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    Jun 11

    We've found 25 amazing deals on grills, smartwatches, cameras, portable speakers, and even tablets. Many of these items would also make great gifts for Father's Day. Plus, shopping from these links helps support our journalism. 1/6

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  2. 1 hour ago

    In the Jidu Robo-1, the steering wheel is replaced by a yolk, the dash by a screen the width of the car, and it's festooned with sensors, including a lidar for mapping the road ahead in 3D that pops up from the hood when activated: 📸: Baidu

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Go spelunking in some of New Zealand’s limestone caves and you can leave your headlamp behind, for thousands of glowworms cast an eerie, soft light: 📸: Joseph Michael

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Life in the ocean followed a simple mathematical rule: The abundance of an organism is closely linked to its body size. Then industrial fishing came along. (From 2021)

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  5. 7 hours ago

    We has so much fun with that some of the footage didn't make the final cut. Take a look at this bonus footage:

    TommyInnit Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions: Extras
    Bonus footage from TommyInnit's WIRED Autocomplete Interview where he answers the internet's burning questions.
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  6. 8 hours ago

    Sobriety sure looks different now than it used to.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    "Trust the science" can't just be a mantra, it must be a discipline and an inquiry. Because sometimes the science is sponsored by, say, Big Tobacco. (From 2021)

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  8. 9 hours ago

    The number of species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras facing “a global extinction crisis” due to overfishing has more than doubled in less than a decade. (From 2021)

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  9. 9 hours ago

    Since all of these devices look pretty much the same, it’s important to know what you’re buying and what you should pay for it.

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  10. 10 hours ago

    Many people mistakenly believe that Plan B is an abortion pill. It's not. Let's break down the contraceptive colloquially known as the morning-after pill.

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  11. 10 hours ago

    As Japanese arcade machines have become more available than ever, Western demand for Japanese machines has exploded. So gray-market entrepreneurs import thousands of cabinets from Japan every year.

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  12. 11 hours ago

    How do you control a population of insecticide-resistant, disease-carrying mosquitos? With more mosquitos of course! We look at the science behind the "friendly" genetically modified mosquitos of the Florida Keys.

    WIRED's Currents – The Science Behind Genetically Modified Mosquitos
    WIRED takes a look at the science behind the genetically modified mutant mosquitos that experts in the Florida Keys hope will help get the existing mosquito population under control.
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  13. 12 hours ago

    Almond drink? Almond beverage? Almond-ade? Big Dairy doesn't care what you call it, as long as you don't call it milk.

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  14. 12 hours ago

    As Junichi Masuda steps back, Pokémon seems poised to enter a new era of expansion and experimentation. At least, fans hope so.

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  15. 13 hours ago

    Big deal for iPhone owners: European lawmakers have mandated that mobile devices (looking at you, Apple) must charge using the same standard connector cable. Goodbye. Forever. Lightning cables. 📸: Getty

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  16. 14 hours ago

    At the 1981 Pontifical Academy of Sciences gathering, Stephen Hawking presented what he would later regard as his most important idea: a proposal about how the universe could have arisen from nothing. (From 2019)

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  17. 15 hours ago

    “When the two samples lifted, there was this gasp between all four of us.” (From 2021)

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  18. 16 hours ago

    Want to read the best stories we’ve ever written? Sign up for our Classics newsletter and get delightsome throwbacks and gripping tales from Silicon Valley's early days delivered straight to your inbox.

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  19. 16 hours ago

    Many of these items would also make great gifts for Dad—Father's Day is next weekend after all.

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  20. 16 hours ago

    It's still difficult to find a good webcam for a price that won't make your jaw drop. So here are the ways you can use your smartphone (old or new) as an alternative.

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  21. 17 hours ago

    "But mom, everyone at school has one!" Smartphones can be handy for kids to have to communicate and be more self-sufficient. But they can also be dangerous. What age do you think kids should get a smartphone? And how are you thinking about it? 🎨: Jacqui Vanliew

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