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Which countries eat the most meat? https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341

Can tech help plug the healthcare gap? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-47133128/can-tech-help-plug-the-healthcare-gap

Google is launching two new apps for Android phones that will help deaf people https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612883/google-is-launching-two-new-apps-for-android-phones-that-will-help-deaf-people/

Bacteria promote lung tumor development, study suggests http://news.mit.edu/2019/bacteria-promote-lung-tumor-development-0131

Making New Drugs With a Dose of Artificial Intelligence https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/technology/artificial-intelligence-drug-research-deepmind.html

Climate Change Could Thaw the Home of Humanity’s Doomsday Vault https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-could-thaw-the-home-of-humanity-s-doomsd-1832360052

Scientists study organization of life on a planetary scale https://phys.org/news/2019-02-scientists-life-planetary-scale.html

Dark Matter: Universe’s Mysterious Invisible Stuff May Not Actually Exist | Opinion https://www.newsweek.com/dark-matter-physics-space-science-universe-mystery-1316822

curso de Complexidade no Santa Fe Institute complexityexplorer.org/

meus reviews de livro no Leia Vale a Pena http://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com

livro Hello World da Hannah Fry https://amzn.to/2SuOKyT

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How to use critical thinking to spot false climate claims https://theconversation.com/how-to-use-critical-thinking-to-spot-false-climate-claims-91314

Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/business/economy/productivity-inequality-wages.html

Climate Change Will Soon Change The Colour of Our Oceans. Here’s How https://www.sciencealert.com/climate-change-will-alter-the-colour-of-the-oceans

Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century http://news.mit.edu/2019/study-ocean-color-change-phytoplankton-climate-0204

This is how AI bias really happens—and why it’s so hard to fix https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612876/this-is-how-ai-bias-really-happensand-why-its-so-hard-to-fix/

Cientistas estão ensinando o corpo a aceitar órgãos transplantados https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/nytiw,cientistas-estao-ensinando-o-corpo-a-aceitar-orgaos-transplantados,70002703829

Caverna cheia de ouro https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,caverna-cheia-de-ouro,70002704484

Terceira Idade ganha milhares de vagas gratuitas em cursos e atividades na USP http://prceu.usp.br/noticia/terceira-idade-na-usp-2019/

California has a weird new desert. It’s in the Pacific Ocean. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/02/01/california-has-weird-new-desert-its-pacific-ocean/?utm_term=.7d9547222519

Behind Tech’s Shine, Some Warnings Signs Appear https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/technology/tech-warning-signs.html

World War One grenade among potatoes at Hong Kong crisp factory https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47107609

You Spend 5 Percent Of Your Day Outside. Try Making It More https://www.wired.com/2017/03/spend-5-percent-day-outside/

Crude Habitat https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/crude-habitat/

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Did Finland’s basic income experiment work? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-47092727/did-finland-s-basic-income-experiment-work

Artigo: Em defesa das elites https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,artigo-em-defesa-das-elites,70002706507

‘Inkjet’ solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy https://techxplore.com/news/2019-02-inkjet-solar-panels-poised-revolutionise.html

Crypto Exchange Says It Can’t Repay $190 Million to Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password https://gizmodo.com/crypto-exchange-says-it-cant-repay-190-million-to-clie-1832309454

Self-driving cars could make city congestion a whole lot worse https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612873/self-driving-cars-could-make-city-congestion-a-whole-lot-worse/

The Art of the Internet, Restored and Out in the World https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/arts/design/internet-art-new-museum-rhizome.html

Watch a single cell become a complete organism in six pulsing minutes of timelapse https://aeon.co/videos/watch-a-single-cell-become-a-complete-organism-in-six-pulsing-minutes-of-timelapse

Na Av. Paulista, lama de Brumadinho formaria paredão de 175 m de altura https://www.estadao.com.br/infograficos/sustentabilidade,na-av-paulista-lama-de-brumadinho-formaria-paredao-de-175-m-de-altura,965045

Is it worth taking probiotics after antibiotics? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190124-is-it-worth-taking-probiotics-after-antibiotics

Get Ready For Skyscrapers Made Of Wood. (Yes, Wood) https://www.wired.com/2017/05/wood-skyscrapers/

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Finding Lena, The Patron Saint Of Jpegs https://www.wired.com/story/finding-lena-the-patron-saint-of-jpegs/

So far 2019 has set 33 records for heat, but none for cold https://www.newscientist.com/article/2192369-so-far-2019-has-set-33-records-for-heat-but-none-for-cold/

Here’s how you’ll feel if you quit Facebook for a month https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612868/heres-how-youll-feel-if-you-quit-facebook-for-a-month/

The doorbells have eyes: The privacy battle brewing over home security cameras https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/31/doorbells-have-eyes-privacy-battle-brewing-over-home-security-cameras/?utm_term=.737c848ee302

US prisons are building biometric databases of their inmates’ voices https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612867/us-prisons-are-building-biometric-databases-of-their-inmates-voices/

A new Harry Potter–themed cryptocurrency is like a more private version of Bitcoin https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612863/a-new-harry-potterthemed-cryptocurrency-is-like-a-more-private-version-of-bitcoin/

Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbzvxv/criminals-hackers-ss7-uk-banks-metro-bank

The Wild Experiment That Showed Evolution in Real Time https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/unprecedentedly-thorough-evolution-experiment/581521/

Forget everything you know about 3D printing — the ‘replicator’ is here https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07798-9

The Risks of Advanced AI Are Real. We Need to Act Before It’s Too Late, Warn Experts https://www.sciencealert.com/the-risks-of-advanced-artificial-intelligence-are-real-we-need-to-act-now

Virus lurking inside banana genome has been destroyed with CRISPR https://www.newscientist.com/article/2192461-virus-lurking-inside-banana-genome-has-been-destroyed-with-crispr/

What Impossible Meant to Feynman http://nautil.us/issue/68/context/what-impossible-meant-to-feynman

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Biohacker Josiah Zayner wants to teach everyone DIY genetic engineering https://qz.com/1533778/biohacker-josiah-zayner-wants-to-teach-everyone-diy-genetic-engineering/

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/

By Defying Apple’s Rules, Facebook Shows It Never Learns https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-research-app-lessons/

Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47065972

Apple revokes Facebook’s developer certificate over data-snooping app—Google could be next https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-offered-gift-cards-for-root-level-access-to-ios-users-data/

Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/

Google also monitored iPhone usage with a private app https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18204064/apple-google-monitoring-phone-usage-screenwise-meter

Most people overlook artificial intelligence despite flawless advice https://phys.org/news/2019-01-people-overlook-artificial-intelligence-flawless.html

‘American Dying’ cooled Earth’s climate https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973

Let’s say I wanted to escape climate change. Where should I go? https://grist.org/article/lets-say-i-wanted-to-escape-climate-change-where-should-i-go/

Scientists Have Detected an Enormous Cavity Growing Beneath Antarctica https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-void-identified-under-antarctica-reveals-a-monumental-hidden-ice-retreat

150 years of the periodic table: Test your knowledge https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47008289

Why Electric Cars Struggle In The Cold—and How To Help Them https://www.wired.com/story/electric-cars-cold-weather-tips/

The Origin Of The Name ‘Spanish Flu’ https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-spanish-flu/