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Strands of hair shed light on doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition
The final days of Franklin's 1846 expedition have long been a tragic mystery.
The US would suffer some of the biggest costs of climate change
The exact cost estimates vary, but the US consistently ranks near the top.
These 19th-century astronomical drawings show the beauty of cosmos
French illustrator Étienne Léopold Trouvelot wanted to capture public's imagination.
Ars eats more bugs, finds a few we like
Prepped by an expert chef, bugs can fade into a complex dish.
Musk settles—out as Tesla chairman, owes $20 million in penalties
Avoiding a court case allows Musk to remain as Tesla CEO.
Tesla is outgrowing Elon Musk
Op-ed: Elon Musk is a brilliant entrepreneur—but he's not a great manager.
Root is a terrific—and fully asymmetric—woodland wargame
One of 2018's hottest board games... involves birds, cats, and a little raccoon?
FBI: We can’t listen to Facebook Messenger voice calls. Judge: Tough luck
Fresno-based federal judge won't force Facebook to help MS-13 investigation.
This arcade is really vintage: Visiting San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique
A look at what arcades were like long before the days of Pac-Man—and even pinball.
Microsoft suspends development of touch-friendly Office apps for Windows
The focus is on the iOS, Android, Web, and Win32 versions of the apps.
Cloudflare gets into registrar business with wholesale domains and free privacy
Cloudflare Registrar will charge just what the TLDs and ICANN do.
Nintendo reveals it invented “Bowsette” before the Internet did
New "Art of Super Mario Odyssey" book shows official tease of a Bowser-ized Peach.
Hidden fees that raise price of broadband would be banned by proposed law
Advertised telco prices would have to include all fees if Democrat's bill passes.
Forza Horizon 4 is the best open-world driving game you can buy
450 cars, dynamic weather and seasons, and enough racing to keep you busy for ages.
Life Is Strange 2, episode 1 review: New setting, same heart
Improved writing anchors an effective and affecting tale of brothers on the run.
50 million Facebook accounts breached by access-token-harvesting attack
Bugs in two features enabled mass harvest of single sign-on tokens.
International Energy Agency predicts wind will dominate Europe’s grid by 2027
Massive renewable additions will require more grid-stabilizing technology.
Microsoft killing off the old Skype client… for real this time
The old client's brief reprieve is at an end.
Boeing/Saab joint T-X design wins Air Force’s jet trainer competition
Latest $9.2 billion contract will deliver at least 351 new advanced jet trainers.
Porsche debuts new $800,000 racer inspired by the iconic 935 Le Mans car
Porsche will build 77 of the new cars, but where can they race?
What 61,000 hidden structures reveal about Maya civilization
Lidar images suggest connections between cities but also large-scale warfare.
Apple’s watchOS 5.0.1 addresses bug that may prevent Watches from charging
It's the first minor update pushed out to all Watches running watchOS 5.
Review: Google’s Wear OS 2.0 can’t fix its obsolete smartwatch hardware
Wear OS gets better with version 2.0, but what are you supposed to run it on?
Amazing NCC-1701-D simulator issues final command: “all stop”
Stage 9 got a Priority One message from Starfleet Command (CBS): cease and desist.
California Apple Store robbery gang stole over $1M in goods, cops say
9 suspects at large, while 7 men now in custody in Alameda Co., another in Sonoma.
A decades-old pollutant is still threatening orca populations
Just because it was banned doesn't mean it's no longer a problem.
Rocket Report: SpaceX gets Moon launches, South Korean rocket, BE-4 wins
"If we had not reached orbit on that attempt, SpaceX would not exist."
What pushed 2017’s Atlantic hurricane season into overdrive?
Pattern of warm ocean temperatures played the biggest role.
Defcon Voting Village report: bug in one system could “flip Electoral College”
High-speed tabulator vulnerable to remote attacks, and that's only part of the problem.
Carmack compares Oculus Quest hardware power to last-gen game consoles
Oculus CTO sees portable headset competing with Nintendo Switch in the market.
Google backtracks—a bit—on controversial Chrome sign-in feature
Privacy-conscious users were unhappy at being signed in to browser without consent.
Last year’s flu was brutal—killing 80,000—but vaccine did better than expected
The estimates are the highest seen in more than a decade.
SEC lawsuit seeks to force Musk out as Tesla CEO and board member
Musk tweeted he had "funding secured" for a buyout. The SEC says that was false.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will now sell rocket engines, too
Tory Bruno, chief of United Launch Alliance, "a real visionary and risk taker."
Dept. of Justice cracks down on another multimillion dollar biofuel fraudster
"System only works if we can assure the integrity of the RIN marketplace," official says.
Dealmaster: Get an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700 processor for $220
Plus a 15% off site-wide eBay sale, $10 off the Amazon Fire TV Stick, and more.
Robocaller spoofed real numbers to avoid angry call-backs to his own phone
Robocallers hit with $120M in FCC fines for hiding behind spoofed numbers.
Researchers find Apple MDM can be brute-forced to register rogue devices
Duo Security researchers spoofed serial numbers, exploited Apple's Device Enrollment Program API.
Fed up by crazy hospital bills, state makes passive-aggressive T-shirts
$30K for hip replacement, 11K for vaginal birth—and those are just the averages.
New imaging tech gives us the finger (of a mummy)
The method could provide an alternative to destructive issue sampling from mummies.
Hands-on: Oculus Quest is an intriguing new middle ground for VR
Full VR motion-tracking in a cheaper, portable form factor is instantly compelling.
Amazon’s newest brick-and-mortar store sells only top-rated products
Prime members pay the online price in-store, while everyone else pays more.
Vote results: Construction will continue on Vogtle nuclear power plant
No new cap on costs; Southern Company would have to cover additional cost overruns.
Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile
In the lab, mosquito populations don't evolve resistance to this approach.
Panasonic completing 3 new cell production lines at Tesla’s Gigafactory
More battery cells may not smooth out other bottlenecks in Model 3 production.
Ancient DNA reveals the secrets of a devastating European disease
Comparison with modern strains offers glimpses of the pathogen's evolutionary history.
A Japanese company has announced a long-term plan to develop the Moon
"Around 2030 we expect to begin developing propellant and sending it to spacecraft."
New Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes hit Netflix this Thanksgiving
Six new episodes will show up for streaming on Turkey Day.
Ex-Facebook moderator sues Facebook over exposure to disturbing images
Lawsuit highlights the downsides of online platforms outsourcing moderation.
After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough
In a five-year follow-up, nearly two-thirds of patients never needed surgery.
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