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Rumors swirling around 2016 Wikileaks dump was glue that held "Pizzagate" together.

I bought solar panels, a heat pump, a condensing boiler, and an electric car.

Tesla needs to expand rapidly to justify its $600 billion market capitalization.

Combining traditional "pick and trowel" field work with a sweeping birds-eye view.

Opinion: If we can’t expect people to avoid risk, we should embrace harm reduction.

Author and science evangelist Ainissa Ramirez discusses her book, The Alchemy of Us

Is a politician really the world’s second biggest a-hole?

From the archives: Many comics make the claim, but most of those headlines are lying.

The pandemic has shuttered labs and sidelined scientists all over the world.

Genomics institute head looks back on how far the field has come, ahead to future.

Despite similarities, "We don't think the universe was created by a giant slime mold."

Zinc is very cheap and abundant; battery tech could be great for power grids.

Third Point fund, led by Daniel Loeb, demands strategy shake up

Genetic tagging offers insight into the secret lives of basking sharks.

These companies might have survived COVID and a recession, but will they survive 2021?

The whereabouts of the documents remains a mystery to this day.

Security firm's actions both may and may not qualify under fair use, judge held.

As carbon capture gets cheaper, new applications could look attractive.

Maneuver is widely seen as a "poison pill," and makes it unlikely legislation will pass

UK approves another vaccine, this one from AstraZeneca, as new COVID variant spreads.

You, your employer, and the taxman may have very different understandings of "home."

"Secret party app" also pulled from TikTok after posting videos of unmasked ragers.

Amazon has done little to stop sellers from gaming its search algorithm.

People who study and care for 'em take lockdown-style measures to limit transmission risk.

The film will still lose money, but Warner Bros. is fast-tracking a third film

Even if it works, the wood will remain in orbit, too.

Claims Twitter's blocking Hunter Biden laptop story amounts to calling him a hacker.

Two studies, published 11 months apart, yield conflicting results.

All drones weighing over a quarter kilogram will need Remote ID transmitters.

We tested the latest MagSafe cases, stands, and mounts—and some tried and true favorites.

It takes a lot of energy for machines to be trained with data sets.

Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests.

Revitalizing a curriculum in the middle of a chaos-inducing pandemic? Sure.

Oxford University Hospital tracked infections in 12,500 of its healthcare workers.

Trump vetoed military funding in a bid to repeal Section 230.

Black smudge in Jørgen Brønlund's diary showed he desperately tried to light a fire.

The platform was a haven for communities deemed too racist or hateful for Reddit.

Players aren't the only ones angry about how the game's console versions launched.

Simple organic ices dominate, rather than bigger organic molecules.

A 2,000-year-old quick-serve restaurant had a lot in common with modern ones.

From the archives: After a spate of lawsuits dating back to the late '90s, the feds step in.

And it's a risk in urban fires, too.

The past 12 months teaches us that, yes, attacks do only get better.

Default tip amount slashed following introduction of California's new employment rules.

Explore the macabre history of "anthropodermic bibliopegy": books bound in human skin

Divers trying to clean fishing nets come up with a bit of history.

The Civic Type-R brought the most smiles and a pair of hybrid SUVs surprised me.

Faster and more accurate forecasts can save lives and property.

The levels of certain proteins in bones can reveal how long a body has been in water.