In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds.
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Spacewalking astronauts worked to complete repairs to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Saturday and give it new life.
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A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands will spend ten days searching for relatives of two tortoise species believed to be extinct, including those of the archipelago's Lonesome George, park officials said Friday.
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US President Donald Trump unveiled the logo of Space Force on Friday, attracting critics who said America's newest military branch had boldly gone where Star Trek went before.
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To better understand how animals like spiders communicate with pattern and color, a University of Cincinnati biology student is turning to ancient dramatic art.
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Yard signs for a local politician captured the curiosity of Katherine Haenschen.
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In 2011, China's Supreme Court dealt a blow to the property rights of women by ruling that family homes purchased before marriage automatically belong to the registered buyer upon divorce, historically the husband.
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Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study to characterize protists in soils from around the…
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"Jumping genes"—bits of DNA that can move from one spot in the genome to another—are well-known for increasing genetic diversity over the long course of evolution. Now, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicat…
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University of California, Berkeley, scientists have created a blue light-emitting diode (LED) from a trendy new semiconductor material, halide perovskite, overcoming a major barrier to employing these cheap, easy-to-make materials in electronic devic…
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How the Shlayer Trojan topped the macOS malware charts—despite its “rather ordinary” methods.
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The Spitzer Space Telescope wasn’t big, but its view of the universe was certainly mighty.
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Whether you’re running in warm weather or in the rain, we have the gear for you, including shoes, socks, and more.
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Facial recognition, iCloud encryption, and the rest of this week's top security news.
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David L. Craddock is one of the major voices in longform games journalism, but his reporting hasn't always been easy. 
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Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.
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The deployment, at an unspecified number of locations, will be one of the largest uses of the technology by government authorities in the West.
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If you're in the market for the Gadget Lab's favorite headphones, a smart display, or a new robot vacuum, you're in luck.
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The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.
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The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?
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A global vulnerability in hotel keycard locks was a security disaster—and the opportunity of a lifetime for one burglar. The post Inside an Epic Hotel Room Hacking Spree appeared first on WIRED.
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The arrest of an alleged source of a classified leak to the Intercept offers a lesson in the risks of spilling secrets. The post Feds Charge NSA Contractor Accused of Exposing Russian Hacking appeared first on WIRED.
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A widespread adware infection hides the ability to inflict far worse than spammy browser tweaks. The post Hack Brief: Dangerous 'Fireball' Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs appeared first on WIRED.
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University of Washington researchers put sensors in 15 ridesharing cars, and uncovered new evidence of how stingrays are being used and how to detect them. The post Researchers Use Ridesharing Cars to Sniff Out a Secret Spying Tool appeared first on…
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An appellate court puts the final seal on Ulbricht's life sentence, rejecting arguments about corrupt investigators and the injustice of his harsh sentence. The post Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Loses His Life Sentence Appeal appeared first on WIR…
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Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Bug Bounties Pay But Piracy Doesn't appeared first on WIRED.
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A group of security researchers present the most systematic analysis yet showing Russian hackers mix fakes in with their hacked revelations. The post Russian Hackers Are Using 'Tainted' Leaks to Sow Disinformation appeared first on WIRED.
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A new study raises questions about the deterrence value of harsh sentencing for dark web crimes. The post The Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Actually Boosted Dark Web Drug Sales appeared first on WIRED.
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The "sinkhole" domain that's held the ransomware in check is coming under repeated denial-of-service attacks. The post Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Nonstop Botnet Attacks appeared first on WIRED.
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The Swedish decision only brings into focus Assange's core conflict with the US government. The post Sweden Drops Assange's Rape Case---But He's Not Walking Free appeared first on WIRED.
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When I moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Durham, North Carolina, it represented an important new freedom—I finally had the space to set up a shop and start woodworking again. One of the first projects I worked on when I moved was this humble three-…
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Green iguanas are an invasive species that seem to be spreading through Florida. Used to warmer temps, they switch into torpor mode when the mercury drops. Hence the iguana-cicles.
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It can take hours for a plane to burn through enough fuel to get under its maximum landing weight after it lifts off for a long flight.
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African American youth are at increased risk of suicide. An expert explains why it's important to better understand the effects of racism, bullying, and alienation on the demographic.
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Our brains have been putting their own spin on song lyrics for decades. The phenomenon even has its own name: mondegreens.
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Copper pots have long been considered the Ferraris (or Louis Vuittons, if that’s more your thing) of the cookware world. They come with a high price tag and look stylish hanging in a kitchen, but are also durable and prized for conducting heat more…
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Walking sharks are one of the newest groups of sharks on the planet, appearing on the animals' evolutionary tree around 44 million years ago, Corrigan and her colleagues reported January 21 in the journal Marine and Freshwater Research. And they susp…
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A second case of the new coronavirus out of Wuhan has been confirmed in the United States, the CDC announced in a press briefing Friday morning.
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Bring friends or family together around one of these challenging puzzles.
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Sonos ended support for its smart speakers and the backlash was swift.
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NEUROSCIENCE The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly’s ‘Connectome’ Gregory Barber | Wired “Researchers like Rubin believe a physical blueprint of the brain could become a foundational resource for neuroscientists—doing for brain sc…
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The alarming headlines about Australia’s bush fires over the last couple weeks have heightened the global outcry over climate change, and companies, NGOs, and governments are taking action. One of the most ambitious targets was set last week by Mic…
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In the beginning, there was Satoshi. It’s been a little over a decade since the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin introduced the blockchain-based cryptocurrency that launched a thousand more blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Since then, not a few fo…
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A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots.” This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from…
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The idea of reinforcement learning—or learning based on reward—has been around for so long it’s easy to forget we don’t really know how it works. If DeepMind’s new bombshell paper in Nature is any indication, a common approach in AI, one th…
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Renewable energy statistics just keep topping each other. Solar power is getting cheaper. Battery storage capacity is getting better. And wind farms are getting bigger. 2019 saw the world’s biggest (at the time) offshore wind farm come online, as w…
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Concerns around the environmental impact of modern farming are causing us to reassess our relationship with food. But are claims that lab-grown food will replace agriculture in the coming decades realistic? British journalist and environmental activi…
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BIOTECH Meet Xenobot, an Eerie New Kind of Programmable Organism Matt Simon | Wired “A xenobot is a one-of-a-kind organism: It’s both a living thing made of living cells and a machine that the researchers can program to express certain behaviors.…
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The digital world has been creeping closer to your face. Was a time when a laptop was about as personal as you got with a computer. Then came smartphones, and a few years later, some of us started strapping screens to our heads. Now, in what must be…
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Every day, roughly 60 percent of all market trades are made by computer. When the market turns volatile, this can climb to as high as 90 percent. Robo-advisors are increasingly making this process available to the consumer, saving them time and mone…
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