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Why is the USDA downplaying good news about this Obama-era school nutrition program? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/07/why-is-usda-downplaying-good-news-about-this-obama-era-school-nutrition-program/?utm_term=.9a933080d2a8

Smash the Wellness Industry https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opinion/sunday/women-dieting-wellness.html

A Ghost of Evolution: The Curious Case of the Avocado, Which Should Be Extinct But Still Exists https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/12/04/avocado-ghosts-of-evolution/

Ghosts of Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWW5OuxlKec&ab_channel=It%27sOkayToBeSmart

‘Acoustic cameras’ tested in bid to cut noisy vehicles https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48564995

Anxiety and depression is the leading concern for people born after 1997. According to a major study members of generation Z have different hopes and fears to millenials https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1137419302057992192

Elon Musk’s satellites threaten to disrupt the night sky for all of us https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/05/elon-musks-satellites-threaten-disrupt-night-sky-all-us/?utm_term=.26791531b58e

The Birth-Tissue Profiteers https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-birth-tissue-profiteers

The Economist: No Iraque, xeque de aluguel substitui Justiça https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,the-economist-no-iraque-xeque-de-aluguel-substitui-justica,70002863179

Pressure mounts on aviation industry over climate change https://phys.org/news/2019-06-pressure-mounts-aviation-industry-climate.html

Brace yourself for coming heatwaves, there are at least 27 ways they can kill you https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoha-byf110717.php

Compound heat waves have double impact https://physicsworld.com/a/compound-heat-waves-have-double-impact/

You can train an AI to fake UN speeches in just 13 hours https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613645/ai-fake-news-deepfakes-misinformation-united-nations/

A big US maker of paperless voting systems now says paper is essential https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613651/a-big-us-maker-of-paperless-voting-systems-now-says-paper-is-essential/

A Single Punctuation Mark Has Been Skewing Our Entire System of Scientific Ranking https://www.sciencealert.com/hyphens-break-our-entire-system-of-scientific-ranking-new-analysis-reveals

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Microsoft discreetly wiped its massive facial recognition database https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/06/microsoft-discreetly-wiped-its-massive-facial-recognition-databa/

Google lança iniciativas de incentivo ao jornalismo no Brasil https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,google-lanca-iniciativas-de-incentivo-ao-jornalismo-no-brasil,70002859578

We’ve seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232330-200-weve-seen-signs-of-a-mirror-image-universe-that-is-touching-our-own/

Industrial methane emissions are underreported, study finds http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/06/industrial-methane-emissions-are-underreported-study-finds

Creative thinking: Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean CO₂ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/creative-thinking-researchers-propose-solar-methanol-island-using-ocean-co%e2%82%82/

PUB to deploy Singapore’s first large-scale floating solar panel system by 2021
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pub-to-deploy-singapore-s-first-large-scale-floating-solar-panel-11601030

These colorful stickers are helping blind people find their way around https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613632/these-colorful-stickers-are-helping-blind-people-find-their-way-around/

Entangled aluminium ion is world’s best timekeeper https://physicsworld.com/a/entangled-aluminium-ion-is-worlds-best-timekeeper/

Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-leaps-long-assumed-to-be-instantaneous-take-time-20190605/

Most-detailed-ever simulations of black hole solve longstanding mystery https://phys.org/news/2019-06-most-detailed-ever-simulations-black-hole-longstanding.html

Jupiter will get so close to Earth this month its largest moons will be visible with binoculars https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jupiter-will-get-so-close-to-earth-this-month-its-largest-moons-will-be-visible-with-binoculars/

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Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613630/training-a-single-ai-model-can-emit-as-much-carbon-as-five-cars-in-their-lifetimes/

Earth Overshoot Day is July 29 https://www.overshootday.org/

Amazon’s helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells https://www.cnet.com/features/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/

Ancient Galaxy in the ‘Sea Serpent’ Has More Dark Matter Than Expected https://www.space.com/sea-serpent-galaxy-dark-matter-markarian-1216.html

Astronomers Just Solved The Bizarre Mystery of a Galaxy With No Dark Matter https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-really-simple-explanation-for-that-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter

Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-leaps-long-assumed-to-be-instantaneous-take-time-20190605/

Jupiter will get so close to Earth this month its largest moons will be visible with binoculars https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jupiter-will-get-so-close-to-earth-this-month-its-largest-moons-will-be-visible-with-binoculars/

Space weather affects your daily life. It’s time to start paying attention. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613622/space-weather-affects-your-daily-life-its-time-to-start-paying-attention/

Making Big Tech companies share data could do more good than breaking them up https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613629/making-big-tech-companies-share-data-could-do-more-good-than-breaking-them-up/

Silicon Valley parents banning tech for their kids https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-48533999/silicon-valley-parents-banning-tech-for-their-kids

Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pfizer-had-clues-its-blockbuster-drug-could-prevent-alzheimers-why-didnt-it-tell-the-world/2019/06/04/9092e08a-7a61-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html?utm_term=.b1bb8501a8ff

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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

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

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