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1. Mud near this small Japanese island could change the global economy https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/16/asia/japan-rare-earth-metals-find-china-economy-trnd/index.html
2. Scientists Have Accidentally Created a Mutant Enzyme That Eats Plastic Waste https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-accidentally-engineered-mutant-enzyme-eats-through-plastic-pet-petase-pollution
3. An Elaborate Hack Shows How Much Damage Iot Bugs Can Do https://www.wired.com/story/elaborate-hack-shows-damage-iot-bugs-can-do/
4. Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/virosphere-evolution.html

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1. Google employees demand the company pull out of Pentagon AI project https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/4/17199818/google-pentagon-project-maven-pull-out-letter-ceo-sundar-pichai
2. Researchers Conclude Google’s Play Store Is Likely Chock Full of Apps That Improperly Track Children https://gizmodo.com/researchers-conclude-googles-play-store-is-likely-chock-1825281473
3. Artificial antimicrobial peptides could help overcome drug-resistant bacteria http://news.mit.edu/2018/artificial-antimicrobial-peptides-could-help-overcome-drug-resistant-bacteria-0416
4. Estudos mostram que pessoas se impressionam mais com agressão a animais do que a humanos http://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/nytiw,estudos-mostram-que-pessoas-se-impressionam-mais-com-agressao-a-animais-do-que-a-humanos,70002265638
5. Artificial intelligence must be ‘for common good’ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43778578
6. When curing a disease with gene therapy is bad business https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610873/the-gene-therapy-that-cures-bubble-boy-disease-isnt-worth-it-to-glaxo/

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1. China man caught by facial recognition at pop concert http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43751276
2. Zuckerberg barely talked about Facebook’s biggest global problem https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/13/zuckerberg-barely-talked-about-facebooks-biggest-global-problem/
3. After Nine Years and Billions of Rides, Uber Says It’s Now ‘Getting Serious About Safety’ https://gizmodo.com/after-nine-years-and-billions-of-rides-uber-says-its-n-1825223373
4. A massive, ‘semi-infinite’ trove of rare-earth metals has been found in Japan https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/12/japan-rare-earths-huge-deposit-of-metals-found-in-pacific.html
5. TED 2018: Fake Obama video creator defends invention http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43639704

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1. I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me. Yikes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/personaltech/i-downloaded-the-information-that-facebook-has-on-me-yikes.html
2. How Facebook Lets Brands and Politicians Target You https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/11/technology/facebook-sells-ads-life-details.html
3. Why Exercise Alone May Not Be the Key to Weight Loss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/well/move/why-exercise-alone-may-not-be-the-key-to-weight-loss.html
4. Chinese Sperm Bank Seeks Donors. Only Good Communists Need Apply. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/asia/china-sperm-communist-party.html
5. Bill Gates says it would be a “tragedy” not to take advantage of CRISPR gene-editing https://qz.com/1249294/bill-gates-thinks-crispr-gene-editing-can-improve-agriculture-and-global-health/
6. This new gene-editing tool allows geneticists to make incredibly precise changes to our DNA https://qz.com/1111717/new-gene-editing-technology-allows-scientists-to-fix-dna-defects/
7. The Internet has serious health problems, Mozilla Foundation report finds https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/mozilla-foundation-report-details-decline-in-health-of-internet/
8. A new email attack could infect you with ransomware and steal your passwords https://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-new-email-attack-could-infect-you-with-ransomware-and-steal-your-passwords/