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QUARTZ: Is China disguising itself as Belgium to buy US government bonds? http://qz.com/254104/is-china-disguising-itself-as-belgium-t…ent-bonds/

QUARTZ: US airlines clock their worst delays in two decades http://qz.com/253954/us-airlines-clock-their-worst-delays-in-two-decades/

QUARTZ: Putin’s “humanitarian” convoy dims hope for peace, and buys time for Ukraine’s separatists http://qz.com/253835/putins-humanitarian-convoy-dims-hope-fo…paratists/

QUARTZ: While Twitter is removing the James Foley execution video, China is broadcasting it in public http://qz.com/253905/while-twitter-is-removing-the-james-fol…in-public/

QUARTZ: West Africa’s Ebola outbreak tests China’s commitment to the continent http://qz.com/253706/west-africas-ebola-outbreak-tests-chine…continent/

FASTOCOLABS: Under The Hood Of Apple’s New Health Care Framework http://www.fastcolabs.com/3034686/under-the-hood-of-apples-n…e=facebook

FASTOCOLABS: New Jersey Is Testing Solar-Power Commuter Pods http://www.fastcolabs.com/3034687/new-jersey-is-testing-sola…muter-pods

FASTOCOLABS: Why Capital One Labs Is Banking On Experimentation http://www.fastcolabs.com/3034618/why-capital-one-labs-is-ba…imentation

FAST COMPANY: A Solar-Powered Oasis To Bring Food To Desert Cities http://www.fastcoexist.com/3034601/a-solar-powered-oasis-to-…ert-cities

BBC: Ukraine crisis: Lithuania envoy killed in Luhansk http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28901386

CYPRUS MAIL: Should Japan restart its nuclear reactors? http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/08/22/should-japan-restart-its-nuclear-reactors/

CYPRUS MAIL: Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/08/22/ukraine-accuses-russia-of-…er-update/

REUTERS: Hamas-led gunmen execute 18 “collaborators” in Gaza www.reuters.com/video/2014/08/22/hamas-led-gunmen-execute-18…World+News

REUTERS: Argentina slams U.S. judge as ‘imperialist,’ peso halts rout http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-argentina-debt-…Y720140822

REUTERS: Breach at U.S. government contractor affected at least 25,000 workers http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-usa-security-co…TZ20140822

REUTERS: Shi’ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-iraq-security-idUSKBN0GM0L620140822

REUTERS: Islamic State threat ‘beyond anything we’ve seen’: Pentagon http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-usa-islamicstat…4V20140822

MORE WWIII. REUTERS: U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-ukraine-crisis-…IS20140822

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Ukraine Says Russia Violated Its Border http://online.wsj.com/articles/russia-accuses-kiev-of-delibe…71500.html

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google Fiber Is Fast, but Is It Fair? http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-fuels-internet-access-…00?mod=LS1

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google Acquires Mechanical Engineering Firm Gecko Design http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-acquires-industrial-de…NeedToKnow

KAI: A low-cost water splitter that runs on an ordinary AAA battery http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-low-cost-water-splitter-that-run…aa-battery

KAI: How lizards regenerate their tails: researchers discover genetic ‘recipe’ http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-lizards-regenerate-their-tails…tic-recipe

KAI: Delivery by drone: will it work? http://www.kurzweilai.net/delivery-by-drone-will-it-work

SHOEBEAT: Russian Government Gets Sick Of Muslim Violence, And Has Police Officers Search Any Veiled Women And Islamic Schools http://shoebat.com/2014/08/19/russian-government-gets-sick-m…c-schools/

33RD SQUARE: Fully 3D Printed Car Close to Being Completed Read more: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2014/08/fully-3d-printed-car-close…z3B9zLqJUQ

33RD SQUARE: What Industry Experts Expect for the Future of Robotics Read more: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2014/08/what-industry-experts-expe…z3B9zz6SOd

33RD SQUARE: Frank Boehm Looks At the Future of Nanomedicine Read more: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2014/08/frank-boehm-looks-at-futur…z3BA0Cn7Vo

33RD SQUARE: Danny Hillis on The Evolution of Thinking Machines Read more: http://www.33rdsquare.com/2014/08/danny-hillis-on-evolution-…z3BA0UETWt

