Novel drugs for depression

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21708655-new-generation-drugs-could-change-way-depression-treated-novel-drugs

Humans are at the forefront of what could be the first major shift of evolution in over a billion years (video)

http://www.businessinsider.com/humans-first-major-shift-evolution-over-billion-years-caleb-scharf-2016-12

Giraffes and Cheetahs Are Going Extinct, Warn Scientists. Why Should Humans Save Them?

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/giraffes-and-cheetahs-are-nearing-extinction-warn-scientists

Scientists Catch Slimes Learning, Even Though They Have 0 Neurons

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/scientists-catch-slimes-learning-even-though-they-have-0-neurons

'Pregnancy brain' shows up big time in brain scans, study says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pregnancy-brain-changes-grey-matter-hoekzema-study-1.3913493

The things you remember best happened when you were between 15 and 25 – here’s why

https://theconversation.com/the-things-you-remember-best-happened-when-you-were-between-15-and-25-heres-why-68792

Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212095342.htm

A Parthian shot. Neanderthals’ parting gifts to Homo sapiens were disease-causing genes

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21692847-neanderthals-parting-gifts-homo-sapiens-were-disease-causing-genes?fsrc=scn/li/te/pe/ed/aparthianshot

Interview: Vitaly Bulgarov, designer of that giant Korean robot suit

http://newatlas.com/vitaly-bulgarov-interview-giant-korean-mech-suit/47100/

Study suggests cheese may help you live longer

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/11/22/study-suggests-cheese-may-help-live-longer.html

Rhythm of breathing affects memory, fear. Breathing is not just for oxygen; it's also linked to brain function, behavior

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161207093034.htm

Secret terrifying 13 FOOT 'Avatar war' robot learns to walk and mimic human movements

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/secret-terrifying-13-foot-avatar-9484188

Was 2016 really the year of VR and what’s to come in 2017?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2016-really-year-vr-whats-come-2017-solomon-rogers

Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt. It had a good 36-year run, but its day is done.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3147668/operating-systems/say-goodbye-to-the-ms-dos-command-prompt.html

http://historyscoper.com/computerscope.html

New CyberDeterrence(tm)Protocols. Time to be Offensive while being Defensive

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-cyberdeterrencetmprotocols-time-offensive-while-being-angleton

Is mathematics an effective way to describe the world?

http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-mathematics-effective-world.html

Pioneering nanotechnology captures energy from people

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161208152133.htm

Op-ed: I’m throwing in the towel on PGP, and I work in security

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/op-ed-im-giving-up-on-pgp/

US life expectancy declines for first time in 20 years

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38247385

Trump says he only sleeps a few hours each night — and there could be a scientific reason why

http://www.businessinsider.com/some-people-only-need-a-few-hours-of-sleep-2016-12

Researchers simulate a dog nose to help smell bombs, cancer, pizza

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/08/researchers-simulate-a-dog-nose-to-help-smell-bombs-cancer-pizza/

Boeing Said to Offer Talks on Air Force One After #Trump Tweets

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-07/boeing-said-to-offer-talks-on-air-force-one-after-trump-tweets-iwe6mz3j

How a Tech Startup Is Using Artificial Intelligence to 'Know Things Before Anyone Else'

http://www.inc.com/damien-patton/how-a-tech-startup-is-using-artificial-intelligence-to-know-things-before-anyone-else.html

Half Of People Believe Fake Facts

http://www.eurasiareview.com/07122016-half-of-people-believe-fake-facts/

NASA just spotted a massive hole growing on the sun — here’s what it means

http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-spot-massive-hole-sun-coronal-hole-video-2016-12

There are 37.2 Trillion Cells in Your Body

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/there-are-372-trillion-cells-in-your-body-4941473/

More GABA in One Brain Region Linked to Better Working Memory

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2016/11/more-gaba-one-brain-region-linked-better-working-memory

‘Disruptive Triangle’ of Technologies Promises Opportunity to Improve Quality of Life for Billions

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruptive-triangle-technologies-promises-opportunity-carlos-ghosn

Rocket men: why tech’s biggest billionaires want their place in space

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/05/tech-billionaires-space-exploration-musk-bezos-branson

Amazon unveils ‘self-driving’ brick-and-mortar convenience store

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazoncom-unveils-self-driving-brick-and-mortar-convenience-store/

Researchers uncover algorithm which may solve human intelligence

http://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-uncover-algorithm-which-may-solve-human-intelligence/

An ex-Tesla engineer fixed everything that's wrong with the hoverboard

http://mashable.com/2016/12/01/moboster-hoverboard-fixed/#_U46uhZYo8qV

Four New Names Officially Added to the Periodic Table of Elements

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/science/periodic-table-new-elements.html

Shamoon wiper malware returns with a vengeance

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/shamoon-wiper-malware-returns-with-a-vengeance/