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What would we do if we knew an asteroid would hit Earth in 2027? That's what NASA personnel will explore during a simulation taking place next week.

The future of VPNs may be fighting quanta with quanta.

Ultima Thule is weird.

At least four current or former Boeing employees called a Federal Aviation Administration hotline to report issues with the company's 737 Max line of jets on April 5, the day after Ethiopia's minister of transportation r...

The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's plans to fly a fleet of internet-transmitting satellites, Starlink, at a "lower orbit than originally planned," the Verge reported on Saturday.

Work stress and impaired sleep are linked to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension.

Latest ThoughtWorks technology analysis shows what's next after cloud, containers and Kubernetes are established.

Disney's latest blockbuster has smashed box office records, pulling in an astonishing $1.2 billion globally in its opening weekend, according to Variety. It's the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to cross the...

DJI launched its brand with the Phantom 1, known at the time as Phantom, in January 2013. The iconic design has spawned numerous imitators but DJI has been able to iterate and outdo its competitors time and again, with m...

During a recent Lyft ride, I discovered that my driver had never been to San Francisco and had just arrived that morning--I happened to be his first-ever passenger in the city. A San Diego college student visiting a frie...

In "Alien" lore, in space no one can hear you scream. But you can definitely hear the New Jersey teens behind "Alien: The Play" scream during a surprise visit by actor Sigourney Weaver.

Popular third-party podcast player Overcast has been updated this weekend with a nifty new clip sharing feature. Now, with Overcast for iOS, you can easily share clips of podcasts that are up to 1-minute long, either in ...

Most people have had the experience of scrolling through their phone keyboards in search of a specific emoji, only to find it absent. A very small percentage of those people have actually stepped up to create their own e...

Far more viruses appear to populate the seas than was previously thought, a discovery that could help clarify viruses' role in the global carbon cycle.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari and computer scientist Fei-Fei Li discuss the promise and perils of the transformative technology with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson.

The Global Underwater Explorers dive in the waters around Seattle, which are filled with shipwrecks and sunken planes. Kees Beemster Leverenz uses photogrammetry to make 3D models of the wrecks. The post How a clever pho...

A ground-breaking fusion reactor built by Chinese scientists is underscoring Beijing's determination to be at the core of clean energy technology, as it eyes a fully-functioning plant by 2050.

(European Association for the Study of Obesity) A new study has shed light on the link between higher body mass index (BMI) and serious health outcomes and death in over 2.8 million adults representative of the UK popula...

(Science China Press) Recently, one research group from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented an interesting SnO2-CdS NW interlaced structure to fabricate stretchable UV photodetectors w...

(European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) Mesothelioma patients are twice as likely to survive for two years or longer, if they are treated with a high dose of radiation to the affected side of the trunk, ...

(European Association for the Study of Obesity) The disconnect between perceptions of health care providers (HCPs) and people with obesity (PwO) is revealed in a new international study (the ACTION-IO study) presented at...

(European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) A single high dose of radiation that can be delivered directly to the tumor within a few minutes is a safe and effective technique for treating men with low-risk p...