Why America isn’t equipped for the new rules of war https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614570/america-isnt-equipped-for-shadow-war-disinformation-sean-mcfate/#Echobox=1572894969

Why We Might Be Alone in the Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wa1l7M5gU8

Heads up from Internet of S*!# land: Best Buy’s Insignia ‘smart’ home gear will become very dumb this Wednesday https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/05/best_buy_iot/

From trash to gold: Big brands offer rewards to recyclers https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/11/04/from-trash-to-gold-big-brands-offer-rewards-to-recyclers.html

Study: Darwin may have gotten the origin of life wrong https://thenextweb.com/insights/2019/11/05/study-darwin-may-have-gotten-the-origin-of-life-wrong/

Climate explained: why Mars is cold despite an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide http://theconversation.com/climate-explained-why-mars-is-cold-despite-an-atmosphere-of-mostly-carbon-dioxide-126337

Critics blast a proposal to curb climate change by halting population growth https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614682/critics-blast-a-proposal-to-curb-climate-change-by-halting-population-growth/

Par de óculos mede nível de glicose, álcool e vitaminas do usuário https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,par-de-oculos-mede-nivel-de-glicose-alcool-e-vitaminas-do-usuario,70003076342

Depois de Síria, Rússia estende sua influência à Líbia https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,depois-de-siria-russia-estende-sua-influencia-a-libia,70003077288

Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50302392

Why is ice so slippery? https://phys.org/news/2019-11-ice-slippery.html

Life on Earth probably originated in deep-sea vents and aliens could be growing the same way now, scientists suggest

What Comes After Digital Transformation? One Answer Is The Self-Driving Enterprise https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolis/2019/11/04/what-comes-after-digital-transformation-one-answer-is-the-self-driving-enterprise/#9455ed543b3f

MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/04/health/screen-time-lower-brain-development-preschoolers-wellness/index.html

Screen time might be physically changing kids’ brains https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614672/screen-time-might-be-physically-changing-kids-brains/

The woman whose brain staved off her family’s Alzheimer’s https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614674/the-woman-whose-brain-staved-off-her-familys-alzheimers/

How years compare with the 20th Century average https://www.bbc.co.uk/indepthtoolkit/smallprox//include/newsspec/21484-climate-change/english/app.app.html#

Is Crispr the Next Antibiotic? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/health/crispr-genetics-antibiotic-resistance.html

5 Things We Get Still Wrong About Human Reproduction https://youtu.be/KfNNeRydOug

Why TikTok has me Terrified https://youtu.be/i861JOJDxbs

The US thinks TikTok could be a national security threat—here’s why https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614665/tiktok-china-national-security-china-censorship-data-privacy/

Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home https://www.wired.com/story/lasers-hack-amazon-echo-google-home/

Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/health/alzheimers-treatment-genetics.html

Every human being – Narrated by Stephen Fry https://youtu.be/wp90yekW7zs

The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/opinion/sunday/switzerland-capitalism-wealth.html

Can plastic pavement curb the world’s epidemic of plastic waste? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-plastic-pavement-curb-the-worlds-epidemic-of-plastic-waste/

Who is holding up the war on global warming? You may be surprised https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/468677-who-is-holding-up-the-war-on-global-warming-you-may-be-surprised

Huawei Soars In Russia As Putin Engages In New ‘Technological War’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/03/huawei-soars-in-russia-as-putin-engages-in-new-technological-war/#48bed374765c

Russia’s law that lets it disconnect from the internet comes into force today https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614662/russias-law-that-lets-it-disconnect-from-the-internet-comes-into-force-today/

Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks https://www.wired.com/story/microfibers-are-the-new-microbeads/

Google’s big plan to fight tech addiction: A piece of paper https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614669/googles-big-plan-to-fight-tech-addiction-a-piece-of-paper/

Spiders inspire double-sided sticky tape to heal wounds https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50235451

India air pollution at ‘unbearable levels’, Delhi minister says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50280390

Satellites Track Real-Time Damage Of Ocean Blob Menacing Hawaii https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943738/satellites-ocean-blob-hawaii-coral-bleaching

The debate over Facebook’s political ads ignores 90% of its global users https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/01/facebook-free-speech-democracy-claims#Echobox=1572651221

Guess Which Company Was Just Crowned The World’s Biggest Plastic Polluter (Again) https://www.sciencealert.com/guess-who-was-just-crowned-the-world-s-biggest-plastic-polluter-again

The founder of a startup that charged $8,000 to fill your veins with young blood says he’s shuttered the company and started a new one

Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-now-know-how-sleep-cleans-toxins-from-the-brain/

Infecção por sarampo destrói a memória do sistema imune para outras doenças https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,infeccao-por-sarampo-destroi-a-memoria-do-sistema-imune-para-outras-doencas,70003071392

