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Mud ball meteorites rain down in Costa Rica https://earthsky.org/space/mudball-meteorite-fall-aguas-zarcas-costa-rica-2019

Climate Change Could End Human Civilisation as We Know It by 2050, Analysis Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/by-2050-climate-change-could-alter-human-civilisation-as-we-know-it

Lawmaker Slams Epa Chief For Not Knowing Co2’s Percentage Of The Atmosphere https://dailycaller.com/2015/07/09/lawmaker-slams-epa-chief-for-not-knowing-co2s-percentage-of-the-atmosphere/

The ‘Great Dying’ Nearly Erased Life On Earth. Scientists See Similarities To Today https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729341362/the-great-dying-nearly-erased-life-on-earth-scientists-see-similarities-to-today

D-Day: 10 things you might not know about the Normandy invasion https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48215675

Does porn still drive the internet? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48283409

The ambitious plan to reinvent how websites get their names https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613446/the-ambitious-plan-to-make-the-internets-phone-book-more-trustworthy/

This is the most majestic bookstore I’ve ever seen https://www.fastcompany.com/90358422/this-is-the-most-majestic-bookstore-ive-ever-seen

Tesla just finished its best day of the year https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/04/tesla-just-finished-its-best-day-of-the-year.html

YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18653088/youtube-steven-crowder-carlos-maza-harassment-bullying-enforcement-verdict

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On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/youtube-pedophiles.html

Breaking up Big Tech will be really hard to do—here’s why https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613617/breaking-up-big-tech-will-be-really-hard-to-do/

BNDES testa ‘Waze do dinheiro público’ em áreas polêmicas https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,bndes-testa-waze-do-dinheiro-publico-em-areas-polemicas,70002853983

Companies See Climate Change Hitting Their Bottom Lines in the Next 5 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/climate/companies-climate-change-financial-impact.html

Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient and obsolete” https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/microsoft-says-mandatory-password-changing-is-ancient-and-obsolete/

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It Hit 123 Degrees Fahrenheit in India This Weekend https://earther.gizmodo.com/it-hit-123-degrees-fahrenheit-in-india-this-weekend-1835203136

How Does Earth’s Carbon Cycle Work? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-does-earth-carbon-cycle-work-180972283/

A behavioral economist explores poverty and development http://news.mit.edu/2019/pierre-luc-vautrey-behavioral-economist-0531

‘It’s Raining Plastic’: Researchers Find Microscopic Fibers in Colorado Rain Samples https://www.ecowatch.com/plastics-in-rain-colorado-2637876643.html

84 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html

Número de linchamentos triplicou em 2018 no México http://g1.globo.com/globo-news/globo-news-em-pauta/videos/t/todos-os-videos/v/numero-de-linchamentos-triplicou-em-2018-no-mexico/7642175/

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Do doctors even want the Apple Watch’s health features? https://mashable.com/article/how-doctors-really-feel-about-apple-watch-health-features/

After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/opinion/tiananmen-square-china.html

Now AI easily erases the Tiananmen Square massacre from online memory https://www.fastcompany.com/90355806/now-ai-easily-erases-the-tiananmen-square-massacre-from-online-memory

Tiananmen Square: China minister defends 1989 crackdown https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48489002

Morse code revolutionized communications 175 years ago https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/morse-code-revolutionized-communications-175-years-ago/2019/05/31/08f1a2c0-7cd1-11e9-8ede-f4abf521ef17_story.html

Why are so many doctors burning out? Tons of real and electronic paperwork. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/why-are-so-many-doctors-burning-out-tons-of-real-and-electronic-paperwork/2019/05/31/3335ca78-346c-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.f09daaedfaa5

The AI gig economy is coming for you https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613606/the-ai-gig-economy-is-coming-for-you/

Google Should Google the Definition of ‘Employee’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/google-contract-labor.html

Google and Amazon may be about to face tougher antitrust scrutiny in the US https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613613/google-and-amazon-may-soon-face-tougher-antitrust-scrutiny-in-the-us/

D.C. attorney general’s lawsuit against Facebook can proceed, judge rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/01/dc-attorney-generals-lawsuit-against-facebook-can-proceed-judge-rules/?utm_term=.9b4a056ccc30

How Norms Change https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-norms-change

U.S. Requiring Social Media Information From Visa Applicants https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/us-visa-application-social-media.html

Do doctors even want the Apple Watch’s health features? https://mashable.com/article/how-doctors-really-feel-about-apple-watch-health-features/

Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/boeing-737-max-crash.html

After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/science/starlink-spacex-astronomers.html

The Root of All Cruelty? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/the-root-of-all-cruelty

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Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-fisher-price-invented-a-popular-baby-sleeper-without-safety-tests-and-kept-it-on-the-market-even-as-babies-died/2019/05/30/78c2707a-7731-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html

O que a Apple vai anunciar? https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-que-a-apple-vai-anunciar,70002850621

Twitter is eroding your intelligence. Now there’s data to prove it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/30/twitter-hurting-intelligence-not-smart-study/?utm_term=.f42b77cad344

IBM Sells Face Recognition Surveillance to a Dictatorship: Report https://gizmodo.com/ibm-sells-face-recognition-surveillance-to-a-dictatorsh-1835101881

Uber’s First Earnings Report After I.P.O.: $1 Billion Loss https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/technology/uber-stock-earnings.html

Confirmed: Earth Is Crushing the Ocean into Salty Diamonds https://www.livescience.com/65589-diamonds-come-from-the-sea.html

How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613596/how-a-quantum-computer-could-break-2048-bit-rsa-encryption-in-8-hours/

The curious origins of the dollar symbol http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190528-the-curious-origin-of-the-symbol

GM fungus rapidly kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes, study suggests https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48464510

Why Tracking Your Symptoms Can Make You Feel Worse https://www.wired.com/story/why-tracking-your-symptoms-can-make-you-feel-worse/

An electric scooter caught fire in downtown D.C. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/05/30/an-electric-scooter-caught-fire-downtown-dc/?utm_term=.37d2846b1b67

Measles record means US could lose eradication status https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48468801

U.S. measles cases in first five months of 2019 surpass total for any year since 1992 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/30/us-measles-cases-first-five-months-surpass-total-any-year-since/?utm_term=.4445e0992241

How Uber Hopes to Profit From Public Transit https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/opinion/uber-stock.html

‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190529113108.htm

Do humans have a ‘religion instinct’? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190529-do-humans-have-a-religion-instinct

Most atheists believe in the supernatural, despite trusting science https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204958-most-atheists-believe-in-the-supernatural-despite-trusting-science/