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How interchangeable parts revolutionised the way things are made https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49499444
Nobel chemistry prize: Lithium-ion battery scientists honoured https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49962133
A Hard Lesson in Silicon Valley: Profits Matter https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/technology/silicon-valley-startup-profit.html
Three STDs reach all-time highs in the US, new CDC report says https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/08/health/std-cases-rising-us-study/index.html
China’s surveillance tech is spreading globally, raising concerns about Beijing’s influence https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/china-is-exporting-surveillance-tech-like-facial-recognition-globally.html
California’s shutting off power to prevent fires. Here are some better options. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614498/californias-shutting-off-power-to-prevent-fires-here-are-some-better-options/
Amazon’s new Kindle for Kids is probably not as good for kids as real books https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614502/amazons-new-kindle-for-kids-is-probably-not-as-good-for-kids-as-real-books/
The Universe As We Know It Shouldn’t Exist | The Matter-Antimatter Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4MaZKdfE0
Nietzsche’s Eternal Return https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/nietzsches-eternal-return
The Arena for Accountable Predictions – Long Bets http://longbets.org/
String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/string-theory-does-not-win-a-nobel-and-i-win-a-bet/
Sea ‘Boiling’ With Methane Discovered In Siberia: ‘No One Has Ever Recorded Anything Like This Before’ https://www.newsweek.com/methane-boiling-sea-discovered-siberia-1463766
Everyone’s AirPods will die. We’ve got the trick to replacing them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/08/everyones-airpods-will-die-weve-got-trick-replacing-them/