The Key To A Long Life Has Little To Do With ‘good Genes’ https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-a-long-life-has-little-to-do-with-good-genes/ “Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid http://news.mit.edu/2018/liquid-silicon-store-renewable-energy-1206 MIT engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug http://news.mit.edu/2018/repurpose-wasp-venom-antibiotic-drug-1207 Trump administration resists global climate efforts at home and overseas https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-resists-global-climate-efforts-at-home-overseas/2018/12/09/b94a9ef0-fa41-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html How the Mysteries of the Vatican Secret Archives […]

Facebook’s morale problem is getting worse https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128267/facebook-morale-uk-parliament-emails-privacy-competition The Problem With Banning Pornography on Tumblr https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/opinion/tumblr-adult-content-pornography-ban.html Google, Apple, Facebook face world-first encryption laws in Australia https://www.cnet.com/news/australia-passes-encryption-assistance-access-laws-facebook-google-twitter-apple-amazon/ A.I. as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/business/economy/artificial-intelligence-hiring.html Predictim Claims Its AI Can Flag ‘Risky’ Babysitters. So I Tried It on the People Who Watch My Kids. […]

Facebook Was Fully Aware That Tracking Who People Call and Text Is Creepy But Did It Anyway https://gizmodo.com/facebook-was-fully-aware-that-tracking-who-people-call-1830884585 The secret Facebook documents have just been published by British Parliament https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-documents-six4three-case-published-british-parliament-2018-12 Facebook allegedly offered advertisers special access to users’ data and activities, according to documents released by British lawmakers https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/05/facebook-allegedly-offered-advertisers-special-access-users-data-activities-according-documents-released-by-british-lawmakers/ Mark Zuckerberg’s Biggest Problem: Internal Tensions […]

How Facebook Groups sparked a crisis in France https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/4/18119777/yellow-vest-france-facebook-groups-gilets-jaunes Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo finds Google personalizes search results even for logged out and incognito users https://betanews.com/2018/12/04/duckduckgo-study-google-search-personalization/ Royal Dutch Shell ties executive pay to carbon reduction https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46424830 Can a brand create a ‘sonic identity’ from light bulbs? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46425420 Three Ways Quantum Physics Affects Your Daily Life https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2018/12/04/three-ways-quantum-physics-affects-your-daily-life/#31a7654a44b7 New […]

Why the world is becoming more allergic to food https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46302780 MPs’ fury over Mark Zuckerberg ‘no-show’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46357359 A Sleeping Tesla Driver Highlights Autopilot’s Biggest Flaw https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-sleeping-driver-dui-arrest-autopilot/ Why Amazon is a ‘bully’ and Facebook and Google are ‘the enemies of independent thought’ https://www.recode.net/2018/12/3/18123225/amazon-google-facebook-antitrust-monopoly-franklin-foer-world-without-mind-book-kara-swisher-decode Your smartphone’s AI algorithms could tell if you are depressed https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612499/your-smartphones-ai-algorithms-could-tell-if-you-are-depressed/ BBC newsreader […]

In China, Gene-Edited Babies Are the Latest in a String of Ethical Dilemmas https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/asia/gene-editing-babies-china.html Why Are Taxi Drivers in New York Killing Themselves? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/nyregion/taxi-drivers-suicide-nyc.html

35 weird objects seen on Mars, explained https://www.cnet.com/pictures/weird-objects-on-mars-pictures/ Particles crossing to our world could open portal to dark-matter realm https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032061-600-particles-crossing-to-our-world-could-open-portal-to-dark-matter-realm/ Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/11/strange-earthquake-waves-rippled-around-world-earth-geology/ Strange seismic waves were picked up circling the globe on November 11. Now seismologists are trying to figure out why https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/strange-seismic-waves-were-picked-up-circling-the-globe-on-november-11-now-seismologists-are-trying-to-figure-out-why/news-story/31a4e88570f95dfea9e1a0fe7a7daf2e Is breakfast really […]

How to Survive the Next Era of Tech (Slow Down and Be Mindful) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/technology/how-to-survive-the-next-era-of-tech-slow-down-and-be-mindful.html End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity https://youtu.be/yS1ibDImAYU Outrage Over Human Gene Editing Will Fade Fast https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-27/crispr-fears-designer-baby-outrage-won-t-last-as-ethics-evolve ‘I feel an obligation to be balanced.’ Noted biologist comes to defense of gene editing babies https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/i-feel-obligation-be-balanced-noted-biologist-comes-defense-gene-editing-babies Electric scooters are now disrupting […]

Engineering energy solutions for all http://news.mit.edu/2018/student-rene-garcia-franceschini-engineering-1127 NASA Scientists Find Possibly Infectious Superbugs on Board the ISS https://gizmodo.com/nasa-scientists-find-possibly-infectious-superbugs-on-b-1830664400 The 11 Biggest Unanswered Questions About Dark Matter https://www.livescience.com/64113-dark-matter-mysteries.html Acordo prevê retirar 144 mil toneladas de açúcar de alimentos e bebidas até 2022 https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,acordo-preve-retirar-144-mil-toneladas-de-acucar-de-alimentos-e-bebidas-ate-2022,70002622946 Augmented Reality: Explore InSight, NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/01/science/mars-nasa-insight-ar-3d-ul.html Bill Gates thinks a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612458/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/ Do You Have a Moral Duty to Leave Facebook? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/facebook-immoral.html Nova Base De Dados Rastreia Implantes Defeituosos Pelo Mundo https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/nova-base-de-dados-rastreia-implantes-defeituosos-pelo-mundo/ The Bacteria Lurking in American Showerheads https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/never-home-alone-mycobacteria-lurk-american-showers/576292/ Londres tem primeira frota de táxis 100% elétricos https://jornaldocarro.estadao.com.br/carros/londres-frota-taxis-eletricos/ NASA is braced for “seven minutes of terror” as its InSight […]