<\/a><\/p>\n The Economist: Genetically modified crops. The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits http:\/\/lnkd.in\/diqjQp4<\/a><\/p>\n The Economist: What next for retail banks? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dahXnmU<\/a><\/p>\n Bank of Canada: Money in a Digital World http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dnwMD4p<\/a><\/p>\n KAI: How to increase (or decrease) brain activity and memory http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dZSvCYD<\/a><\/p>\n KAI: Magic tricks using artificial intelligence http:\/\/lnkd.in\/daXfEUz<\/a><\/p>\n CNN: U.S. weather system hacked, affecting satellites http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dpv8UjP<\/a><\/p>\n MOSCOW TIMES: Russia May Be Planning National Space Station to Replace ISS. 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The world\u2019s poor need the stability and security that banks have traditionally offered, but increasingly they do not need banks to provide it http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dhTWCDd<\/a><\/p>\n Financial Times: Airbus patents flying doughnuts http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dVGHcK7<\/a><\/p>\n Financial Times: The European Commission is considering the creation of investment funds seeded with cash from either the EU budget or the European Investment Bank, as the centrepiece of a new growth plan. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d8qFjuj<\/a><\/p>\n Financial Times: China opens markets in Hong Kong-Shanghai deal http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dKb9Vpv<\/a><\/p>\n Yahoo Canada Finance: Markets hit by Japan recession; One mega-merger on, another off; Facebook looks to expand into your workplace http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d5DfeX9<\/a><\/p>\n Newsweek: Designers Building Roadways That Generate Solar Power http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dY6nBMq<\/a><\/p>\n Forbes: Where Image Recognition Technology Is Headed For Retailers: Cortexica Interview http:\/\/lnkd.in\/djgyEx6<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: Putin claims west is provoking Russia into new cold war as \u2018spies\u2019 deported. Russian president denies fanning tensions and says Nato \u2018expansion\u2019 in Europe had been \u2018geopolitical game changer\u2019 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkTV9SG<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: David Cameron warns of looming second global crash. PM says \u2018red warning lights are flashing\u2019 against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d5-G44n<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: State Department email attack \u2018fits pattern\u2019 of Russian hackers, says expert http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dxPXWct<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: Anonymous takes over Ku Klux Klan\u2019s Twitter account. Internet activists respond to KKK taunts in row over Ferguson protests by taking over group\u2019s official account on Twitter http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dQ5hs67<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: we need more MPs who know how to code. The inventor of the World Wide Web issues a plea for more politicians who understand how computers work http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dWtYKP2<\/a><\/p>\n THE GUARDIAN: Harvard University admits to secretly photographing students. Photos of 2,000 students across 10 lecture halls were taken as part of an experiment to measure classroom attendance http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dh_bD6P<\/a><\/p>\n WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google\u2019s Project Loon Woos Telecom Giants http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dtmzGNR<\/a><\/p>\n WALL STREET JOURNAL: Intel Reveals Details of MICA Smart Bracelet http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d_NVkkv<\/a><\/p>\n BLOOMBERG: 5 Numbers That Illustrate the Mind-Bending Size of Amazon\u2019s Cloud http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dwAXXXs<\/a><\/p>\n FORBES: China Once Again Boasts The World\u2019s Fastest Supercomputer http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dunUBQf<\/a><\/p>\n DER SPIEGEL: Putin\u2019s Reach: Merkel Concerned about Russian Influence in the Balkans. Berlin has begun to see Moscow as an adversary rather than as a potential partner. 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Washington Should Help Riyadh Keep Up With Tehran http:\/\/lnkd.in\/duKcavD<\/a><\/p>\n Forbes: CIO Innovation Budgets Are Increasing http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dvWwHgg<\/a><\/p>\n BBC: Amazon seeks UK drone experts for delivery service http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dGfgCkR<\/a><\/p>\n INDIA TODAY: Saudi Crown Prince to Modi: Ready to cooperate in all sectors http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dp2jmaR<\/a><\/p>\n Times of India\u200e: Global survey: Brand India ranks a poor 31st out of 50 nations, Germany is No. 1 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dRYZqQV<\/a><\/p>\n OECD: China headed to overtake EU, US in science & technology spending, OECD says http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dUNqhBC<\/a><\/p>\n THE BULLETIN: Internet-trading platforms: Making it easier to get around sanctions? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dDD8nXT<\/a><\/p>\n RAND CORPORATION: France\u2019s War in Mali. Lessons for an Expeditionary Army http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dxcRMEf<\/a><\/p>\n Wired: Facebook\u2019s New Data Center Is Bad News for Cisco http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dNHCvPY<\/a><\/p>\n RAND CORPORATION: Addressing SSDI\u2019s Looming Insolvency http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d4kAjx2<\/a><\/p>\n UC Berkeley: Synthetic biology could be big boost to interplanetary space travel http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d3e_XBc<\/a><\/p>\n Science Careers Blog: Genomically encoded analog memory with precise in vivo DNA writing in living cell populations http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dpJJW24<\/a><\/p>\n Hyperallergic: Will Our Future Be Biologically Designed? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dm2ZDTP<\/a><\/p>\n MIT News: Solar cells made from coal, smart nanoparticles that work with bacteria to fight cancer, and an effort to enhance human cognition by stimulating brain waves are just a few examples of the high-risk, high-impact projects funded by the first round of Prof. Amar G. 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National Labs are now collaborating, not competing, to make the fastest supercomputers, which should enable new types of science to model everything from climate change to materials science to nuclear-weapons performance http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/next-wave-of-u-s-s\u2026r-fastest\/<\/a><\/p>\n Nature.com<\/a>: Novel and enhanced anti-melanoma DNA vaccine targeting the tyrosinase protein inhibits myeloid-derived suppressor cells and tumor growth in a syngeneic prophylactic and therapeutic murine model http:\/\/www.nature.com\/cgt\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/cgt201456a.html<\/a><\/p>\n BUSINESS INSIDER: In China, High Demand For Robots But Too Many Robot Manufacturers http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dbRTj2Z<\/a><\/p>\n The New Yorker: Print Thyself. How 3-D printing is revolutionizing medicine. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d8D5u_F<\/a><\/p>\n BBC: US government planes collecting phone data, report claims. Devices that gather data from millions of mobile phones are being flown over the US by the government, according to the Wall Street Journal. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dgvDz56<\/a><\/p>\n BBC: China\u2019s Alibaba eyes first bond sale after record listing http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dGwsMt9<\/a><\/p>\n THE ATLANTIC: A Drone for the Environment http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkGha73<\/a><\/p>\n CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Why Poland and Russia are expelling each other\u2019s diplomats. Poland expelled Russian diplomats for spying. Russia retaliated by sending four Polish diplomats home. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkejF5g<\/a><\/p>\n BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI<\/p>\n White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article) <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.appearoo.com\/aagostini<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com\/profile\/1649\/Andres-Agostini.html<\/a><\/p>\n
![<\/a><\/p>\nThe Economist: Genetically modified crops. The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits The biggest study so far finds that GM crops have large, widespread benefits http:\/\/lnkd.in\/diqjQp4<\/a><\/p>\nThe Economist: What next for retail banks? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dahXnmU<\/a><\/p>\nBank of Canada: Money in a Digital World http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dnwMD4p<\/a><\/p>\nKAI: How to increase (or decrease) brain activity and memory http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dZSvCYD<\/a><\/p>\nKAI: Magic tricks using artificial intelligence http:\/\/lnkd.in\/daXfEUz<\/a><\/p>\nCNN: U.S. weather system hacked, affecting satellites http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dpv8UjP<\/a><\/p>\nMOSCOW TIMES: Russia May Be Planning National Space Station to Replace ISS. 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The world\u2019s poor need the stability and security that banks have traditionally offered, but increasingly they do not need banks to provide it http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dhTWCDd<\/a><\/p>\nFinancial Times: Airbus patents flying doughnuts http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dVGHcK7<\/a><\/p>\nFinancial Times: The European Commission is considering the creation of investment funds seeded with cash from either the EU budget or the European Investment Bank, as the centrepiece of a new growth plan. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d8qFjuj<\/a><\/p>\nFinancial Times: China opens markets in Hong Kong-Shanghai deal http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dKb9Vpv<\/a><\/p>\nYahoo Canada Finance: Markets hit by Japan recession; One mega-merger on, another off; Facebook looks to expand into your workplace http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d5DfeX9<\/a><\/p>\nNewsweek: Designers Building Roadways That Generate Solar Power http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dY6nBMq<\/a><\/p>\nForbes: Where Image Recognition Technology Is Headed For Retailers: Cortexica Interview http:\/\/lnkd.in\/djgyEx6<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: Putin claims west is provoking Russia into new cold war as \u2018spies\u2019 deported. Russian president denies fanning tensions and says Nato \u2018expansion\u2019 in Europe had been \u2018geopolitical game changer\u2019 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkTV9SG<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: David Cameron warns of looming second global crash. PM says \u2018red warning lights are flashing\u2019 against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d5-G44n<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: State Department email attack \u2018fits pattern\u2019 of Russian hackers, says expert http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dxPXWct<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: Anonymous takes over Ku Klux Klan\u2019s Twitter account. Internet activists respond to KKK taunts in row over Ferguson protests by taking over group\u2019s official account on Twitter http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dQ5hs67<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: we need more MPs who know how to code. The inventor of the World Wide Web issues a plea for more politicians who understand how computers work http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dWtYKP2<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN: Harvard University admits to secretly photographing students. Photos of 2,000 students across 10 lecture halls were taken as part of an experiment to measure classroom attendance http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dh_bD6P<\/a><\/p>\nWALL STREET JOURNAL: Google\u2019s Project Loon Woos Telecom Giants http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dtmzGNR<\/a><\/p>\nWALL STREET JOURNAL: Intel Reveals Details of MICA Smart Bracelet http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d_NVkkv<\/a><\/p>\nBLOOMBERG: 5 Numbers That Illustrate the Mind-Bending Size of Amazon\u2019s Cloud http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dwAXXXs<\/a><\/p>\nFORBES: China Once Again Boasts The World\u2019s Fastest Supercomputer http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dunUBQf<\/a><\/p>\nDER SPIEGEL: Putin\u2019s Reach: Merkel Concerned about Russian Influence in the Balkans. Berlin has begun to see Moscow as an adversary rather than as a potential partner. 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Washington Should Help Riyadh Keep Up With Tehran http:\/\/lnkd.in\/duKcavD<\/a><\/p>\nForbes: CIO Innovation Budgets Are Increasing http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dvWwHgg<\/a><\/p>\nBBC: Amazon seeks UK drone experts for delivery service http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dGfgCkR<\/a><\/p>\nINDIA TODAY: Saudi Crown Prince to Modi: Ready to cooperate in all sectors http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dp2jmaR<\/a><\/p>\nTimes of India\u200e: Global survey: Brand India ranks a poor 31st out of 50 nations, Germany is No. 1 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dRYZqQV<\/a><\/p>\nOECD: China headed to overtake EU, US in science & technology spending, OECD says http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dUNqhBC<\/a><\/p>\nTHE BULLETIN: Internet-trading platforms: Making it easier to get around sanctions? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dDD8nXT<\/a><\/p>\nRAND CORPORATION: France\u2019s War in Mali. Lessons for an Expeditionary Army http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dxcRMEf<\/a><\/p>\nWired: Facebook\u2019s New Data Center Is Bad News for Cisco http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dNHCvPY<\/a><\/p>\nRAND CORPORATION: Addressing SSDI\u2019s Looming Insolvency http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d4kAjx2<\/a><\/p>\nUC Berkeley: Synthetic biology could be big boost to interplanetary space travel http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d3e_XBc<\/a><\/p>\nScience Careers Blog: Genomically encoded analog memory with precise in vivo DNA writing in living cell populations http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dpJJW24<\/a><\/p>\nHyperallergic: Will Our Future Be Biologically Designed? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dm2ZDTP<\/a><\/p>\nMIT News: Solar cells made from coal, smart nanoparticles that work with bacteria to fight cancer, and an effort to enhance human cognition by stimulating brain waves are just a few examples of the high-risk, high-impact projects funded by the first round of Prof. Amar G. 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