Welcome to this week ’s Reading List , a aggregation of the most interesting scientific discipline and applied science stories on the net . This hebdomad , we ’ll stroll through the cemeteries of the future , take a pivotal road trip-up with Dwight D. Eisenhower , and dive into the dying oceans of 2100 .
The funeral industry is adapting as more people opt cremation or or sometime - fashioned , eco - friendly interment . [ Hopes and Fears ]
In the post - carrier - subsidy world , smartphones are distressingly expensive , so a $ 50 smartphone vocalise pretty likeable — and for people in many parts of the earth , access to affordable smartphones could be a life - convert growth . The economics of produce this hypothetical French telephone are n’t so mere , though . [ Engadget ]
You ’ve probably see that documentary about how terrible sugar is , but sugar is n’t nearly as bad for you as observe pseudoscience documentaries . [ Slate ]
AT&T is n’t the only ship’s company to deal information with the NSA , but the sound companionship has a singular and crucial relationship with the agency , fit in to a review of leaked document . [ ProPublica ]
By 2100 , our sea could be 5 feet thick and several degrees fond . They ’ll also be dot with hypoxic dead zones , too acidulous to support most marine life , and populate by more garbage than fish . Unless , of course , we do something about it . [ Motherboard ]
In 1919 , Dwight D. Eisenhower read the worst road trip ever . The experience planted the idea for today ’s Interstate high arrangement in his judgement . [ AtlasObscura ]
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