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Long stretches of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA helped Homo sapiens adapt

University of Washington geneticist PingHsun Hsieh and his colleagues found Neanderthal and Denisovan versions of some genes in the genomes of people from...

Remember Sure-Fi? Lostik is open standards Lora you can play with

A lot of readers commented on our earlier report on Sure-Fi long-range, low-bandwidth RF chirp communicators that we should test generic Lora gear. Lora...

Review: Jojo Rabbit walks a fine line between humor and heart

There's a very fine line between successfully mining Hitler and Nazi Germany for laughs and distasteful "jokes" that land with an ignominious splat....

Rocket Lab—yep, Rocket Lab—has a plan to deliver satellites to the Moon

Rocket Lab has successfully begun to transform into an operational launch company this year, with five successful Electron missions in 2019 and the...

Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords

By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common knowledge. Workers for both companies routinely listen to audio...

Accessibility, the future, and why Domino’s matters

The US Supreme Court last week formally declined to weigh in on an argument that the Americans with Disabilities Act should not apply...

Neurons hide their memories in their imaginary fluctuations

The brain is, at least to me, an enigma wrapped in a mystery. People who are smarter than me—a list that encompasses most...

How meme culture changed the PSAT

Thank you for coming and welcome to the College Board’s Preliminary SAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the internet age edition. You...

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