-science-culture-apple-google-data-kickstarter-2010-2019

On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic’; in the ocean, it’s even worse https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/on-land-australias-rising-heat-is-apocalyptic-in-the-ocean-its-even-worse

The Two Myths of the Internet https://www.wired.com/story/the-two-myths-of-the-internet/

3 tech leaders most likely to become supervillains https://mashable.com/article/tech-supervillains/

Compra deixou de ser principal motivo para ida a shopping center https://economia.estadao.com.br/blogs/coluna-do-broad/compra-deixou-de-ser-principal-motivo-para-ida-a-shopping-center/

Facts are misremembered to fit personal biases, study finds https://phys.org/news/2019-12-facts-misremembered-personal-biases.html

These are the 5 most dystopian technologies of 2020 and beyond https://www.fastcompany.com/90413359/the-5-technologies-that-threaten-our-future-the-most

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Napping Is Awesome… but Is It for Everyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTOxCvsDhI

The white lie we’ve been told about Roman statues https://youtu.be/4jmMWohs1XM

Compra deixou de ser principal motivo para ida a shopping center https://economia.estadao.com.br/blogs/coluna-do-broad/compra-deixou-de-ser-principal-motivo-para-ida-a-shopping-center/

LG indoor gardening appliance lets you grow your own veggies at home https://www.slashgear.com/lg-indoor-gardening-appliance-lets-you-grow-your-own-veggies-at-home-25604414/

Facts are misremembered to fit personal biases, study finds https://phys.org/news/2019-12-facts-misremembered-personal-biases.html

A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/12/betelgeuse-is-acting-strange-astronomers-are-buzzing-about-supernova/

Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans https://news.mit.edu/2019/first-laser-ultrasound-images-humans-1219

I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about living without them. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614934/teenagers-without-cell-phones/

The Watch Is Smart, but It Can’t Replace Your Doctor https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/upshot/apple-watch-atrial-fibrillation.html

Is Betelgeuse About To Explode? https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/12/25/is-betelgeuse-about-to-explode/#2a2b67d547bf

The Met Digitally Restores the Colors of an Ancient Egyptian Temple, Using Projection Mapping Technology http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/the-met-digitally-restore-the-colors-of-an-ancient-egyptian-temple.html

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The wrenching reason Charles Dickens wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/21/wrenching-reason-charles-dickens-wrote-christmas-carol/

Russia ‘successfully tests’ its unplugged internet https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50902496

Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials http://news.mit.edu/2019/model-beats-wall-street-forecasts-business-sales-1219

Hundreds of Classical Sculptures from the Uffizi Gallery Now Digitized & Put Online: Explore a Collection of 3D Interactive Scans http://www.openculture.com/2018/08/hundreds-classical-sculptures-uffizi-gallery-now-digitized-put-online-explore-collection-3d-interactive-scans.html

Download Stunning 3D Scans of the Bust of Nefertiti, Now Released by Berlin’s Neues Museum http://www.openculture.com/2019/11/download-stunning-3d-scans-of-the-bust-of-nefertiti.html

BUST OF NEFERTITI, FOIA Results https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3974391

After cancer-prevention surgeries, women learn BRCA gene test may have been wrong https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brca-mutation-after-cancer-preventative-surgeries-women-learn-genetic-test-may-have-been-wrong/

Not all genes are necessary for survival – these species dropped extra genetic baggage https://theconversation.com/not-all-genes-are-necessary-for-survival-these-species-dropped-extra-genetic-baggage-121673

Japan’s Births Decline To Lowest Number On Record https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791132555/japans-births-decline-to-lowest-number-on-record

Scientists Have Officially Found a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-discovered-a-mineral-never-before-seen-in-nature

Paris Agreement: Will India lose millions of carbon credits? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50774901

Dublin: Cost of living forces people to abandon city https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50420548

Crisis Looms in Antibiotics as Drug Makers Go Bankrupt https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/25/health/antibiotics-new-resistance.html

300-Million-Year-Old Atmospheric Dust Analyzed by Geoscientists – Here’s What They Found https://scitechdaily.com/300-million-year-old-atmospheric-dust-analyzed-by-geoscientists-heres-what-they-found/

How I Got My Attention Back https://www.wired.com/2017/01/how-i-got-my-attention-back/

Leandro Karnal – Jesus seria de Capricórnio? https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,jesus-seria-de-capricornio,70003135891

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How Blind People See With Sound… feat. Molly Burke! https://youtu.be/08smCjKWNL0

Archaeologists unearth gold-lined Mycenaean royal tombs in Greece https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/two-bronze-age-royal-tombs-lined-with-gold-discovered-in-greece/

Invasions of the Sea Peoples: Egypt & The Late Bronze Age Collapse https://youtu.be/8A8W3yA_HWs

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD) https://youtu.be/bRcu-ysocX4

Why DNA testing kits shouldn’t be on your holiday shopping list https://qz.com/1773564/why-dna-testing-kits-shouldnt-be-on-your-holiday-shopping-list/

What Does It Mean When Everyone Can Get Their DNA Sequenced? https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/what-does-it-mean-when-everyone-can-get-their-dna-sequenced

Uninstall This Alleged Emirati Spy App From Your Phone Now https://www.wired.com/story/totok-alleged-emirati-spy-app/

New Turmoil Over Predicting the Effects of Genes https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-turmoil-over-predicting-the-effects-of-genes-20190423/

So You Think You Know Gravity? Let Us Drop Some Knowledge https://www.wired.com/story/so-you-think-you-know-gravity-let-us-drop-some-knowledge/

Is the Universe a conscious mind?
Cosmopsychism might seem crazy, but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the Universe became fine-tuned for life https://aeon.co/essays/cosmopsychism-explains-why-the-universe-is-fine-tuned-for-life

The immune system listens in on bacteria signaling to each other https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/the-immune-system-listens-in-on-bacteria-signaling-to-each-other/

Trump rails against windmills: ‘I never understood wind’ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/475701-trump-rails-against-windmills-i-never-understood-wind

Study Shows How Pollution, Climate Change Could Make Us Dumber https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/12/22/study-shows-how-pollution-climate-change-could-make-us-dumber/#6a997d803a96