UberEATS What is Uber's "usual course" of business? Much rides on answerQuartz - Alison GriswoldThe job of an Uber driver is to provide rides. Is that outside the usual course of business for Uber, a ride-hail company? The question may seem absurd to anyone who’s used Uber, but it’s vitally important
Chemicals Look out for potential bias in chemical data setsnature.com Materials science has embraced machine learning. As with other disciplines, researchers must be alert to the risks of biased data. Like most research …
Nature How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetingsnature.com - Holly Else A Nature analysis finds that several fields of science are moving away from male-dominated conferences and panels — but it’s easy to slip back into …
Observatories Giant ‘bubbles’ spotted around Milky Way’s black holenature.com - Davide Castelvecchi First major result from South Africa’s pioneering MeerKAT radiotelescope reveals remnants of energetic explosions at Galaxy’s centre. In its first …
Mobile Technology This game uses troll tactics to teach critical thinkingTechCrunch - Natasha LomasThe best medicine against online disinformation is an informed society that’s thinking critically. The problem is there are no shortcuts to universal education. Enter Finnish Public Broadcasting Company,
Mosquitoes GM experiment may have strengthened wild mosquitoesnewatlas.com - Michael Irving Mosquitoes are more than just a pest – they can be downright dangerous carriers of disease. One of the most innovative ideas to control populations …
News NY finds $1B in hidden transfers by family behind OxyContinAssociated Press - By ADAM GELLER, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York's attorney general contends in court papers filed
Science Mysterious waves have been pulsing across OklahomaNational Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasA buzz that rocked the state all summer sent geologists on a labyrinthine chase—and unearthed new mysteries about how energy moves through land and air. It all started when a wave swept across Oklahoma
Perovskite Creating multiferroic and conductive domain walls in common ferroelastnature.com - Hong Jian Zhao, Jorge Íñiguez Rabe, K. M., Ahn, C. H. & Triscone, J. (eds.) Physics of Ferroelectrics, A Modern Perspective (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, …
Steam Steam's Recommendations Will Now Show Popular Games Less OftenKotaku - Nathan Grayson Last October, Steam’s algorithm briefly went haywire, filling users’ “More Like This” recommendation sections with popular games while negatively …
PC Gaming Children of Morta review | PC Gamerpcgamer.com - Sam Greer How much charm can a game survive on? Children of Morta tested that question more than its punishing dungeon crawling tested my own skills. I think …
Play buttonNintendo Kongregate and Twirlbound will launch Pine on PC and Nintendo Switch on October 10VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiPublisher Kongregate and Dutch game developer Twirlbound will debut the adventure simulation game Pine on the Windows PC, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch on October 10. They also released the game as limited
Board Games Gameboard-1 will be a digital slate for your tabletop board gamesVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiTabletop board games have made a big comeback, but they are still a bit of a hassle to deal with when it comes moving around little cardboard pieces. If you’ve ever wondered why these games haven’t gone
News Lovers of Modena skeletons holding hands were both menbbc.co.uk - BBC News Researchers have found that a couple of skeletons known as the Lovers of Modena, because they are holding hands, were both men.
Science Researchers produce synthetic Hall Effect to achieve one-way radio transmissionphys.org - Mike Koon Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have replicated one of the most well-known electromagnetic effects in physics, the Hall …
Science The Air Above Antarctica Is Suddenly Warmer — What It Means for One CountryInverse - The Conversation A very strong warming event is coming. Record warm temperatures above Antarctica over the coming weeks are likely to bring above-average spring …
Science Mysterious ancient skeleton 'lovers' are male, experts revealFox News - James RogersScientists are shedding new light on a mysterious skeleton couple buried holding hands. Dubbed “the lovers of Modena,” the skeletons were discovered in the northern Italian city of Modena in 2009 and assumed
Plastic The Riddle, and Controversy, of All That Missing PlasticWIRED - Condé Nast Humans unleash mountains of plastic into the sea each year, and that rate is only accelerating as plastic production grows around the world. The …
Steak Garlic Butter Steak Bites Are the Best Thing to Ever Happen to BeefThe Kitchn - Meghan Splawn Garlic butter steak bites are everything you love about a steakhouse steak, with none of the work. Instead of cooking a whole steak, making a pan …
Protons Physicists Finally Nail the Proton’s Size, and Hope DiesQuanta Magazine - Natalie Wolchover A new measurement appears to have eliminated an anomaly that had captivated physicists for nearly a decade. In 2010, physicists in Germany reported …
Cancer Researchers Find Key to Help Treat Different Cancersthequint.com - IANS Scientists at Yale Cancer Center in the US have uncovered the workings of a metabolic pathway or “gauge” that lets cancer cells detect when they have …
Geek Have Astronomers Just Spotted Another Interstellar Object?Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum An amateur astronomer may have detected an object from outside our solar system, according to an announcement from the Minor Planet …
Galaxies Huge ‘structures’ found at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, scientists sayindependent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin Huge "balloon-like structures" have been spotted in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy, scientists say. The pair of vast bubbles – which stretch for …
Exoplanets Water Vapor Detected in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet in the Habitable Zonesmithsonianmag.com - Jay Bennett Exoplanet science has literally opened new worlds to study, with planets populating the galaxy unlike anything in our small solar system. Hot …
Gaming Industry How to make 80-hour adventures for blind gamers | Opiniongamesindustry.biz - Brandon Cole There's no denying that blind game accessibility can be a tall order, as much of what we need to succeed must be built at the engine level. That …
UK News Prehistoric plants reproduce in UK for first time in 60m years becau…independent.co.uk - Phoebe Weston A prehistoric palm living on the Isle of Wight has produced male and female cones for the first time in 60 million years, botanists say. The exotic …
Culture Miniature Castles Emerge from Burled Wood in Carved Kinetic Sculptures by Uli Kirchler | Colossalthisiscolossal.com - Laura Staugaitis Woodworker Uli Kirchler’s “very hidden castles” are nestled within gnarled tree burls. The Portland, Oregon-based artist originally hails from Italy, …
Florida A scientific breakthrough at the Florida Aquarium could save 'America's Great Barrier Reef'CNN - By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN(CNN) — The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida, says they've made scientific history as a group of coral has successfully reproduced two days in a row for the first time in a lab setting. The milestone
Migrant Children Photos: An artist shows the eviction of migrant children as real-life claw arcade gameQuartz - Jane LiChinese artist Brother Nut first made his name in 2015, when he made a brick out of the smog and dust he vacuumed out of Beijing’s heavily polluted air. Now he’s back with a set of eerie images of a real-life
Election Meddling MIT has a plan to measure the impact of 2016 election interferenceQuartz - Annalisa Merelli• Quantify and catalog impressions of deliberately manipulative content; the researchers would need to know what content was promoted organically on social media, or through paid ads, and which was shared
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