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Gene therapy first to ‘halt’ most common cause of blindness https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47226987

CRISPR gene editing makes stem cells ‘invisible’ to immune system https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-crispr-gene-stem-cells-invisible.html

Lobster’s underbelly is as tough as industrial rubber http://news.mit.edu/2019/lobster-underbelly-tough-industrial-rubber-0219

Machine learning is contributing to a “reproducibility crisis” within science https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612982/machine-learning-is-contributing-to-a-reproducibility-crisis-within-science/

What if you could diagnose endometriosis with a tampon? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612905/what-if-you-could-diagnose-endometriosis-with-a-tampon/

Could hackers ‘brainjack’ your memories in future? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47277340

Instagram: Will quitting make me happy? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-47205467/instagram-will-quitting-make-me-happy

Sepsis: New rapid test ‘could save thousands of lives’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47279072

Your phone and shoes are home to completely unknown life forms https://www.newscientist.com/article/2194167-your-phone-and-shoes-are-home-to-completely-unknown-life-forms/

Collectors beware: World War II watches carry a hidden cancer risk https://www.alphr.com/science/1009608/world-war-2-watches-radon-cancer

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AI is reinventing the way we invent https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612898/ai-is-reinventing-the-way-we-invent/

OpenAI built a text generator so good, it’s considered too dangerous to release https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dangerous/

What Did Opportunity’s ‘last Words’ Actually Mean? https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/editorial/what-did-opportunitys-last-words-actually-mean/

The technology behind OpenAI’s fiction-writing, fake-news-spewing AI, explained https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612975/ai-natural-language-processing-explained/

China is using facial recognition to track millions of Muslim citizens wherever they go https://qz.com/1552708/china-is-using-facial-recognition-to-track-millions-of-muslim-citizens-wherever-they-go/

Branco é índio https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,branco-e-indio,70002694992

Enquanto dormimos https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,enquanto-dormimos,70002723805

Life Without Plastic Is Possible. It’s Just Very Hard. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/style/plastic-free-living.html

Chinese surveillance company found tracking 2.5 million people https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/17/chinese-surveillance-company-tracks-2-5-million-people/

Scientist who resisted censorship of climate report lost her job https://grist.org/article/scientist-who-resisted-censorship-of-climate-report-lost-her-job/

The community that rejected Amazon https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47252045

Why Rembrandt’s The Night Watch is still a mystery http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190214-does-rembrandts-the-night-watch-reveal-a-murder-plot

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Facebook x Alemanha https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,facebook-x-alemanha,70002721904

The U.S. government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/02/14/us-government-facebook-are-negotiating-record-multi-billion-dollar-fine-companys-privacy-lapses/?utm_term=.e0427ee8ed6f

Researchers Made an AI Whose Performance Increases if They Let It Sleep And Dream https://www.sciencealert.com/neural-networks-performance-increases-if-they-re-allowed-to-sleep-and-dream

The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don’t Need Renewables https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/02/14/the-real-reason-they-hate-nuclear-is-because-it-means-we-dont-need-renewables/#20db6591128f

Opinion | Is the Green New Deal a Leftist Fantasy? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/opinion/the-argument-green-new-deal-brexit.html

An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake news https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612960/an-ai-tool-auto-generates-fake-news-bogus-tweets-and-plenty-of-gibberish/

Police across the US are training crime-predicting AIs on falsified data https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612957/predictive-policing-algorithms-ai-crime-dirty-data/

Archaeologists in Pompeii Find Fresco of Narcissus in ‘Extraordinary’ Condition https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/world/europe/pompeii-narcissus-fresco.html

Pompeii: Narcissus fresco uncovered by archaeologists https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47244338

How Vinyl Records Are Made: A Primer from 1956 http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/how-vinyl-records-are-made.html

Super gonorrhoea: Why the STI could become untreatable https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-47247186/super-gonorrhoea-why-the-sti-could-become-untreatable

What are the biggest threats to humanity? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47030233

Where Glaciers Melt Away, Switzerland Sees Opportunity https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/13/climate/switzerland-glaciers-climate-change.html

Here Come the Malicious USB Cables https://www.tomshardware.com/news/malicious-usb-cables-wi-fi-controller,38603.html

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When will we have flying cars? Maybe sooner than you think. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612891/when-will-we-have-flying-cars-maybe-sooner-than-you-think/

Hybrid planes could shorten the leap to all-electric 737s https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612934/how-hybrid-planes-could-shorten-the-leap-to-all-electric-737s/

How India’s single time zone is hurting its people https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47168359

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Dies on Mars https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/13/science/opportunity-rover-mars-map.html

This is why AI has yet to reshape most businesses https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612897/this-is-why-ai-has-yet-to-reshape-most-businesses/

Philadelphia will feel like Memphis by 2080, and other insights from climate models https://qz.com/1549125/philadelphia-will-feel-like-memphis-by-2080-and-other-insights-from-climate-models/

This Scary Map Shows How Climate Change Will Transform Your City https://www.wired.com/story/this-scary-map-shows-how-climate-change-will-transform-your-city/

A cell-killing strategy to slow aging passed its first test this year https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612943/a-cell-killing-strategy-to-slow-aging-passed-its-first-test-this-year/

Parkland school turns to experimental surveillance software that can flag students as threats https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/02/13/parkland-school-turns-experimental-surveillance-software-that-can-flag-students-threats/?utm_term=.24d1df4b4970

Japan turns to tech to cut long working hours https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-47209793/japan-turns-to-tech-to-cut-long-working-hours