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Scientists’ brains shrank a bit after an extended stay in Antarctica https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-brains-shrank-after-extended-stay-antarctica

Does Natural Law Need Elegant Mathematics? https://www.quantamagazine.org/puzzle-does-nature-need-elegant-math-20191205/

An important quantum algorithm may actually be a property of nature https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614259/an-important-quantum-algorithm-may-actually-be-a-property-of-nature/

Monthly birth control pill could replace daily doses http://news.mit.edu/2019/monthly-birth-control-pill-1204

Why the rise of the app has put thousands of people in the hospital https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614861/why-the-rise-of-the-iphone-app-has-put-thousands-of-people-in-hospital/#Echobox=1575564195

A blockchain expert is accused of helping North Korea’s leaders. But what would they want from him? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614862/virgil-griffith-north-korea-ethereum/

O romantismo do Vale acabou https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-romantismo-do-vale-acabou,70003115171

Will the world’s ‘first male birth control shot’ work? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50640939

Ryrkaypiy: Far-north Russian village overrun by polar bears https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50677161

Gene therapy is facing its biggest challenge yet https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03698-8

Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/even-50-year-old-climate-models-correctly-predicted-global-warming

The Meaninglessness of the .Org Domain https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/dot-org-domain.html

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Early humans domesticated themselves, new genetic evidence suggests https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/early-humans-domesticated-themselves-new-genetic-evidence-suggests

Tame foxes taught us about animal domestication. But did we get the story wrong? https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/03/tame-foxes-taught-us-about-animal-domestication-did-we-get-story-wrong/

A silicon chip that mimics the brain’s neurons could help fight paralysis https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614819/a-silicon-chip-that-mimics-the-brains-neurons-could-help-fight-paralysis/

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Unlocking the Sun’s Mysteries https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/nasa-parker-solar-probe-pictures.html

The closest ever approach to the sun has shown us the origin of solar wind https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614820/the-closest-ever-approach-to-the-sun-has-shown-us-the-origin-of-solar-wind/

Why Climate Alarmism Hurts Us All https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/12/04/why-climate-alarmism-hurts-us-all/#34db60a136d8

The Arctic Is Warming Much Faster Than the Rest of Earth https://www.wired.com/story/the-arctic-is-warming-much-faster-than-the-rest-of-earth/

Bye-bye, birdie: Study finds North American birds getting smaller https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-birds-idUSKBN1Y82NJ

Food for thought about manipulating gut bacteria https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03704-z

What’s the Fastest Speed a Person Could Run? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXlm8fypNM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=SciShow

What’s ‘Fair’ When It Comes to Carbon Emissions? The average American and Australian generates nearly 3½ times the global average of carbon dioxide pollution. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/global-climate-change.html

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China’s Schoolchildren Are Now the Smartest in the World https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-03/china-shines-in-education-as-richest-economies-fail-to-improve

Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion in taxes over the last decade https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/silicon-valley-giants-accused-of-avoiding-100-billion-in-taxes.html

Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands http://news.mit.edu/2019/coated-seeds-agriculture-marginal-lands-1125

Cryptocurrency and national insecurity https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/11/crisis-simulation-maps-national-security-risks-of-digital-currency/

Opinion: We need to know what happened to CRISPR twins Lulu and Nana https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614762/crispr-baby-twins-lulu-and-nana-what-happened/

Reusable plastic shopping bags are actually making the problem worse, not better https://qz.com/1759150/reusable-plastic-shopping-bags-are-making-the-problem-worse/

Quantum field theory: “An unholy crossbreed between quantum physics in a bad mood and every button you never push on a calculator” https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/quantum-field-theory-an-unholy-crossbreed-between-quantum-physics-in-a-bad-mood-and-every-button-you-never-push-on-a-calculator/

Pisa: Brasil tem leve melhora em prova mundial, mas 4 em 10 alunos não aprendem o básico https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasil-melhora-em-prova-mundial-de-educacao-mas-4-em-10-alunos-nao-aprendem-nem-o-basico,70003111386

Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves http://news.mit.edu/2019/computing-magnetic-waves-efficient-1128

Ring gave police a detailed map of area doorbell installations https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/03/amazon-ring-video-doorbell-police-map/

BRF procura cientistas para evitar desperdício de comida https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/inovacao,brf-procura-cientistas-para-evitar-desperdicio-de-comida,70003112534

Os números do Pisa https://opiniao.estadao.com.br/noticias/notas-e-informacoes,os-numeros-do-pisa,70003112522

Escolas privadas de elite do Brasil superam Finlândia no Pisa; rede pública vai pior do que Peru https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,escolas-privadas-de-elite-do-brasil-superam-finlandia-no-pisa-rede-publica-vai-pior-do-que-peru,70003112767

Amid Breakdown In Nuclear Talks, North Korea Threatens U.S. With ‘Christmas Gift’ https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784380119/amid-breakdown-in-nuclear-talks-north-korea-threatens-u-s-with-christmas-gift

Archaeological Skeletons From London Prove Some Romans Were Lead Poisoned https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/11/29/archaeological-skeletons-from-london-prove-some-romans-were-lead-poisoned/#1e4e8dc048cc

The Pure Chaos of Magnetic Fields May Explain The Intense Shine of Black Holes https://www.sciencealert.com/pure-chaos-of-magnetic-fields-could-be-responsible-for-the-black-hole-s-intense-shine

We need to halve emissions by 2030. They rose again in 2019. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614801/we-need-to-halve-emissions-by-2030-they-rose-iagain-i-in-2019/#Echobox=1575409820

Russia plans to replace “unreliable” Wikipedia with its own version https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614804/russia-plans-to-replace-unreliable-wikipedia-with-its-own-version/

Fuga de talentos https://educacao.estadao.com.br/blogs/ana-maria-diniz/fuga-de-talentos/