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A Better Explanation for the Gender Gap in Math-Related Fields https://fee.org/articles/a-better-explanation-for-the-gender-gap-in-math-related-fields/

New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hypothesis-asteroid-contributed-mass-extinction.html

Elon Musk’s plan for sending people to Mars is probably a suicide mission https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/10/02/elon-musks-plan-for-sending-people-to-mars-is-probably-a-suicide-mission/

NASA Just Revealed an Ocean on Enceladus Contains The Building Blocks of Life https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-revealed-enceladus-really-does-contain-the-building-blocks-of-life

A Doctor Who Prescribed 500,000 Doses of Opioids Is Sent to Prison for 40 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/opioids-doctor-sentenced-joel-smithers.html

Are Antioxidants Actually Good for Anything? https://youtu.be/qhEB_wbsIt4

Gut bacteria is key factor in childhood obesity https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-gut-bacteria-key-factor-childhood.html

Did a large meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago? Here’s new evidence https://phys.org/news/2019-10-large-meteorite-earth-years-evidence.html

How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-jurassic-plankton-stole-control-of-the-oceans-chemistry-20191001/

Google contractors reportedly targeted homeless people for Pixel 4 facial recognition https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20896181/google-contractor-reportedly-targeted-homeless-people-for-pixel-4-facial-recognition

WeWork is a symptom of a disease that may not have a cure https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wework-is-a-symptom-of-a-disease-that-may-not-have-a-cure-2019-10-02

Uber to launch Uber Works temp worker app Friday in Chicago https://www.cnet.com/news/uber-to-launch-uber-works-temp-worker-app-friday-in-chicago/

Beijing Launches New Rule: Residents Must Pass Facial Recognition Test to Surf Internet https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-launches-new-rule-residents-must-pass-facial-recognition-test-to-surf-internet_3099181.html

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Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49876827

Email Nonsense Inspired An Explanation Of Why Meteorologists Take A Lot of Math https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2019/10/01/email-nonsense-inspired-an-explanation-of-why-meteorologists-take-a-lot-of-math/#4d87fb382e4d

Amazon Pitches Shady Facial Recognition Laws https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2019/10/01/amazon-pitches-shady-facial-recognition-laws/#28e82d906f7d

Scientists estimate Earth’s total carbon store https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49899039

Algae might be a secret weapon to combatting climate change https://qz.com/1718988/algae-might-be-a-secret-weapon-to-combatting-climate-change/

Humans Produce 100x More CO2 Than All Earth’s Volcanoes Combined https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-produce-100x-more-co2-than-all-volcanoes-combined

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In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments

Zuckerberg: Don’t worry, we expected policymakers to resist Libra https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614455/zuckerberg-dont-worry-we-expected-policymakers-to-resist-libra/

Three threats posed by deepfakes that technology won’t solve https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614446/deepfake-technology-detection-disinformation-harassment-revenge-porn-law/

Shoot Migrants’ Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump’s Ideas for Border https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html

Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation’s hope or hype? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49725741

Using Nanoparticles to Convert CO2 Into Valuable Resources https://scitechdaily.com/using-nanoparticles-to-convert-co2-into-valuable-resources/

New aluminum batteries for renewables storage https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/09/30/new-aluminum-batteries-for-renewables-storage/

Eco-friendly aluminum batteries might power solar and wind farms https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/30/aluminum-batteries-now-more-practical/

Want to Insult Putin? It Will Cost You $462 https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-01/want-to-insult-putin-it-will-cost-you-462

Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49885913

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How WeWork spiraled from a $47 billion valuation to talk of bankruptcy in just 6 weeks https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo

Japan’s last pagers beep for the final time https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49888869

How the world came to run on coffee http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/how-the-world-came-to-run-on-coffee/

Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49876827

Leia Vale a Pena: The Hidden Half – Michael Blastland https://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com/post/186769996423/leia-vale-a-pena-the-other-half-michael

