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For the Lowly Dung Beetle, Life Doesn't Always Stink

Poop rules everything around the dung beetle, including its sex life.




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Jumping Spiders Jump Around, Jump Up, Jump Up, and Get Down

Meet the little spider that goes about life a little differently, in the sense that it actively stalks the hell out of its prey.




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Hyundai's Exo-Skeleton Makes Everyone an Iron Man

Hyundai, the car manufacturer, is getting into other forms of mobility and work with its two new exo-skeletons.




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CES 2017 - Take a Spin in Hyundai's Driverless Car for the Masses

Korean automaker Hyundai is demonstrating a prototype autonomous version of its Ioniq hatchback at CES. The car could make self-driving affordable enough for us all.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Self-Driving Vehicles Are Around the Corner

WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment Alex Davies lays out the five biggest disruptions coming to the world of transport.




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2017: The Year Ahead - WIRED's 2017 Predictions: Going Green Is Good Business, Even Under Trump

In our new series to kick off 2017, WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment, Matt Simon explains how businesses are still going to go green, even in the face of renewed climate change denialism.




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Stunning 3-D Animation Reveals How a Drone Moves Air

Here's what air looks like when its swirling around a DJI Phantom 3 drone in flight. The 3D animation is more than just a cool rendering, it's purpose is to help designers create faster, quieter drones.




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To Understand How a Squid Changes Color, You Gotta Get Inside Its Head

Squid use a remarkable array of skin patterns to communicate. How? It's all a matter of getting inside their heads.




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Inside the World's Largest Wind Tunnel

It’s 80 feet high, 120 feet wide, that's large enough to hold a Boeing 737. Now trucking companies are using the wind tunnel to make their massive machines more efficient.




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Planet Earth II : Exclusive Clip From Episode 3 ‘Jungles’

An exclusive clip from the upcoming BBC America film Planet Earth II.




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Blackjack Expert Explains How Card Counting Works

There's a lot more to counting cards in Blackjack than meets the eye. Mike Aponte, former member of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team, takes us through the complicated process of counting cards.




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SF’s Wild SoundBox Is a Symphony Like You’ve Never Heard Before

San Francisco’s renowned orchestra has turned an acoustically disastrous rehearsal space into the city’s hottest classical music venue.




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Meet the Remarkable Robot That Communicates Like No Other

Iorek the robot not only understands your commands and gestures, but it asks for clarification if it's confused.




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Design FX - 'Kong: Skull Island' - Designing the King of the Jungle

King Kong films hold a special distinction in the annals of cinema. Each new entry in the series often sets a new high-water mark for movie making special effects. Mike Seymour breaks down some the techniques used in 'Kong: Skull Island,' one of the most visually impressive films to date.




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Boeing's New 787-10 Takes Off, Bound for Testing Hell

The latest, longest variant of the tech-stuffed, efficiency-focused Dreamliner took off from Boeing’s new factory in Charleston, South Carolina and this is just the beginning of testing hell for the new 787-10.




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After 4 Years, Seattle's Giant Tunneling Machine Finally Breaks Through

Bertha, the largest boring machine in North America, has reached the light at the end of the tunnel, after getting stuck, and sitting motionless underneath the city for two years.




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NASA Is Sending Cassini out with a Funeral Fit for Scientific Royalty

Twenty years ago, the Cassini spacecraft blasted off from earth on an epic journey to find out more about Saturn. Now that journey comes to a glorious end.




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Lilium’s Funky ‘Jet’ Could Make Flying Car Dreams a Reality

The Lilium personal jet is the latest entry in a growing field of what are essentially flying cars. The electric vehicle could soon be ferrying passengers using distributed propulsion.




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How NASA Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Ever Seeing Them

Every time a new exoplanet is discovered, the announcement is accompanied by an artist’s rendering of that world. So when scientists recently discovered the seven exoplanets of Trappist-1, NASA's visual artists had their work cut out for them.




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The Unsettling Performance That Showed the World Through AI’s Eyes

Artist Trevor Paglen is best known for images of the security state – drones, spy satellites and rendition planes – For a new work commissioned by the Cantor Arts Center he's collaborated with Kronos Quartet and Obscura Digital to look under the hood of artificial intelligence and machine vision.




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Meet the Cute Little Robot That'll Soon Float Around with Astronauts

The Astrobee is a brilliant little robot that'll use puffs of air to autonomously float around the International Space Station.




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Why It's Almost Impossible to Run a Two-Hour Marathon

One of the world's finest distance runners came so close to achieving the greatest feats of athleticism in history: a sub two-hour marathon. To do it, the Eliud Kipchoge should have maintained an average pace of at least 13.1 miles per hour. So, we timed how long WIRED staffers could run at that speed. Needless to say, we didn't last long. Here's why only a handful of people in the world could ever come close to a two-hour marathon.




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Mysterious Fungi Bring a West Virginia Forest Back to Life

In West Virginia, the Nature Conservancy is bringing back forests with the help of a very special fungus.




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Watch Steve Jobs Pitch the Cupertino City Council on Apple Park

In his last public appearance, Steve Jobs makes his pitch for Apple's new campus at a June 2011 Cupertino City Council meeting.




