Facebook’s ad data may put millions of gay people at risk pred 20 urami in 41 minutami Over four million people that live in countries where being gay is illegal have been labelled by Facebook as being interested in homosexuality(New Scientist)
Record Amazon rainforest fires spark row between Brazil and France pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 24 minutami The Brazilian space agency, INPE, this week reported more than 75,000 fires across the Brazilian part of the world’s greatest rainforest, up 84 per cent on last year(New Scientist)
Asteroid Ryugu has no dust on it and we don’t know why 22. avgust 2019 (18:00) The most detailed pictures yet from the asteroid Ryugu show it has no dust, which is very strange. There are at least three competing possible explanations(New Scientist)
We could use bees' honey to track environmental lead pollution 21. avgust 2019 (22:55) Honey is a surprisingly effective tool for monitoring the levels of lead in the environment. It could be used in places where sampling is hard to organise(New Scientist)
Sitting for nine and a half hours a day linked to early death 21. avgust 2019 (22:30) Sitting less and moving more often is associated with a lower risk of early death in middle aged and older people, suggests a review of data from 36,000 people(New Scientist)
