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Hear Those Hoofbeats on Your Roof?
Boston Dynamics / YouTubeIn Futurama, they have killer Santa. In the real world, we get robot reindeer. They’re the latest creation from Boston Dynamics, where engineers make robots that look like a...
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When a Rocket Launch Is a Cultural Event
A time-lapse photo captures the Falcon 9 launch and landing. SpaceXI have watched a lot of rocket-launch live streams. I know how they work.If it’s a big American launch, there is a rocket, a marsh,...
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What Makes Unforgettable Images So Memorable?
In an iconic photo, a U.S. Navy sailor is seen kissing a nurse in Times Square at the close of World War Two, August 14, 1945. Victor Jorgensen / U.S. Navy / ReutersOne of the surreal things about...
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How the Internet of Things Limits Consumer Choice
Robert Pratta / ReutersIn theory, the Internet of Things—the connected network of tiny computers inside home appliances, household objects, even clothing—promises to make your life easier and your work...
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December's Must-Reads: Science, Technology, and Health
Ivan Timofeenko, dressed as Santa Claus, exhales a cloud of liquid nitrogen during a scientific show for children in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on December 24, 2015. Ilya Naymushin /...
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Can the Planet Be Saved?
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters / Zak Bickel / The AtlanticThe two words “climate” and “change” are so routinely strung together that just saying them as a pair—“climate change”—seems to somehow obscure the...
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The Iowa Caucus Gets an Upgrade
Dave Weaver / APCaucus Night 2012 was not exactly a banner evening for the Republican Party of Iowa.Reporting problems plagued the vote-counting during the crucial first-in-the-nation presidential...
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On the Question of Dog Pants
Utopian Raspberry - Modern Oasis Machine / FacebookThe picture above has attracted tens of thousands of retweets in the past day. Many of those retweets have come from people who argue in favor of the...
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Pop!
A bartender serves a flute of champagne at Goss, a champagne bar, at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo June 10, 2014. Issei Kato / ReutersThere is champagne, and then there is the idea of...
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Why Are Digital-Privacy Apps So Hard to Use?
145 / Tom Grill / Ocean / CorbisUnless two people are in the same room, it’s hard for them to communicate information securely. Phone calls, emails, and text messages could be open to eavesdropping...
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The Flaw in ISIS's Favorite Messaging App
Icons from the Telegram messaging-app website Thomas White / ReutersIn some corners of Washington, D.C., cryptography is becoming a dirty word. Since the rise of the Islamic State, hardly a day goes by...
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GM, Lyft, and the Dream of On-Demand Driverless Cars
The EN-V, a self-driving, electronic concept car made by General Motors and SAIC Motor, on display at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Nir Elias / ReutersFive years ago, a $500 million investment in a...
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Reinventing the Toilet for a Healthier City
Amr Dalsh / ReutersWhen we think about the most dire threats to our planet, poor sanitation rarely tops the list. And yet it’s a significant (and in some cases immediate) contributor to sickness and...
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What Does the Internet Actually Look Like?
Peter GarritanoIt’s difficult to define “the cloud.” Even more difficult, perhaps, is photographing it. But that’s precisely what Peter Garritano set out to do with his photo essay The Internet.Taken...
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A Brief History of Noise
Julien McRoberts / Lived In Images / CorbisIt can sometimes feel like the world is very noisy—from planes arcing loudly through the sky to the unceasing buzz of your cellphone. But it wasn’t always...
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The Triumph of Email
Mike ReddyEmail, ughhhh. There is too much of it, and the wrong kind of it, from the wrong people. When people aren’t hating their inboxes out loud, they are quietly emailing to say that they’re sorry...
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The Extortionist in the Fridge
Ruaridh Stewart / ZUMA Press / CorbisModern hackers can do much more than steal. They can make their way into a laptop and turn on its webcam, monitor its keystrokes, or transform the device into an...
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Tech Tips for the New Year: CloudMagic, Workflowy, ‘Low Light’ Filter on iPad
Tips on three things I have found useful and wanted to pass along.1. Le roi est mort. Vive le roi. Mailbox gives way to Cloud Magic.Mailbox death notice, from its blog last monthThe moribund king in...
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What's the Plural of Emoji?
Emoji Mosaic / The AtlanticAs The Atlantic’s de facto senior emoji correspondent, I try to keep abreast of all emerging emojio-grammatical issues. Lately, one has risen above the rest: Should English...
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