Maids for sale: How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-50240012/maids-for-sale-how-silicon-valley-enables-online-slave-markets

Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/04/why-we-cant-tell-the-truth-about-aging

To survive in the human gut, bacteria need genetic ‘passcode’ https://phys.org/news/2019-10-survive-human-gut-bacteria-genetic.html

New study says cosmic acceleration and dark energy don’t exist https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/new-study-cosmic-acceleration-dark-energy-dont-exist

Einstein killed the aether. Now the idea is back to save relativity: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432543-300-einstein-killed-the-aether-now-the-idea-is-back-to-save-relativity/#ixzz641ZJJ5Mw

10,000 people want Congress to investigate Amazon’s Ring surveillance https://www.cnet.com/news/10000-people-want-congress-to-investigate-amazons-ring-surveillance/

The Experimental Future of Digging Up the Past https://gizmodo.com/the-experimental-future-of-digging-up-the-past-1839470037

Coffee drinkers have healthier gut microbiotas https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326845.php

meu desafio aos criativos e comunicadores https://youtu.be/guCIqLzpZak

Sea-level rise could flood hundreds of millions more than expected https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614638/sea-level-rise-could-flood-hundreds-of-millions-more-than-expected/

WhatsApp is suing the world’s top hacking company https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614643/whatsapp-is-suing-the-worlds-top-hacking-company/

The DNA database used to find the Golden State Killer is a national security leak waiting to happen https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614642/dna-database-gedmatch-golden-state-killer-security-risk-hack/

Why almost all coal was made at the same time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34al8YmQSA

Help us plant 20 million trees around the globe by January 1st, 2020. https://teamtrees.org/

Buildings are bad for the climate https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/buildings-bad-climate-bill-gates/

What’s Blockchain Actually Good for, Anyway? For Now, Not Much https://www.wired.com/story/whats-blockchain-good-for-not-much/

Museum of the Future: The building designed by an algorithm https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191028-museum-of-the-future-the-building-designed-by-an-algorithm

A mulher que adaptou os programas da Microsoft no Brasil https://valor.globo.com/carreira/noticia/2019/10/28/a-mulher-que-adaptou-os-programas-da-microsoft-no-brasil.ghtml

Science just totally rewrote the story of human evolution (again) https://www.wired.co.uk/article/human-africa-evolution

Microsoft Made a Genius Change to Its Hiring Process. (Amazon, Apple, and Google Should Learn From It) https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/microsoft-made-a-genius-change-to-its-hiring-process-amazon-apple-google-should-learn-from-it.html

Compact depth sensor inspired by eyes of jumping spiders https://phys.org/news/2019-10-compact-depth-sensor-eyes-spiders.html

The complicated truth about a cat’s purr https://www.bbc.

A wildfire is getting close to the Getty Museum. Here’s why they’re not moving the art https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/us/getty-museum-california-wildfires/index.html

An MIT researcher says we should trash all our recyclable plastic, and he’s probably right https://www.insider.com/mit-research-andrew-mcafee-says-recycling-is-useless-2019-10

Internet Access Is Not a Human Right https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html

The fight to keep the internet free and open for everyone https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191025-the-fight-to-keep-the-internet-free-and-open-for-everyone

China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit) https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614639/chinas-leaders-have-embraced-blockchains-erm-minus-the-decentralized-bit/

Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614640/russian-hackers-are-targeting-the-2020-olympics/

Why there’s so little left of the early internet https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190401-why-theres-so-little-left-of-the-early-internet

California’s Wildfires Are the Doom of Our Own Making https://www.wired.com/story/californias-wildfires-are-the-doom-of-our-own-making/

Hackers shut down Johannesburg’s networks once again https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614630/hackers-shut-down-johannesburgs-networks-once-again/

Read the Letter Facebook Employees Sent to Mark Zuckerberg About Political Ads https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-letter.html

Dissent Erupts at Facebook Over Hands-Off Stance on Political Ads https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html

DARPA is betting on AI to bring the next generation of wireless devices online https://www.technologyreview.

Why We’re So Bad at Recycling Plastic https://youtu.be/unLu7rFRGc0

Why Trees Are Out to Get You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWMQR59M68&feature=youtu.be

What Would Trees Look Like On Other Planets? #TeamTrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWMQR59M68&feature=youtu.be

WeWork’s Adam Neumann Is the Most Talented Grifter of Our Time https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/how-weworks-adam-neumann-became-billionaire/600607/

Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/can-a-machine-learn-to-write-for-the-new-yorker

Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/search-dark-matter-depends-ancient-shipwrecks/600718/

WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-stories-people-racing-to-save-us/

‘Potentially historic’ wind event could worsen California wildfires as another mass outage begins https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/26/california-wildfires-power-outages-kincade-tick/

Migrating Russian eagles run up huge data roaming charges https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50180781

