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Have we found the true cause of diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s?
How medieval monks are revealing our universe’s secrets https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders
Study: Most YouTube videos on climate change deny its existence https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/08/10/study-most-youtube-videos-on-climate-change-deny-its-existence/
Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons https://www.wired.com/story/acoustic-cyberweapons-defcon/
Why smartphones are no longer driving the search for ‘blue gold’ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49265455
Kenya’s Pokomo people ask the British to return what was stolen: Their source of power https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/09/kenyas-pokomo-people-ask-british-return-what-was-stolen-their-source-power/
Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/11/20800979/check-point-canon-eos-80d-dslr-malware-ransomware-cybersecurity
The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528) http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/the-very-first-written-use-of-the-f-word-in-english-1528.html
A ameaça da reentrada de lixo espacial https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-ameaca-da-reentrada-de-lixo-espacial,70002962654
‘My entire scalp was on fire’: A doctor repeatedly insisted she had a tension headache. Something more serious was going on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/medical-mysteries/my-entire-scalp-was-on-fire-a-doctor-repeatedly-insisted-she-had-a-tension-headache-something-more-serious-was-going-on/2019/08/09/378526e8-a008-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html
The Techlash Has Come to Stanford
Even in the famed computer science program, students are no longer sure they’d go to work for Facebook or Google (and definitely not Palantir). https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/stanford-tech-students-backlash-google-facebook-palantir.html
The Birth of the Semicolon https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/01/the-birth-of-the-semicolon/
The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48850490
The White House Readies Draft of Executive Order That Could Break the Internet https://gizmodo.com/the-white-house-readies-draft-of-executive-order-that-c-1837110097