These are the factors that put you at higher risk of dying from covid-19

How carbon-sucking machines could cut aviation emissions 

The Download Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology 07.09.20 Good morning! Today: these are the factors that put you at higher risk of dying from covid-19, and how carbon-sucking machines could cut aviation emissions. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. These are the factors that put you at higher risk of dying from covid-19   The news: A study of more than 17 million people in England has confirmed the various factors that are linked with an increase in a person’s risk of dying from covid-19: their age, being male, Black or from an ethnic minority background, or having underlying health conditions. It was published in Nature yesterday. The research: The researchers used pseudonymized health records from about 40% of England’s population—17,278,392 adults—of which 10,926 were recorded as dying from covid-19 or covid-19-related complications. They plugged this data into a health analytics platform they’d built, called OpenSAFELY.  What they found: As we knew, age is the single biggest indicator of whether someone is likely to die from coronavirus, and the risk increases sharply among the over-80s. More than 90% of deaths in England were in people over 60. Men were more likely to die than women of the same age: they accounted for 60% of all deaths. People with underlying medical conditions like obesity, severe asthma and cardiovascular disease were at higher risk. Ethnic disparities: The study confirmed that Black, South Asian, and people from other ethnic minority groups were more likely to die than white patients. In the US, Black and Latino people are almost twice as likely to die as white people, according to data obtained by suing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How carbon-sucking machines could cut aviation emissions The news: Two companies have teamed up on a project that could provide a key test of our ability to use synthetic fuel, made from carbon dioxide captured from the air, to cut emissions from aviation. Carbon Engineering, a direct air capture company, has signed a deal with Aerion, a startup that is developing a supersonic business jet known as the AS2, to evaluate whether fuel derived from CO2-sucking machines can enable carbon-neutral commercial flights. Why it’s exciting: It will help work out how far synthetic fuels can help us to clean up commercial air travel, which produces 2.5% of global emissions and is one of the technically trickiest sectors to clean up. Challenges: The chemistry required to produce synthetic fuels, which entails combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide, is fairly straightforward. But the trick will be to do it in a way that’s relatively affordable and doesn’t produce significant emissions. Read the full story. —James Temple We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.)   + Ed Burtynsky’s photographs will make you think about our relationship with nature.   + Cats really will chill anywhere, even vibrating weight loss machines.   + Museums are fighting over who has the best butt art.   + A classic sketch from The Fast Show (which feels slightly relatable these days.) The top ten must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Coronavirus can cause serious brain disorders Even in people who get it relatively mildly. (The Guardian)   + The US set another record for daily cases: over 59,000. (NYT $)   + What went wrong in America. (Wired UK)   + Coronavirus cases are up in 33 states. (Axios)   + Doctors are getting better at treating severely ill covid patents. (The Verge) 2 Most contact tracing apps are rife with problems There really is no silver bullet with this virus. (NYT $)   + Check out each country's contact tracing app at a glance. (TR) 3 How the push to reopen schools could backfire There’s no scientific consensus yet on the extent to which children can spread covid. (Axios)   + NYC schools won’t fully reopen in the fall. (CNN)   + Is it safe to send kids back to school? (TR) 4 Facebook’s own auditors say it has caused “serious setbacks for civil rights” They blasted the decision to allow posts by Trump that included hate speech and facilitated voter suppression. (WP $)   + Facebook runs white nationalist adverts. (Buzzfeed)   + Facebook’s oversight board won’t launch until “late fall.” (TechCrunch) 5 America needs to stop with the covid-19 polls 📊 A pandemic is a time to listen to public health experts, not blindly follow public opinion. (Wired $) 6 The UK’s testing regime is in chaos Data, data, everywhere, and virtually none of it reliable. (Sky) 7 What does (and doesn’t) TikTok allow? Here’s how it’s changed over time. (WSJ $)   + People are using “aesthetic TikTok” as a way to escape. (Vox) 8 How your phone spies on you 📱👀 Mostly through software development kits—here’s how it all works. (Recode) 9 Will astronauts ever visit gas giants like Jupiter? Even orbiting would be dangerous due to radiation. (TR) 10 How to remember almost anything Learn the memory palace technique. (Wired UK) Don't settle for half the story. MIT Technology Review delivers insights on today's technologies and their impact upon our collective future through a trustworthy lens you won't find anywhere else. Get unlimited access when you subscribe today. Quote of the Day “Please scream inside your heart.” —The advice given to riders on newly-reopened roller coasters in Japan, in a bid to minimize the risk of people spreading coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reports. Top image credit: Associated Press Please send the best butt art to hi@technologyreview.com. Follow me on Twitter at @charlottejee. Thanks for reading! —Charlotte Was this newsletter forwarded to you, and you'd like to see more? Sign up for free Leading with Innovation. Join us online, October 19-22. *View this in a browser You received this newsletter because you subscribed with your email address                                       *Edit email preferences   |   *Unsubscribe from all emails Follow us: MIT Technology Review One Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142

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