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How a Bunch of Students Set a New Rocket Record

A group of students from USC have set a new rocket record and they aren't stopping there.




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Here's Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2017

At Apple's annual WWDC conference CEO Tim Cook and others unveiled its most powerful Mac yet, a long-awaited Siri speaker, and tons of new software upgrades across all of the Apple platforms.




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The Psychology Behind Video Game Sounds (1972-1998)

Four video game sound designers explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable video game sounds. Featuring sounds from Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Contra, Street Fighter II, Doom and more!




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The Psychology Behind Video Game Sounds (1998-2017)

Four video game sound designers explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable video game sounds. Featuring sounds from the Legend of Zelda, Half-Life, The Sims, Minecraft, Dota 2 and more!




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Video Game Sounds Explained By Experts

Four video game sound designers explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable video game sounds.




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A Timeline of Uber's Unfolding

Uber's crises have come so fast that they've piled on top of one another. We've laid out some of the companies most infamous milestones.




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The Stunning Evolution of Color in Film

Before they figured out how to shoot film in color, filmmakers were painting their footage, frame-by-frame. Fast forward a century and the HDR technology available to colorists means we are to see more detail than ever on our screens.




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Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down 'Atomic Blonde' Fight Scene

'Atomic Blonde' stunt coordinator and second unit director Sam Hargrave breaks down every stunt in the film's Berlin flat fight scene.




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How a Hacker Fired a Locked Smart Gun with $15 of Magnets

The Armatix iP1 pistol and its RFID watch, are sold as one of the most secure firearm systems available. But a hacker, who goes by 'Plore', has found flaws in the Armatix that entirely defeat its security measures.




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The Best (and Worst) Anti-Drone Weapons, From Shotguns to Superdrones

There are many ways to kill a drone. But what's the cheapest and most effective way to do it? A cybersecurity consultancy is testing various ways to defend against rogue drones.




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Reuniting With Dawn, the Ion-Powered Spacecraft in the Asteroid Belt

How did Dawn orbit two protoplanets? The same way Darth Vadar annihilated the rebel fleet. Sort of.




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Hexa: the Fascinating Yet Unsettling Six-Legged Robot

Hexa isn’t just an extremely entertaining robot. Its maker hopes to turn it into a full-fledged robotics platform.




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Tech Support - Bungie's Luke Smith Answers Destiny Questions From Twitter

Bungie's Luke Smith, design director of Destiny 2, answers Twitter's burning questions about the Destiny franchise. What if the loot cave still existed? How will characters transfer to Destiny 2? Did the wizard really come from the moon?




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Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villeneuve on Seeing the Original for the First Time

Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve reflects on seeing the original Blade Runner on the big screen and why he still loves the voice over version.




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Blade Runner 2049: Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling Talk Acting, Blade Running, and Their Pecs

Blade Runner 2049 stars Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on their roles as Blade Runners, physically demanding parts, and the first time they met on set.




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Blade Runner 2049: Ridley Scott Dissects His Favorite Scene from the 1982 Classic

Blade Runner director Ridley Scott dissects the scene when replicant Rachel meets Blade Runner Deckard. The original Blade Runner is now available in 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray.




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Tech Support - Jackie Chan & Olivia Munn Answer Martial Arts Questions From Twitter

'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' stars Jackie Chan and Olivia Munn use the power of Twitter to answer some common martial arts questions. Jackie also teaches Olivia how to karate chop some pieces of wood and defend herself from knife attacks.




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Visit an Audio Installation That Surrounds You With Sound

Envelop at the Midway is an experimental sound installation that promotes technology for making spatial audio. It’s also a performance space that fosters listening as a community.




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The Unrelenting Weirdness of Interacting With Robots

Welcome to the world of human-robot interaction, in which people have to adapt to the machines as much as the machines have to adapt to us.




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The First Supersonic Flight Is Still Astounding 70 Years Later

In the not so distant future we might all take supersonic flights from New York to Los Angeles. It all started seventy years ago high above the Mojave desert.




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Zoom Through Seattle's Nearly Completed SR-99 Tunnel

Now that Bertha's done digging, the new underground highway is nearly ready for human travelers. Fly through the project from a drone's perspective.




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Watch the 1000 mph Bloodhound Rocket Car's First Run

The Bloodhound is a truly super supercar. It's designed to punch right through the sound barrier to over 1,000 miles per hour.




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iPhone X Review: We Test the Phone While Bouncing On a Trampoline

The iPhone X is packed with some of the most cutting edge smartphone tech, including its camera. Naturally, we tested Face ID, its selfie mode and full HD slo-mo while bouncing around at a trampoline park.




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How a Bunch of Geeks and Dreamers Jump-Started the Self-Driving Car

A decade ago, the idea of self-driving cars on American city streets was almost unthinkable. But a series of contests spurred the development of software and hardware that have brought us to dawn of the next automotive revolution.




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Tesla Unveils New Electric Semi-Truck and Roadster

Elon Musk introduces Tesla's new all electric long-haul shipping truck and surprise, a new roadster the company says could go as fast as 250 miles per hour.




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The Farm of the Future Might Be Entirely Run by Robots

At Silicon Valley startup Iron Ox, the plan for agriculture, or at least leafy greens, is to automate the entire growing process indoors with robots and artificial intelligence.