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A Dimming Plan For Lighting Efficiency https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/a-dimming-plan-for-lighting-efficiency/

Would we miss the Media Lab if it were gone? https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/08/would-we-miss-the-media-lab-if-it-were-gone/

The Moral Rot of the MIT Media Lab https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/mit-media-lab-jeffrey-epstein-joi-ito-moral-rot.html

Mudar Cultura ou Mexer no Bônus? https://www.hsm.com.br/mudar-cultura/

The bizarre fabrics that fashion is betting on https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49550263

Viewpoint: Was CIA ‘too white’ to spot 9/11 clues? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49582852

Nearly every state is now investigating Google over antitrust https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/09/tech/google-antitrust-state-attorneys-general/index.html

Japanese Clerk Allegedly Stole Over 1,300 Credit Cards By Instantly Memorizing All the Numbers https://gizmodo.com/japanese-clerk-allegedly-stole-over-1-300-credit-cards-1837978649

Ancient crystal growths in caves reveal seas rose 16 meters in a warmer world https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-crystal-growth-caves-reveal-seas-rose-16-meters-warmer-world

Is LIGO About To Destroy The Theory Of A ‘Mass Gap’ Between Neutron Stars And Black Holes? https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/09/10/is-ligo-about-to-destroy-the-theory-of-a-mass-gap-between-neutron-stars-and-black-holes/#5d9bd77342ab

50 US attorneys general have launched an antitrust investigation of Google https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614287/50-us-states-have-launched-an-antitrust-investigation-of-google/

Doctors have put human livers in suspended animation https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614283/doctors-have-put-human-livers-in-suspended-animation/

Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue https://brilliantmaps.com/countries-whose-flags-contain-red-andor-blue/

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ACT NOW: 192823 Climate Actions Taken Around The World https://www.un.org/en/actnow/

Google is banning ads for quack cures after years of profiting from them https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614279/google-is-banning-ads-for-quack-cures-after-years-of-profiting-from-them/

After Epstein, it’s time for the Valley to find a moral view on capital https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/07/after-epstein-its-time-for-the-valley-to-find-a-moral-view-on-capital/

Warning Issued After Malware Is Found To Have Hijacked Bitcoin Blockchain https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/09/07/serious-malware-warning-over-bitcoin-blockchain/#2573c73f7c28

5 Business Books That Don’t Actually Suck https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelschein/2019/09/07/5-business-books-that-dont-actually-suck/#7ba3557aea4c

Wikipedia Goes Dark Across Europe, Middle East After DDOS Attack https://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-goes-dark-across-europe-middle-east-after-dd-1837956432

The Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat aren’t healthier. Fast food’s meatless marvels are just P.R. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/impossible-burger-or-beyond-meat-aren-t-healthy-fast-food-ncna1050911

7 Scientific Urban Legends Debunked! https://youtu.be/jijuG9tyoR0

Why Lizards Don’t Run Marathons https://youtu.be/7m0qzY5v54Q

Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/business/mit-media-lab-jeffrey-epstein-joichi-ito.html

MIT Built a Theranos For Plants https://gizmodo.com/mit-built-a-theranos-for-plants-1837968240

How to Build Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opinion/ai-explainability.html

Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/quantum-physics.html

NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/noaa-staff-warned-in-sept-1-directive-against-contradicting-trump/2019/09/07/12a52d1a-d18f-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html

Artigo: Boris Johnson e o fim dos Conservadores, o partido mais bem-sucedido do mundo https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,artigo-boris-johnson-e-o-fim-dos-conservadores-o-partido-mais-bem-sucedido-do-mundo,70003002332

How to use an astrolabe I Curator’s Corner season 3 episode 1 https://youtu.be/N8oWGwcdFmA

pra completar, a origem do Pecunia Non Olet https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecunia_non_olet

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Alexa will be your best friend when you’re older https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614044/alexa-will-be-your-best-friend-when-youre-older/

Painstaking Pulsar Measurements That Took 14 Years Just Confirmed General Relativity https://www.sciencealert.com/long-term-measurements-of-a-pulsar-have-once-again-confirmed-general-relativity

Kīlauea’s Volcanic Eruption Set Off An Algae Bloom So Big It Was Picked Up By Satellites https://www.iflscience.com/environment/klaueas-volcanic-eruption-set-off-an-algae-bloom-so-big-it-was-picked-up-by-satellites/

Kīlauea lava fuels phytoplankton bloom off Hawai’i Island https://phys.org/news/2019-09-k299lauea-lava-fuels-phytoplankton-bloom.html

Facebook has leaked 419 million phone numbers https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614268/facebook-has-leaked-419-million-phone-numbers/

Crops under solar panels can be a win-win https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/crops-under-solar-panels-can-be-a-win-win/

Splitting water for fuel while removing CO₂ from the air https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/splitting-water-for-fuel-while-removing-co%e2%82%82-from-the-air/

Leia, Vale a Pena – https://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com/

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(manchete sensacionalista) Cientistas revertem envelhecimento de células cerebrais https://www.diariodasaude.com.br/news.php?article=cientistas-revertem-envelhecimento-celulas-cerebrais&id=13625

(como a manchete deveria ser) Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-scientists-reverse-aging-process-in-rat-brain-stem-cells

Brave browser catches Google tracking users with hidden web pages https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/09/04/brave-google-chrome-browser-track-users-hidden-web-pages-gdpr/

Mass Extinction Event 2 Billion Years Ago Killed 99% of Life on Earth, Study Finds https://www.ecowatch.com/mass-extinction-billions-years-ago-2640190509.html

Google Has My Dead Grandpa’s Data And He Never Used The Internet https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2019/09/03/google-has-my-dead-grandpas-data-and-he-never-used-the-internet/#60cae1962b0c

An AI app that turns you into a movie star has risked the privacy of millions https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614258/ai-app-in-china-makes-you-movie-star-risks-privacy/

Why humans have evolved to drink milk http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-when-did-humans-start-drinking-cows-milk

The Human Cost of Amazon’s Fast, Free Shipping https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/us/amazon-delivery-drivers-accidents.html

An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/

What We Know And Don’t Know About The Mysterious Vaping Illness https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/vaping-illness-death/

Vaping May Hamper the Lungs’ Ability to Fend off Infections https://www.wired.com/story/vaping-may-hamper-the-lungs-ability-to-fend-off-infections/

President Trump showed a doctored hurricane chart. Was it to cover up for ‘Alabama’ Twitter flub? https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/04/president-trump-shows-doctored-hurricane-chart-was-it-cover-up-alabama-twitter-flub/

Donos de carros da Tesla ficam trancados para fora dos veículos https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,donos-de-carros-da-tesla-ficam-trancados-para-fora-dos-veiculos,70002996798

Feds Say Tesla Autopilot Is Partly to Blame for a 2018 Crash https://www.wired.com/story/feds-tesla-autopilot-partly-blame-2018-crash/

Tesla Autopilot crash driver may have been eating a bagel at the time, was lucky not to get schmeared on road https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/04/tesla_autopilot_bagel/

Almost all life on Earth was wiped out 2 billion years ago, a new study says https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/04/us/life-on-earth-wiped-out-2-billion-years-scn-trnd/index.html

Pulling CO2 out of the air and using it could be a trillion-dollar business https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/9/4/20829431/climate-change-carbon-capture-utilization-sequestration-ccu-ccs