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• I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention for my research—here’s what I learned https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/i-watched-an-entire-flat-earth-convention-for-my-research-heres-what-i-learned/
• Facial Recognition Used by Wales Police Has 90 Percent False Positive Rate https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-used-by-wales-police-has-90-percent-1825809635
• Your Willingness to Take Risks Has a Genetic Basis, And It Could Be Influencing You More Than You Know https://www.sciencealert.com/your-willingness-to-take-risks-has-a-genetic-basis-and-it-could-be-influencing-you-more-than-you-know
• After The Golden State Killer, The Ethics Of Genetic Testing https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/after-the-golden-state-killer-the-ethics-of-genetic-testing/

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1. A Swarm of Drones Ruined an FBI Hostage Raid https://gizmodo.com/a-swarm-of-drones-ruined-an-fbi-hostage-raid-1825763196
2. Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity http://news.mit.edu/2018/fasting-boosts-stem-cells-regenerative-capacity-0503
   The innovation turning desert sand into farmland http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43962688
3. Stephen Hawking’s final paper makes a hopeful case for the limits of existence https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/3/17314878/stephen-hawking-final-paper-journal-high-energy-physics-hologram-multiverse-big-bang-thomas-hertog
4. “Project Recode” to make virus-proof cells https://mailchi.mp/technologyreview/researchers-to-create-virus-resistant-cells?e=d733409115
5. Artificial Intelligence Is Cracking Open the Vatican’s Secret Archives https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/vatican-secret-archives-artificial-intelligence/559205/

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1. Investigators searched a million people’s DNA to find Golden State serial killer https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611038/investigators-searched-a-million-peoples-dna-to-find-golden-state-serial-killer/
2. WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/whatsapp-founder-plans-to-leave-after-broad-clashes-with-parent-facebook/2018/04/30/49448dd2-4ca9-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html
3. Stop Using WhatsApp If You Care About Your Privacy https://lifehacker.com/stop-using-whatsapp-if-you-care-about-your-privacy-1825719172
4. Facebook is using billions of Instagram images to train artificial intelligence algorithms https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17311808/facebook-instagram-ai-training-hashtag-images
5. How a gaming chip could someday save your life https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611017/how-a-gaming-chip-could-someday-save-your-life/
6. What I learned by living without artificial light http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180424-what-i-learnt-by-living-without-artificial-light

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1. One Pixel Attack Defeats Neural Networks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4YEAWVpbk
2. Cgi ‘Influencers’ Like Lil Miquela Are About To Flood Your Feeds https://www.wired.com/story/lil-miquela-digital-humans/
3. What Happens When People and Companies Are Both Just ‘Brands’? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/magazine/what-happens-when-people-and-companies-are-both-just-brands.html
4. Doctors are taught early about patient histories. Is it time for different questions? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/doctors-are-taught-early-about-patient-histories-is-it-time-for-different-questions/2018/04/27/145deeb8-4251-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html
5. The people fighting pollution with plastic-free periods http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43879789
6. Lost in Math: Beauty != truth https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/lost-in-math-beauty-truth/