Estadão Summit Brasil | O Que é Poder? https://www.sympla.com.br/estadao-summit-brasil–o-que-e-poder__645601

Slaves From Ancient Rome Help Unlock The Mysteries Of The Universe https://www.forbes.com/sites/drdonlincoln/2019/10/26/slaves-from-ancient-rome-help-unlock-the-mysteries-of-the-universe/#3fbddbd25702

Opinion: Pope Francis says capitalism causes hunger. This isn’t the first time he’s been wrong on economics https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-pope-francis-says-capitalism-causes-hunger-this-isnt-the-first-time-hes-been-wrong-on-economics

A neural net solves the three-body problem 100 million times faster

We May Finally Know How the Universe’s Heavy Elements Formed https://www.space.com/strontium-heavy-element-formed-neutron-star-merger.html

Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html

Jack Dorsey says ‘hell no’ to joining Libra https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20931058/jack-dorsey-twitter-libra-association-join

Earth’s rocks can absorb a shocking amount of carbon: here’s how https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/earth-rocks-can-absorb-shocking-amount-of-carbon/

A Health Care Algorithm Offered Less Care to Black Patients https://www.wired.com/story/how-algorithm-favored-whites-over-blacks-health-care/

Earthquakes Are Jolting the Netherlands. Gas Drilling Is to Blame. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/energy-environment/netherlands-gas-earthquakes.html

Critics say Facebook’s Libra threatens America’s power. Zuck says they’ve got it all wrong. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614621/critics-say-facebooks-libra-threatens-americas-power-zuck-says-theyve-got-it-all-wrong/

The New Ways Your Boss Is Spying on You https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-ways-your-boss-is-spying-on-you-11563528604

Employees say Google is trying to spy on them. That’ll be hard to prove. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614623/google-spying-employees-calendar-extension-surveillance-workplace-labor-law-nlra-nlrb/

Discover the Persian 11th Century Canon of Medicine, “The Most Famous Medical Textbook Ever Written” http://www.openculture.com/2019/10/discover-the-persian-11th-century-canon-of-medicine.html

People ‘more likely to feel pain on humid days’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50151723

Pesticide poisoned French paradise islands in Caribbean https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50144261

Earthworms’ place on Earth mapped

Heat camera at tourist attraction spots woman’s breast cancer https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/23/health/thermal-imaging-breast-cancer-scli-intl-scn/index.html

NASA Wants to Send a Probe to the Hellish Surface of Venus https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-wants-to-send-a-probe-to-the-hellish-surface-of-venus/

The warming climate is making baby sea turtles almost all girls https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/the-warming-climate-is-turning-baby-sea-turtles-one-gender/2019/10/21/d571f3fe-e3a6-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html

Raytheon Delivers First Anti-Drone Laser Weapon to U.S. Air Force https://gizmodo.com/raytheon-delivers-first-anti-drone-laser-weapon-to-u-s-1839284326

This Is Why The Speed Of Gravity Must Equal The Speed Of Light https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/10/24/this-is-why-the-speed-of-gravity-must-equal-the-speed-of-light/#38474fbb2fc0

The FTC has banned a company from selling stalkerware for the first time https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614614/the-ftc-has-banned-a-company-from-selling-stalkerware-for-the-first-time/

All languages, however different, convey information at the same rate

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215202-all-languages-however-different-convey-information-at-the-same-rate/#ixzz63HS7syEn

Slow walking at 45 ‘a sign of faster ageing’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50015982

Scientists Program CRISPR to Fight Viruses in Human Cells https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-program-crispr-to-fight-viruses-in-human-cells/

WeWork Staff, Facing Job Cuts, Express Outrage at Founder Payout https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/wework-staff-facing-job-cuts-express-outrage-at-founder-payout

A Power Law Keeps the Brain’s Perceptions Balanced https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-power-law-keeps-the-brains-perceptions-balanced-20191022/<...

Katie Price, Lauren Goodger and Georgia Harrison Instagram posts banned https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50124719

A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/ai-hiring-face-scanning-algorithm-increasingly-decides-whether-you-deserve-job/

Why Earth’s Cracked Crust May Be Essential for Life https://www.quantamagazine.org/plate-tectonics-may-be-essential-for-life-20180607/

First drug that can slow Alzheimer’s dementia https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50137041

Blood pressure pills ‘work better at bedtime’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50122964

How heat waves harm pregnant women and newborns https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614611/how-heat-waves-harm-pregnant-women-and-newborns/

Sorry—organic farming is actually worse for climate change https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614605/sorryorganic-farming-is-actually-worse-for-climate-change/

How We Could Prevent a Global Rice Shortage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eESFjTxFr8

As Seas Rise And Rivers Flood, Communities Look For A Way Out https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/degrees-of-change-migration/