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Cosmology Is In Crisis Over How To Measure The Universe https://www.wired.com/story/cosmology-is-in-crisis-over-how-to-measure-the-universe/

Blockchain Is Especially at Risk for Quantum Attacks, Scientists Warn https://gizmodo.com/blockchain-is-especially-at-risk-for-quantum-attacks-s-1830567357

Quantum computers put blockchain security at risk https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07449-z

How the brain switches between different sets of rules http://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-flexibility-thalamus-1119

Mileva Einstein: A desconhecida história da física brilhante que não ganhou crédito por seu trabalho https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-46282674

A Metropolis of 200 Million Termite Mounds Was Hidden in Plain Sight https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/science/termite-mounds-brazil.html

Brasil já tem uma Itaipu em energia eólica https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2018/11/brasil-ja-tem-uma-itaipu-em-energia-eolica.shtml

One simple reason we aren’t acting faster on climate change? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181115-why-climate-change-photography-needs-a-new-look

The tech that could make water use sustainable https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-46283138/the-tech-that-could-make-water-use-sustainable

Sugar tax on soft drinks raises £154m https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46279224

Parents ‘not wholly to blame for child weight gain’ https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46262619

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A Vaccine for Depression? http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/a-vaccine-for-depression

Heat Your Home Or Business With A Mining Rig https://bitcoinist.com/heat-your-home-or-business-with-a-mining-rig/

Here’s what a manufacturing skills gap of more than 2 million people will look like https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612425/heres-what-a-manufacturing-skills-gap-of-more-than-2-million-people-will-look-like/

Tim Cook explains why Apple accepts billions from Google despite privacy concerns https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/18/tim-cook-axios-interview-why-apple-accepts-billions-from-google.html

The American Dream Is Alive. In China. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-social-mobility.html

Next stop, Mars
Inside the fierce debate over the fate of NASA’s new rover — and a chance to make history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/health-science/life-on-mars/

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Driverless cars will lead to more sex on the road, study says https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/driverless-cars-will-lead-more-sex-road-study-says-n936801

Google accused of ‘trust demolition’ over health app https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206677

Google gobbling DeepMind’s health app might be the trust shock we need https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/14/google-gobbling-deepminds-health-app-might-be-the-trust-shock-we-need/

Privacy advocates sound the alarm after Google grabs DeepMind UK health app https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/14/18094874/google-deepmind-health-app-privacy-concerns-uk-nhs-medical-data

When the Tech Mythology Collapses https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/facebook-google-amazon-and-collapse-tech-mythology/575989/

Damage Control at Facebook: 6 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-crisis-mark-zuckerberg-sheryl-sandberg.html

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

Mark Zuckerberg reportedly ordered all Facebook executives to use Android phones https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/14/18095729/mark-zuckerberg-order-facebook-executive-android-phones

6 Questions From The New York Times’ Facebook Bombshell https://www.wired.com/story/6-questions-new-york-times-facebook-bombshell/

Quitting Instagram: She’s one of the millions disillusioned with social media. But she also helped create it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/14/quitting-instagram-shes-one-millions-disillusioned-with-social-media-she-also-helped-create-it/?utm_term=.8a584c462c54

Online security and privacy: What an email address reveals https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-46185211/online-security-and-privacy-what-an-email-address-reveals

United Nations considers a test ban on evolution-warping gene drives https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612415/united-nations-considers-a-test-ban-on-evolution-warping-gene-drives/

China’s Nuclear Fusion Machine Just Smashed Temperature Records by Getting 6 Times Hotter Than The Sun https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-artificial-sun-has-officially-become-hot-enough-for-nuclear-fusion

Scientists Just Found Errors in a Huge Climate Study That Made Headlines Two Weeks Ago https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-key-errors-in-the-study-of-how-fast-the-oceans-are-warming

Climate contrarian uncovers scientific error, upends major ocean warming study https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/sd-me-climate-study-error-20181113-story.html

The mystery viruses far worse than flu http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181101-the-mystery-viruses-far-worse-than-flu

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46217896

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Operation Infektion: A three-part video series on Russian disinformation https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/russia-meddling-disinformation-fake-news-elections.html

An Incredibly Fast ‘Dark Matter Hurricane’ Is Blowing Past Earth Right Now https://www.sciencealert.com/apparently-there-s-a-dark-matter-hurricane-blowing-past-earth-right-now

The British Military Is Launching a Major Test of Unmanned Vehicles and Surveillance Drones https://gizmodo.com/the-british-military-is-launching-a-major-test-of-unman-1830425460

The face-mapping technology raising fears about fake news https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-46200018/the-face-mapping-technology-raising-fears-about-fake-news

How machine learning systems sometimes surprise us https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/13/how-machine-learning-systems-sometimes-surprise-us/

Novo acelerador de elétrons coloca Brasil na fronteira da ciência mundial https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,novo-acelerador-de-eletrons-coloca-brasil-na-fronteira-da-ciencia-mundial,70002602598

Without Radical Innovation, Air Conditioning Is Set to Make Global Warming Much Worse https://earther.gizmodo.com/without-radical-innovation-air-conditioning-is-set-to-1830410050

Climate Change May Practically Sterilize Male Insects https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59vbqk/climate-change-may-practically-sterilize-male-insects

Say Au Revoir To That Hunk Of Metal In France That Has Defined The Kilogram https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/666310991/say-au-revoir-to-that-hunk-of-metal-in-france-that-has-defined-the-kilogram