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Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/brazils-pick-creationist-lead-its-higher-education-agency-rattles-scientists

Novo presidente da Capes defende criacionismo em ‘contraponto à teoria da evolução’ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/educacao/2020/01/novo-presidente-da-capes-defende-criacionismo-em-contraponto-a-teoria-da-evolucao.shtml

Billionaire Salesforce founder: ‘Capitalism as we know it is dead’ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/davos-2020-salesforce-founder-capitalism-is-dead-181643945.html

You Are Now Remotely Controlled https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sunday/surveillance-capitalism.html

Amazon workers criticize company’s record on climate change https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-workers-criticize-companys-record-on-climate-change-2020-01-26

India Restores Some Internet Access in Kashmir After Long Shutdown https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/world/asia/kashmir-internet-shutdown-india.html

O cisne verde https://opiniao.estadao.com.br/noticias/notas-e-informacoes,o-cisne-verde,70003173805

video: a técnica secreta para influenciar pessoas https://youtu.be/dXq6MQlsV54

A ciência que ‘engana para o bem’ chega à gestão pública https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-ciencia-que-engana-para-o-bem-chega-a-gestao-publica,70003172901

Can’t See The River For The Trees https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/trees-water/

Netflix and Chill https://pca.st/l9tymj1a

Instagram rejected model’s rosacea images https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-51210037/instagram-rejected-model-s-rosacea-images

Uma pequena revolução https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,uma-pequena-revolucao,70003172157

adendo: os links sobre a Apple x meio-ambiente:

Programas de energia limpa na China: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2015/10/22Apple-Launches-New-Clean-Energy-Programs-in-China-To-Promote-Low-Carbon-Manufacturing-and-Green-Growth/
Fornecedores da empresa usando energia limpa na China: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/apple-says-three-suppliers-to-use-solely-renewable-power e https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/04/apple-tops-clean-energy-goal-with-new-supplier-commitments/
Preservação de manguezais na Colômbia: https://www.fastcompany.com/90236715/apple-is-investing-in-a-huge-mangrove-forest-in-colombia
Parques eólicos na China: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apple-launched-china-clean-energy-fund-invests-in-three-wind-farms/
Restauração de pastagens e florestas na África: https://www.fastcompany.com/90408802/apple-is-paying-to-restore-african-grasslands-to-curb-climate-change-and-save-the-elephants

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The Neanderthals That Taught Us About Humanity https://youtu.be/h777yfE39O8

Coronavirus: What’s the difference between pandemic and epidemic? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51224894/coronavirus-what-s-the-difference-between-pandemic-and-epidemic

Coronavirus Live Updates: China’s Travel Limits Now Cover 35 Million People https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities restrict travel https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51230011

Coronavirus: Chinese embassy in Paris finds woman who ‘cheated’ checks https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51231593

Virus in Chinese outbreak is closest to one from bats, not snakes https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615087/virus-in-chinese-outbreak-is-closest-to-one-from-bats-not-snakes/

Many in China Wear Them, but Do Masks Block Coronavirus? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/health/coronavirus-surgical-masks.html

Infecção de humanos por novo coronavírus pode ter começado em cobras, indica estudo https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,infeccao-de-humanos-por-novo-coronavirus-pode-ter-comecado-em-cobras-indica-estudo,70003169334

Cobras podem ser origem de infecção https://digital.estadao.com.br/search?query=cobra&newspapers=2025&startDate=2020-1-24&stopDate=2020-1-24&hideSimilar=1&type=2&state=3

Locusts: UN calls for international help in East Africa https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51234135

Scientists discover ‘why stress turns hair white’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51208972

Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51233444

This Bill Gates-Backed Company Is Developing a Possibly World-Changing Nuclear Reactor https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bill-gates-backed-energy-company-is-developing-what-could-be-a-game-changing-nuclear-reactor

When Will Companies Finally Step Up to Fight Climate Change? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/opinion/microsoft-climate-change-technology.html

Could A Gut-Brain Connection Help Explain Autism? https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2020/01/23/could-a-gut-brain-connection-help-explain-autism/

Mobilizable antibiotic resistance genes are present in dust microbial communities https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008211

Is the consumer genetics fad over? https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615088/is-the-consumer-genetics-fad-over/

