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  The lightning network could make bitcoin faster—and cheaper https://www.wired.com/story/the-lightning-network-could-make-bitcoin-faster-and-cheaper
• Nasa just proved it can navigate space using pulsars. Where to now? https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-just-proved-it-can-navigate-space-using-pulsars-where-to-now/
• podcast sobre o superbug C. Diff: Tabby’s Star, Space 2018, Mosquito sounds, C diff and food additive link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09k0nkf

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  Crime-predicting algorithms may not fare much better than untrained humans https://www.wired.com/story/crime-predicting-algorithms-may-not-outperform-untrained-humans/
• U.S. Doctors Plan to Treat Cancer Patients Using CRISPR https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609999/us-doctors-plan-to-treat-cancer-patients-using-crispr/
• The First Gene Editing Procedure Has Begun in Humans http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/the-first-gene-editing-procedure-has-begun-in-humans
• Gene Therapy Could Make Cancer Care More Unequal, and This Map Shows Why https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609890/gene-therapy-could-make-cancer-care-more-unequal-and-this-map-shows-why/
• Apple, Google Reroute Employee Buses After Series of Alleged Attacks Near San Francisco https://gizmodo.com/apple-google-reroute-employee-buses-after-series-of-at-1822182686

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It’s the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-tech-turmoil-new-censorship/

In Some Countries, Facebook’s Fiddling Has Magnified Fake News https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/technology/facebook-news-feed-changes.html?_r=0

FACEBOOK TWEAKS NEWSFEED TO FAVOR CONTENT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-tweaks-newsfeed-to-favor-content-from-friends-family/

SAN FRANCISCO ADMIN CHARGED WITH HIJACKING CITY’S NETWORK https://www.wired.com/2008/07/sf-city-charged/

Gut bacteria linked to cataclysmic epidemic that wiped out 16th-century Mexico https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/gut-bacteria-linked-to-cataclysmic-epidemic-that-wiped-out-16th-century-mexico/

Black Death ‘spread by humans not rats’ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42690577

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O carro como uma máquina de anunciar http://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-carro-como-uma-maquina-de-anunciar,70002150884

Redução do nível de oxigênio nos oceanos ameaça vida marinha http://www.neomondo.org.br/reducao-do-nivel-de-oxigenio-nos-oceanos-ameaca-vida-marinha/

Microsoft Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Make CRISPR More Accurate https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-wants-to-use-artificial-intelligence-to-make-1821956922

Putting AI To Work For The Environment https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/putting-ai-to-work-for-the-environment/