Astronauts left poop on the moon. We should go get it. https://youtu.be/VL18F8oHMrU Saímos mais cedo da África https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,saimos-mais-cedo-da-africa,70002953128 Pesquisa indica que não há dose segura de agrotóxico https://sustentabilidade.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pesquisa-indica-que-nao-ha-dose-segura-de-agrotoxico,70002953956 How to Get Rid of Ants https://www.consumerreports.org/pest-control/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-the-house/ Why Is My Mom’s Fridge Better Than My New Sony Mirrorless Camera? https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-my-moms-fridge-better-my-new-sony-mirrorless-camera-393615 AI could be your wingman—er, wingbot—on your […]

Sorry, scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614050/electric-scooters-arent-so-climate-friendly-after-all-lime-bird/ Cloudflare Ditches 8chan. What Happens Now? https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-8chan-support-ddos/ 8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html AI researchers need to stop hiding the climate toll of their work https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614056/ai-research-has-an-environment-climate-toll/ Everything you thought you knew about gravity is wrong https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-gravity-is-wrong/2019/08/01/627f3696-a723-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?utm_term=.d659f9ec8c56 Einstein showed Newton […]

Disgraced CRISPR scientist had plans to start a designer-baby business https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614051/crispr-baby-maker-explored-starting-a-business-in-designer-baby-tourism/ How YouTubers plan to take on YouTube for better working conditions https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614055/youtube-union-ig-metall-labor-gdpr-privacy-policy-creators/ Human-Animal Chimeras Are Gestating on U.S. Research Farms https://www.technologyreview.com/s/545106/human-animal-chimeras-are-gestating-on-us-research-farms/ Scientists are making human-monkey hybrids in China https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614052/scientists-are-making-human-monkey-hybrids-in-china/ The ‘microworkers’ making your digital life possible https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48881827 What Went Wrong With The World Wide […]

The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/trump-climate-change.html Plastics Or People? At Least 1 Of Them Has To Change To Clean Up Our Mess https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/744099949/plastics-or-people-at-least-1-of-them-has-to-change-to-clean-up-our-mess Mosquitos Are Spreading a Rare, Brain-Infecting Virus in Florida https://gizmodo.com/mosquitos-are-spreading-a-rare-brain-infecting-virus-i-1836821356 3 Things to Watch as Summer Heat Bakes the Arctic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/3-things-to-watch-as-summer-heat-bakes-the-arctic/ Positive technology Designing work […]

Apple contractors hear confidential details from Siri, a whistleblower claims https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614028/apple-contractors-hear-confidential-details-from-siri-recordings/ Ear ‘tickling’ therapy could ‘help thwart ageing’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49157343 The Bizarre, Peaty Science Of Arctic Wildfires https://www.wired.com/story/the-bizarre-peaty-science-of-arctic-wildfires/ Mysterious 2017 radioactive cloud over Europe originated in Russia, researchers say https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/29/mysterious-radioactive-cloud-over-europe-was-covered-up-by-russia-researchers-say/?utm_term=.1e101a35fb21 The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of […]

“OVERSHOOT DAY IS JULY 29” https://www.overshootday.org/ We Just Used Up All of Earth’s Resources For The Year, And It’s Only July https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-used-up-all-of-earth-s-resources-for-the-year-and-it-s-only-july The Mosquitoes Are Coming for Us https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/mosquitoes-malaria-zika-history.html The Dark Side Of Public Blockchains: Unintended Use https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomassilkjaer/2019/07/28/the-dark-side-of-public-blockchains-unintended-use/#297bc7525753 Bill Gates has a new favorite book that is ‘optimistic and terrific’ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/bill-gates-recommends-reading-blueprint.html Coal power in Europe […]

McKinsey Advised Johnson & Johnson on Increasing Opioid Sales https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/mckinsey-johnson-and-johnson-opioids.html We’ve had private currencies like Libra before. It was chaos. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614013/weve-had-private-currencies-like-libra-before-it-was-chaos/ Extremely powerful cosmic rays are raining down on us. No one knows where they come from. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/16/17690740/cosmic-rays-universe-theory-science Forget the fine—we should have taken Facebook to court, says FTC commissioner https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614008/forget-the-fine-we-should-have-taken-facebook-to-court-says-ftc-commissioner/ India might ban cryptocurrency […]

‘Pular’ café da manhã traz risco de engordar https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pular-cafe-da-manha-traz-risco-de-engordar,70002937286 The Roots of Big Tech Run Disturbingly Deep https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/07/opinion/google-facebook-mergers-acquisitions-antitrust.html The New York Times thinks a blockchain could help stamp out fake news https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614007/the-new-york-times-thinks-a-blockchain-could-help-stamp-out-fake-news/ World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-experiment-clears-milestone/ The brain’s drain: how our brains flush out their waste and toxins Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2210825-the-brains-drain-how-our-brains-flush-out-their-waste-and-toxins/#ixzz5ugUuLmce […]

Here’s Your Reminder That Google Has Always Been Evil https://gizmodo.com/heres-your-reminder-that-google-has-always-been-evil-1836628967 Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736 You’re very easy to track down, even when your data has been anonymized https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613996/youre-very-easy-to-track-down-even-when-your-data-has-been-anonymized/ This implant could prevent HIV infection https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613997/this-implant-could-prevent-hiv-infection/ Big Tech’s US antitrust nightmare just got a whole lot worse […]

Russia’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/20/russian-intelligence-has-been-hacked-with-social-media-and-tor-projects-exposed/#e1ebc456b115 The Sad Truth About Sleep-Tracking Devices and Apps https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/technology/personaltech/sleep-tracking-devices-apps.html Frau im Mond – Woman in the moon – Fritz Lang -1921 https://youtu.be/91e8f7uYAPo Test of Amazon’s Face Recognition by Orlando Cops Ends as a Devastating Flop https://gizmodo.com/test-of-amazons-face-recognition-by-orlando-cops-ends-a-1836533927 Major U.S. cities are leaking methane at […]