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• Bitcoin poderá consumir 0,5% da energia elétrica do mundo até o fim do ano, diz estudo http://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,bitcoin-podera-consumir-0-5-da-energia-eletrica-do-mundo-ate-o-fim-do-ano-diz-estudo,70002309335
• Alarming Study Suggests Bitcoin Consumes an Astonishing Amount of Energy and It’s Only Getting Worse https://gizmodo.com/alarming-study-suggests-bitcoin-consumes-an-astonishing-1826075745
• The SEC has created a fake cryptocurrency website to teach people about ICO scams https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611156/the-sec-has-created-a-fake-cryptocurrency-website-to-teach-people-about-ico/
• Uber drivers make about as much money as minimum wage workers https://qz.com/1278707/the-uber-economy-is-actually-just-the-low-wage-economy/
• Fingerprint Analysis Could Finally Get Scientific, Thanks to a New Tool https://gizmodo.com/fingerprint-analysis-could-finally-get-scientific-than-1825607912
• “Living drug factories” may one day replace injections http://news.mit.edu/2018/sigilon-therapeutics-living-drug-factories-insulin-diabetes-0517
• Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/05/16/someone-somewhere-is-making-a-banned-chemical-that-destroys-the-ozone-layer-scientists-suspect/

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• White House Cuts Critical Cybersecurity Role As Threats Loom https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-cybersecurity-coordinator
• Facebook disabled 583 million fake accounts and millions of spam, sex and hate speech posts https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/15/facebook-disabled-583-million-fake-accounts-and-millions-of-spam-sex-and-hate-speech-posts/
• Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written Into Arctic Ice https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/scientists-reclaim-the-long-lost-economic-history-of-rome/560339/
• The Race To Save Arctic Cities As Permafrost Melts https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-save-arctic-cities-as-permafrost-melts/
• ‘Impossible to Ignore’: Why Alaska Is Crafting a Plan to Fight Climate Change https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/climate/alaska-climate-change.html

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• Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk’s brother, on mission to revolutionize how Americans eat https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kimbal-musk-elon-musks-brother-on-mission-to-revolutionize-how-americans-eat/
• Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract https://gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300
• I Tried a DNA-Optimized Skincare Routine—and I Was Allergic to It https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-a-dna-optimized-skin-care-routine-and-i-was-all-1825684947
• A $50,000-a-Night Underwater Hotel Room in the Maldives Shows How Oblivious We Are to Climate Change https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/a-usd50-000-a-night-underwater-hotel-in-the-maldives-shows-how-blind-we-are-to-climate-change.html
• Mr. Miles – Uma concessão aos mais velhos http://viagem.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,uma-concessao-aos-mais-velhos,70002308388
• Demi Getschko – Em busca de sanidade http://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,em-busca-de-sanidade,70002308499

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• Como o desequilíbrio no cérebro adolescente ajuda a explicar suicídios entre jovens https://g1.globo.com/ciencia-e-saude/noticia/como-o-desequilibrio-no-cerebro-adolescente-ajuda-a-explicar-suicidios-entre-jovens.ghtml
• I lost a bet, and now I am going to let millions of strangers check whether we’re related https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611106/i-lost-a-bet-and-now-i-am-going-to-let-millions-of-strangers-check-whether-were-related/
• Ken Kamrin’s model of granular material flow could impact how we interact with sand, soil, pills, industrial materials, and more. http://news.mit.edu/2018/ken-kamrin-model-granular-material-flow-0514
• A Son’s Race To Give His Dying Father Artificial Immortality https://www.wired.com/story/a-sons-race-to-give-his-dying-father-artificial-immortality/
• Icebergs and empty pools: Five things Cape Town’s Day Zero taught us http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43989106