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Peloton Details Tread and Tread+ Fixes After Recall
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) After recalling both of its treadmills, Tread and Tread+, Peloton is working on fixes to…
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Qualcomm Vulnerability Could Effect 30 Percent of the World’s Phones
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) A recently discovered vulnerability inside Qualcomm-produced phone chips could be exploited to gain access to…
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Star Trek Voyager Tuvix Episode Is Controversial 25 Years On
Tuvix is born.Screenshot: CBS Star Trek’s world raises a lot of ethical questions—but its transporter technology has always been one…
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Archaeologists Identify Sailor From Doomed Franklin Expedition Using DNA
Facial reconstruction of the person identified through DNA analysis as John Gregory.Image: Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo A genetic and…
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DuckTales Mystery Book Duckscares: The Nightmare Formula Excerpt
Crop of the cover of Duckscares: The Nightmare Formula by Tommy Greenwald and Elisa Ferrari.Image: Amulet Books DuckTales may have…
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Microsoft Is Giving Its Windows 10 Icons an Overhaul
Screenshot: Joanna Nelius/Gizmodo Bits and pieces of Microsoft’s sweeping aesthetic changes to Windows 10, codenamed Sun Valley, have dropped over…
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Sequoia Still Burning From Last Summer California Wildfires
This photo provided by the National Park Service shows what appears to be a smoldering tree in Sequoia National Park,…
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Low-Dose Radiation Treatment Helped Alzheimer’s Patients Communicate
A computed tomography, or CT, machine at a field hospital in Milan, ItalyPhoto: Miguel Medina (Getty Images) A small new…
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This Worm Has 100 Butts
In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir—a horse with many…
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Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States
In 2017, natural gas emissions—including those from buildings—were responsible for more premature deaths than emissions from coal in New York…
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