Several news: good and bad.

 

Five islands have disappeared into the Pacific Ocean, and six more are following suit

http://www.sciencealert.com/climate-change-just-caused-five-islands-to-disappear-in-the-pacific

11-Year-Old Scores Multi-Million Dollar Deal For Her Lemonade, and Uses It to Save the Bees

http://www.earthables.com/11-year-old-scores-multi-million-dollar-deal-1714137554.html?page=2

By now everyone has heard of Google’s RankBrain, the new artificial intelligence machine learning algorithm that is supposed to be the latest and greatest from Mountain View, Calif. What many of you might not realize, however, is just how fast the SEO industry is changing because of it.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/04/artificial-intelligence-is-changing-seo-faster-than-you-think/?ncid=rss&sr_share=facebook

we have compiled a list of Indian children’s books that go beyond – that challenge stereotypes, fire the imagination and create a healthy space for discussion, besides being fuel for the pure pleasure of children reading.

http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/50-indian-books-every-parent-must-read-to-their-child/

When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’

http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2010/12/22/when-you-kill-ten-million-africans-you-arent-called-hitler/

 

The six genders in classical Judaism

http://www.sojourngsd.org/blog/sixgenders

 

Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders

http://www.sojourngsd.org/blog/sixgenders

World-famous biologist James Watson said he is selling the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA because he has been ostracised and needs the money

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11261872/James-Watson-selling-Nobel-prize-because-no-one-wants-to-admit-I-exist.html

 

How Square Watermelons Get Their Shape, and Other G.M.O. Misconceptions

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/12/science/gmo-misconceptions.html?contentCollection=smarter-living&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1

 

Kids Save Newborn Baby Whale That Washed Up On Shore

http://www.boredpanda.com/kids-save-baby-baluga-whale-shore-st-lawrence-river-canada/