AI, Newspapers, Smell, Labor Unions, Scooters - Five Things - Issue #334

Visionary research is no longer the most important element of progress.

A new study of The Independent's 2016 shift to online-only finds that its print readership didn't move to digital when the newspaper did.

The brain's way of processing smells is inspiring scientists to rethink how we design machine learning algorithms.

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of American union members younger than age 35 rose by over 750,000.

Teenagers are flocking to electric scooter services like Bird and Lime, ignoring requirements that riders be age 18 or older.

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