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Em 4 anos, secas e inundações afetam 55 milhões de brasileiros http://digital.estadao.com.br/o-estado-de-s-paulo/20171201/textview

Wales cuts reported violence by 42% in its capital with data sharing model https://apolitical.co/solution_article/wales-cuts-reported-violence-42-capital-data-sharing-model/

Progress in AI isn’t as Impressive as You Might Think https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609611/progress-in-ai-isnt-as-impressive-as-you-might-think/

Scientists Chart 27 Distinct Human Emotions on This Interactive Map http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/27-distinct-human-emotions-have-been-identified-and-mapped-in-a-starling-way

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Apple is sharing your face with apps. That’s a new privacy worry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/30/apple-is-sharing-your-face-with-apps-thats-a-new-privacy-worry/?utm_term=.c7d3b963008c

No Shimmer: Why Scientists Want to Ban Glitter https://www.livescience.com/61060-global-glitter-ban.html

Semi-Synthetic Life Form Now Fully Armed and Operational https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609567/semi-synthetic-life-form-now-fully-armed-and-operational/

Will Tesla Die for Lack of Cobalt? https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-tesla-die-for-lack-of-cobalt-1511951403

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Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom http://www.openculture.com/2017/09/lynda-barry-on-how-the-smartphone-is-endangering-three-ingredients-of-creativity.html

Dark Matter Is Not Dead https://gizmodo.com/dark-matter-is-not-dead-1820809277

A patient’s legacy: Researchers work to make phage therapy less of a long shot https://www.statnews.com/2017/11/28/phage-therapy-mallory-smith/

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Undercover at Amazon: Exhausted humans are inefficient so robots are taking over http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/undercover-amazon-exhausted-humans-inefficient-11593145

Previsão do tempo pode parar sem aviso prévio http://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,previsao-do-tempo-pode-parar-sem-aviso-previo,70002097292

Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/facebook-ai-suicide-prevention/

Twitter blocks New York Times by mistake http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42137937

I’m on the FCC. Please stop us from killing net neutrality http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rosenworcel-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-20171122-story.html