Is “Planet 9” actually a primordial black hole? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614441/is-planet-9-actually-a-primordial-black-hole/

Putin could decide for the world on CRISPR babies https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614450/putin-could-decide-for-the-world-on-crispr-babies/

We can’t trust AI systems built on deep learning alone https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614443/we-cant-trust-ai-systems-built-on-deep-learning-alone/

Future of Genetically Modified Babies May Lie in Putin’s Hands https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-29/future-of-genetically-modified-babies-may-lie-in-putin-s-hands

Tit for Tat https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/104010-one-good-deed-deserves-another

De Uber a Nubank: as empresas que valem bilhões, mas nunca registraram lucro https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2019/09/30/de-uber-a-nubank-as-empresas-que-valem-bilhoes-mas-nunca-registraram-lucro.ghtml

Carl Sagan e a curvatura da Terra https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2m_ROkg98N/

Eratosthenes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes

Why Vladimir Putin Suddenly Believes in Global Warming https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-09-29/climate-change-russia-s-oil-and-gas-heartlands-are-under-threat

Stephen Fry e a história de Gutenberg https://pca.st/AUWn

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WeWork’s Problems Go Much Deeper Than Founder Adam Neumann https://www.barrons.com/articles/wework-lease-problem-51569609442

WeWork CEO Adam Neumann officially stepping down, making IPO highly unlikely https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/09/24/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-officially-stepping-down-making-ipo-highly-unlikely.html

WeWork proves that (venture) capitalism works https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/29/wework-proves-that-venture-capitalism-works/

This Brazilian island wants to show the way to a green future. Businesses, backed by Bolsonaro, see the next Cozumel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/this-brazilian-island-wants-to-show-the-way-to-a-green-future-businesses-backed-by-bolsonaro-want-to-make-it-the-next-cozumel/2019/09/29/09dfbdec-c377-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html

YouTube is experimenting with ways to make its algorithm even more addictive https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614432/youtube-algorithm-gets-more-addictive/

Limite de encaminhamento no WhatsApp não consegue frear desinformação na plataforma, aponta pesquisa https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/limite-de-encaminhamento-no-whatsapp-nao-consegue-frear-desinformacao-na-plataforma-aponta-pesquisa/

Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/money-is-the-oxygen-on-which-the-fire-of-global-warming-burns

Tesla, Elon Musk violated labor laws, judge rules https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/27/tesla-elon-musk-violated-labor-laws-judge-rules/

People Are Already Reporting Collisions With Tesla’s Driverless Smart Summon Feature https://www.thedrive.com/news/30074/people-are-already-reporting-collisions-with-teslas-driverless-smart-summon-feature

The Church of Techno-Optimism https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/opinion/sunday/silicon-valley-techno-optimism.html

The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqECNYmM23A

All of Amazon’s New Products, Ranked by Creepiness https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/amazon-echo-products-frames-ring-creepiness.html

Turkish scientist gets 15-month sentence for publishing environmental study https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/turkish-scientist-gets-15-month-sentence-publishing-environmental-study

The Long, Strange Tale of California’s Surf Nazis https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/opinion/sunday/surf-racism.html

Bacterial ‘striptease’ evades antibiotics https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49826085

Why Wall Street Loves Strongmen https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/opinion/why-wall-street-loves-strongmen.html

These tea bags release billions of plastic particles into your brew, study shows https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/27/these-tea-bags-release-billions-plastic-particles-into-your-brew-study-shows/

The Voynich Manuscript, Part 1 https://pca.st/d9l7RB

The Voynich Manuscript https://archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript_201902

Answering the Call: The Architect Behind Brazil’s Iconic “Big Ear” Phone Shelters https://99percentinvisible.org/article/answering-the-call-the-architect-behind-brazils-iconic-big-ear-phone-shelters/

Income inequality in America is the highest it’s been since Census Bureau started tracking it, data shows https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/26/income-inequality-america-highest-its-been-since-census-started-tracking-it-data-show/