Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee
A team of researchers scours the wilds of northern Alaska for Bombus polaris, the “panda of the insect world.”

October 9, 2016 at 03:56PM
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An Open Letter to Melinda Gates
Backchannel’s readers advise philanthropy’s first lady on how to get more women into tech.

October 9, 2016 at 11:18AM
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Zuckerberg in Africa
Facebook’s CEO got what he wanted on his first trip to Africa. Nigeria got even more.

October 8, 2016 at 06:12AM
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Scientists Are Developing Furry Wetsuits, So Yeah, a Tanooki Suit for Surfing
This bioinspired approach might insulate swimmers more efficiently than sponge-based fabrics used today, according to a study published in Physical Review Fluids.

October 8, 2016 at 04:39AM
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iPhone 7 vs Leica M9-P: A Side-by-Side Photo Comparison
One image was captured by an iPhone 7 camera and the other was shot with a Leica M9-P with a Leica Summicron lens — a camera kit worth over $9,000. And the difference is… less than you might imagine.

October 7, 2016 at 03:42PM
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Peter Thiel’s Lawyer Isn’t Stopping His War on Journalists
Catalyzed by Peter Thiel’s virtually unlimited reserve of money, along with a growing client roster drawn by the $140 million verdict in the Hulk Hogan jury trial, Charles J Harder is leading an unprecedented legal attack on American news outlets.

October 7, 2016 at 03:42PM
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The Quest to Make Porn Sites More Secure
If successful, the initiative could make hundreds of millions of people more safe online every single day.

October 7, 2016 at 02:43PM
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Soylent’s New Bar Is Giving People Diarrhea
Commenters on Reddit, as well as Soylent’s own message boards, are reporting problems with the newest iterations of Food Bar and Soylent 2.0 drinks.

October 7, 2016 at 02:43PM
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This brilliant iPhone hack is the perfect solution to that “ducking” autocorrect problem
Our phones have a nasty (or maybe a nice?) tendency to autocorrect our swearing into PG-rated words. There’s an easy way to get around it, as long as you’re okay with having an explicit contacts list.

October 7, 2016 at 12:42PM
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Why Samsung Electronic’s (SSNFL) stock price just hit an all-time high as Galaxy Not 7 phones keep exploding
The initial recall caused a sizable dip in Samsung Electronics’ share price, but since then the stock has recovered, and then some. On Friday, in fact, it opened at $1,528 per share, an all time historic high, and its third such high this year.

October 7, 2016 at 09:39AM
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