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• Sequelas de diabete são contidas por terapia com células-tronco e químio http://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,sequelas-de-diabete-sao-contidas-por-terapia-com-celulas-tronco-e-quimio,70002311933
• The Thing Inside Your Cells That Might Determine How Long You Live https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/science/nucleolus-cells-aging.html
• Google’s Selfish Ledger ideas can also be found in its patent applications https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/19/17246152/google-selfish-ledger-patent-applications
• The Ebola superhighway: Why the new outbreak terrifies public health authorities http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/388401-the-ebola-superhighway-why-a-new-outbreak-terrifies-public-health
• Hundreds of Apps Can Empower Stalkers to Track Their Victims https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/technology/phone-apps-stalking.html
• A New World’S Extraordinary Orbit Points To Planet Nine https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-worlds-extraordinary-orbit-points-to-planet-nine/
• Deadly Nipah virus claims victims in India http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44193145

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• GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-data-privacy
• No, Octopuses Don’t Come From Outer Space https://www.livescience.com/62594-octopuses-are-not-aliens-panspermia.html
• Growing resistance to antifungal drugs ‘a global issue’ http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44160730
• People can’t stop talking about this ‘brilliant’ National Geographic cover https://mashable.com/2018/05/17/national-geographic-cover-plastic/#DHS5zkptUgqo

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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