A.I. IS INSANELY LETHAL. VENTURE BEAT: Elon Musk calls Artificial Intelligence ‘potentially more dangerous than nukes’ http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/03/elon-musk-calls-artificial…han-nukes/

VENTUREBEAT: Facebook messaging + payments + Connect = a bad headache for PayPal http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/22/facebook-messaging-payment…or-paypal/

NEWS SKY: Search Terms Show Rich And Poor’s Digital Divide http://news.sky.com/story/1321813/search-terms-show-rich-and…tal-divide

INDIA TIMES: How Wall Street banks are looking to woo and retain young talent http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/global-markets/h…681683.cms

HARVARD GAZETTE: The 1,000-robot swarm http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/the-1000-robot-swarm/

CNN: CHINESE FIGHTERS CHALLENGING U.S. FIGHTERS IN THE CHINA SEA.

WASHINGTON POST: The next space race is for a rental car into orbit http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2014/08/21/th…ign=buffer

WASHINGTON POST: NATO condemns Moscow’s aid convoy, says Russian artillery is firing at Ukrainian army http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-humanitarian-con…story.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Crackdown on McDonald’s Spreads Across Russia http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/crackdown-on-…05727.html

MOSCOW TIMES: Million-Man Army of Programmers Won’t Free Russia From Western Software http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/government-s-…05413.html

NEW YORKER: Watching the Eclipse http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/11/watching-eclipse

DELOITTE: A New Approach to Analytics Deployments http://deloitte.wsj.com/cio/2014/08/19/a-new-approach-to-analytics-deployments/

BUSINESS INSIDER: Google May Be Working On A Way To Make Google Glass Actually Look Normal Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-design-patent-20…z3BAMkeTSK

BUSINESS WIRE: Current Telemedicine Technology Could Mean Big Savings http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140811005129/en/Curr…_fTpWMb8mw

BSL BLOG: Sustainable Finance in Switzerland http://bsl-blog.org/2014/08/14/sustainable-finance-in-switzerland/

NEWWSWEEK: Developments in Quantum Physics Are About to Transform Our Daily Lives http://www.newsweek.com/2014/07/11/developments-quantum-phys…57093.html

BUSINESSWEEK: Fighting Cancer With Scorpion and Honeybee Venom http://www.newsweek.com/fighting-cancer-scorpion-and-honeybee-venom-265962

HS TODAY: DARPA Announces Challenge to Curb Spread of Infectious Diseases http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/daily-news-analysis/single-a…bea1b.html

NOVA NEST: Modified Flesh-Eating Bacteria Could Be the Next Cancer Treatment http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/modified-flesh-eating…=nova_next

WALL STREET JOURNAL: European Rights Court Delivers Split Yukos Ruling http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111904194604576582142899283926

BLOOMBERG: Bitcoin Exchanger Must Face Charges Related to Silk Road http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-19/bitcoin-exc…-road.html

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: Step aside, fighters: DARPA wants to make ground vehicles disappear http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2014…round.html

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: Costco will expand its online presence, but don’t expect next-day delivery http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/08/co…don-t.html

IARPA: Prepare to Be Shocked http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/newsroom/iarpa-in-the-news/20…be-shocked

IARPA: The IC wants a peek at the future of your brain http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/newsroom/iarpa-in-the-news/20…your-brain

DARPA: Atoms to Product: Aiming to Make Nanoscale Benefits Life-sized http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/08/22.aspx

IARPA: IARPA Peeks Into The Future of Your Brain http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/newsroom/iarpa-in-the-news/20…your-brain

DARPA: CHIKV Challenge Asks Teams to Forecast the Spread of Infectious Disease http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/08/15.aspx

IARPA: Cryogenic Computing Complexity (C3) http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/c3/baa

ENTREPRENEUR TECH: The 5 Problems Google Will Face in the Next 10 Years http://entm.ag/1qmOg4x

NASA: NASA Selects 26 Space Biology Research Proposals http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-selects-26-space-biology-re…_fX1WMb8mw

NASA: Microgravity Research Breaks Down How to Build Better Bones http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/CBTM/#.U_fYbGMb8mw

ASSOCIATED PRESS: More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could have hacking software in their cash registers, U.S. government says: http://apne.ws/1scDr7v

NASA: Voyager Map Details Neptune’s Strange Moon Triton http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/voyager/triton-20140821/#.U_fYuGMb8mw

