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When water is scarce, why not pull it out of thin air? An industrial designer in Austria is hoping to do just that (well, sort of).

A couple of days ago, Fujifilm announced its new X-Pro2 mirrorless camera. The camera packs some pretty impressive hardware and to top things off, it will also sport a weather-sealed body, meaning that when it is rained ...

Honduran archaeologists unearth ceramics at 'White City' site

Kidney stones used to affect only children with metabolic conditions. Poor water intake and dietary habits, however, have increased the incidence of nephrolithiasis in relatively healthy kids.

You would think that because the moon is round, that it should look roughly the same all around, right? However, there is the dark side of the moon, which is basically the side that we don't see since the moon orbits aro...

According to an insider source, Samsung is going to add a feature that's similar to Apple's Live Photos to the Galaxy S7 at launch. The current possible names up on the board include Timeless Photo or Vivid Photo.

After developing software for Bitcoin for five years, Mike Hearn has sold his coins and is backing out. In an article on Medium, Hearn details the multitude of reasons why Bitcoin has ultimately failed, such as a warr...

 NASA terminated a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today due to a spacesuit malfunction with one of the American astronauts. NASA’s Timothy Kopra and British astronaut Timothy Peake were schedu...

You don't even need to lift a finger when you're done playing Jeopardy! on Amazon Echo and want to relax with a book. Simply say "Alexa, read [Kindle book title]," and the voice assistant will start narrating almost anyt...

Computer scientist Shashi Shekhar offers a manifesto for a new research field.

Breathe happily and healthily with Beeb, the smart air quality monitor. This dynamic and clever device analyses the quality of the air around you in real time and shows a visualization of the results as well as deliverin...

Experience the art of flight without moving from the ground with ONAGOfly, the smart nano drone. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, this drone is equipped with GPS so it will automatically follow you wherever ...

The CDC has issued a health advisory for pregnant women against traveling to 14 countries in the Americas to avoid the Zika virus. Learn about the health agency's recommendations to avoid being infected with this mosquit...

If Monet styled hair on the side, he'd be so into 2016's newest color craze. Hair color brand Pravana's artistic color director Vadre Grigsby developed the hair painting technique to resemble that of watercolor painting...

Two leading candidates for a "theory of everything," long thought incompatible, may be two sides of the same coin. The post String Theory Might Merge With the Other Theory of Everything appeared first on WIRED.

Denial of service attacks used to just be a nuisance. But they're getting more powerful and more insidious. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Are DoS and DDoS Attacks? appeared first on WIRED.

Panasonic is doubling down on its investment both in Tesla and the electrified future of mobility. According to MarketWatch, the Japanese electronics company has promised up to $1.6 billion toward the construction of Tes...

The creator of the legendary series 'The Simpsons,' Matt Groening, has reportedly joined forces with Netflix to develop an animated series in the near future. Here is what we know so far about this purported new series.

At long last, Google has added support for Android promo codes at the Play Store. App and game developers can now offer up to 500 codes per quarter free of charge.

In order to learn about galaxies as they were forming soon after the Big Bang, and about nearby but much smaller and fainter objects, astronomers need more powerful telescopes.

Proving that the console wars are never truly over, today the Supreme Court of the United States announced (PDF) it would hear an argument relating to Microsoft's Xbox 360. At issue is whether or not Microsoft will have ...

iTunes Radio, Apple's ad-supported streaming service, will soon no longer be free The company plans to make the service part of Apple Music, which costs $10 a month, beginning Jan. 29, according to BuzzFeed, who first re...