23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline, CEO says she was ‘surprised’ to see market turn https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/23andme-lays-off-100-people-ceo-anne-wojcicki-explains-why.html

Twitter demands AI company stops ‘collecting faces’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51220654

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Prince Charles calls on business leaders to tackle the “approaching [climate] catastrophe”, asking them “what good is all the wealth in the world… if you can do nothing with it but watch it burn” https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1219990951298502662

These Billionaires Made Their Fortunes by Trying to Stop Climate Change https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-green-billionaires/

Demolição de prédios históricos foi motivada por arquitetos modernistas https://epoca.globo.com/ideias/noticia/2015/03/bdemolicao-de-predios-historicosb-foi-motivada-por-arquitetos-modernistas.html

UN calls for investigation of Saudis allegedly hacking Jeff Bezos https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615081/un-calls-for-investigation-of-saudis-allegedly-hacking-jeff-bezos/

How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/technology/jeff-bezos-hack-iphone.html

Mapping the spread of the new coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/22/mapping-spread-new-coronavirus/?arc404=true

What Was the Ancestor of Everything? (feat. PBS Space Time and It’s Okay To Be Smart) https://youtu.be/pk213XSSktQ

Behavioral disorders in children tied to gut bacteria, study shows https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/gut-bacteria-behavioral-disorder/283-78fd62b5-dc39-4925-acb6-6bd67d58367f

The microbes in your gut could predict whether you’re likely to die in the next 15 years https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/microbes-your-gut-could-predict-whether-you-re-likely-die-next-15-years

Kintai’s obesity drug that works via the gut microbiome moves closer to the clinic https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/kintai-s-manipulation-gut-microbiome-for-obesity-treatment-moves-closer-to-clinical-trial

Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth’s oldest recognised meteorite impact structure https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13985-7

The Macabre Science of Mass Animal Die-Offs https://www.wired.com/story/the-macabre-science-of-animal-mass-die-offs/

Australians warned of possible deadly spider “bonanza” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/funnel-web-spider-australia-bonanza-experts-warn-conditions-ripe-activity-today-2020-01-22/

Smart scale goes dumb as Under Armour pulls the plug on connected tech https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/smart-scale-goes-dumb-as-under-armour-pulls-the-plug-on-connected-tech/

Sonos sunsets several smart speakers’ software support, spurring storm https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/sonos-sunsets-several-smart-speakers-software-support-spurring-storm/

Skip pulls back the curtain on the high costs of electric scooter maintenance https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21072785/skip-electric-scooter-life-cycle-maintenance-costs

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Remarkable New T-Cell Discovery Can Kill Several Cancer Types in The Lab https://www.sciencealert.com/new-t-cell-therapy-kills-most-human-cancer-types-and-might-work-across-individuals

People still want plastic bottles, says Coca-Cola https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51197463

Study uses physics to explain democratic elections https://news.mit.edu/2020/study-physics-democratic-elections-0121

Google favors temporary facial recognition ban as Microsoft pushes back https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21075001/facial-recognition-ban-google-microsoft-eu-sundar-pichai-brad-smith

Google boss Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51178198

Your kid’s phone probably isn’t causing depression https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615071/your-kids-phone-probably-isnt-making-them-depressed/

Force social-media firms to share data to cut teen suicides, say psychiatrists https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615069/force-social-media-firms-to-share-data-to-cut-teen-suicides-say-psychiatrists/

Leia Vale a Pena: The Hidden Half – Michael Blastland https://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com/post/186769996423/leia-vale-a-pena-the-hidden-half-michael

The Messy Math Of Mammograms https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/math-mammograms/
ESA opens oxygen plant, making air out of moondust https://phys.org/news/2020-01-esa-oxygen-air-moondust.html

BBC Radio 4 – Living With The Gods https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c1mhy

Living with gods: a secular icon from the Soviet era https://youtu.be/jNxSAOu-IKI

CFCs responsible for half of Arctic sea-ice loss https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/cfcs-responsible-for-half-of-arctic-sea-ice-loss/4011037.article

There’s been a huge spike in one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615075/greenhouse-gas-climate-change-hfc23-china-india/

How Levitating Dust Shapes Airless Worlds https://youtu.be/Y-NGUOI6tP0

ESA opens oxygen plant, making air out of moondust https://phys.org/news/2020-01-esa-oxygen-air-moondust.html