BLOOMBERG: China’s Hack of 4.5 Million U.S. Medical Records? This Chart Will Make You Sick http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/china-s-hac…-sick.html

BLOOMBERG: China’s Cyber Warriors Keep Clicking at Taiwan Shows Reality of Detente http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/china-s-cyb…aiwan.html

OXFORD UNIVERSITY: Neanderthals ‘overlapped’ with modern humans for up to 5,400 years http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-08-20-neanderthals-ove…5400-years

In Common: Apaches, Iroquis, Redskins, Cherokees, Hopis, Coyotes, Siouxes, Navajos, Omahas, , etc.? https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140823001157&#…mishes-etc

GERMANY, CHINA & RUSSIA DO. OXFORD UNIVERSITY: Did love begin in the Middle Ages? http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/did-love-begin-middle-ages

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: GPS is recording the drying of the landscape caused by the drought: http://on.natgeo.com/1q5P80f

FORBES: The Perils of the Federal Reserve’s Dual Mission: http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardepstein/2014/08/22/the-pe…ob-market/

RED ANALYSIS: Arabs face a deep crisis of statehood http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2014/Aug-20/26…z3AyCovs4n

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of postnatal depression — http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breastfeeding-linked-to-l…KcTUU.dpuf

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Mind and body: Scientists identify immune system link to mental illness — http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mind-and-body-scientists-…wEy42.dpuf

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: “Trojan horse” treatment could beat brain tumours http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/trojan-horse-treatment-co…in-tumours

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age seventy — http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gene-increases-risk-of-br…Nz8bQ.dpuf

YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale’s cool molecules are a hot item http://news.yale.edu/2014/08/20/yale-s-cool-molecules-are-hot-item

THE BEAKER: As Research Budgets Dwindle, Scientists and Universities Turn to the Crowd http://thebeaker.org/post/95196134549/as-research-budgets-dwindle-scientists-and

ENGINEERING: Irish Researchers Create Wearable Sensors Using Rubber Bands http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…Bands.aspx

MEDICAL PRESS: Living forever may never be possible, study says http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-living-forever-may-never-be.html

MIT NEWS: Delivery by drone http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-monitors-delivery-drones-0821

MIT NEWS: Unlocking the potential of simulation software http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/startup-faster-3d-engineering-software-0821

MIT NEWS: Solving the polar climate conundrum http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/solving-polar-climate-conundrum

HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Are failing bees our warning sign? http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/are-failing-bees-our-warning-sign/

HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Targeting teacher tenure http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/targeting-teacher-tenure/

Johns Hopkins University: Johns Hopkins Mathematician Receives NSF Grant for Innovative Brain Research http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/08/21/johns-hopkins-mathematici…-research/

Johns Hopkins University: New Milky Way Maps Help Solve Stubborn Interstellar Material Mystery http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/08/14/new-milky-way-maps-help-s…l-mystery/

UC Berkeley News: Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/29/vision-correcting-displays/

CALTECH: Programmed to Fold: RNA Origami http://www.caltech.edu/content/programmed-fold-rna-origami

CALTECH: Study of Aerosols Stands to Improve Climate Models http://www.caltech.edu/content/study-aerosols-stands-improve-climate-models

CALTECH: Looking Forward to 2020 … on Mars http://www.caltech.edu/content/looking-forward-2020-mars

CALTECH: Biology Made Simpler With “Clear” Tissues http://www.caltech.edu/content/biology-made-simpler-clear-tissues

CALTECH: Corals Provide Clues for Climate Change Research http://www.caltech.edu/content/corals-provide-clues-climate-change-research

CALTECH: Neuroeconomists Confirm Warren Buffett’s Wisdom http://www.caltech.edu/content/neuroeconomists-confirm-warren-buffetts-wisdom

“How Not To Think Correctly!” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140823014636-344…-correctly

GOOGLE NEWS: Faster high-speed internet arrives in Renfrew County http://www.obj.ca/Local/2014-08-22/article-3843697/F…w-County/1

THE VANCOUVER SUN: Vancouver firm wiring cars with intelligence http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Vancouver+firm+wiring+c…z3BBC95ZZ5

FORBES: Internet of Things By The Numbers: Market Estimates And Forecasts http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2014/08/22/internet-of-…forecasts/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at href=“www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini” target=“_blank”>www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini