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China’s Schoolchildren Are Now the Smartest in the World https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-03/china-shines-in-education-as-richest-economies-fail-to-improve
Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion in taxes over the last decade https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/silicon-valley-giants-accused-of-avoiding-100-billion-in-taxes.html
Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands http://news.mit.edu/2019/coated-seeds-agriculture-marginal-lands-1125
Cryptocurrency and national insecurity https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/11/crisis-simulation-maps-national-security-risks-of-digital-currency/
Opinion: We need to know what happened to CRISPR twins Lulu and Nana https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614762/crispr-baby-twins-lulu-and-nana-what-happened/
Reusable plastic shopping bags are actually making the problem worse, not better https://qz.com/1759150/reusable-plastic-shopping-bags-are-making-the-problem-worse/
Quantum field theory: “An unholy crossbreed between quantum physics in a bad mood and every button you never push on a calculator” https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/quantum-field-theory-an-unholy-crossbreed-between-quantum-physics-in-a-bad-mood-and-every-button-you-never-push-on-a-calculator/
Pisa: Brasil tem leve melhora em prova mundial, mas 4 em 10 alunos não aprendem o básico https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasil-melhora-em-prova-mundial-de-educacao-mas-4-em-10-alunos-nao-aprendem-nem-o-basico,70003111386
Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves http://news.mit.edu/2019/computing-magnetic-waves-efficient-1128
Ring gave police a detailed map of area doorbell installations https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/03/amazon-ring-video-doorbell-police-map/
BRF procura cientistas para evitar desperdício de comida https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/inovacao,brf-procura-cientistas-para-evitar-desperdicio-de-comida,70003112534
Os números do Pisa https://opiniao.estadao.com.br/noticias/notas-e-informacoes,os-numeros-do-pisa,70003112522
Escolas privadas de elite do Brasil superam Finlândia no Pisa; rede pública vai pior do que Peru https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,escolas-privadas-de-elite-do-brasil-superam-finlandia-no-pisa-rede-publica-vai-pior-do-que-peru,70003112767
Amid Breakdown In Nuclear Talks, North Korea Threatens U.S. With ‘Christmas Gift’ https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784380119/amid-breakdown-in-nuclear-talks-north-korea-threatens-u-s-with-christmas-gift
Archaeological Skeletons From London Prove Some Romans Were Lead Poisoned https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/11/29/archaeological-skeletons-from-london-prove-some-romans-were-lead-poisoned/#1e4e8dc048cc
The Pure Chaos of Magnetic Fields May Explain The Intense Shine of Black Holes https://www.sciencealert.com/pure-chaos-of-magnetic-fields-could-be-responsible-for-the-black-hole-s-intense-shine
We need to halve emissions by 2030. They rose again in 2019. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614801/we-need-to-halve-emissions-by-2030-they-rose-iagain-i-in-2019/#Echobox=1575409820
Russia plans to replace “unreliable” Wikipedia with its own version https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614804/russia-plans-to-replace-unreliable-wikipedia-with-its-own-version/
Fuga de talentos https://educacao.estadao.com.br/blogs/ana-maria-diniz/fuga-de-talentos/