How LEDs Are Making Weed Better
LEDs are perfect grow lamps because they can emit the specific wavelengths of light that marijuana plants need, and they use far less energy.

October 15, 2015 at 06:27PM
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Unsettling Technology Can Put Other People’s Emotions On Your Face
Basically, strap someone up to a webcam and some monitoring equipment, and when someone else frowns, you frown. When they smile, you smile. And when they mouth “Olive juice,” you look like you’re saying “I love you.”

October 15, 2015 at 02:25PM
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The Porn Business Isn’t Anything Like You Think It Is
We picture these people as sleazy Southern Californians wearing pinkie rings and polyester. Or, if we’ve come to realize that the pinkie-ring caricature makes absolutely no sense in the age of the Internet, we see them as ruthlessly clever businesspeople with a sixth sense for where the big money lies. But it isn’t like that at all.

October 15, 2015 at 09:56AM
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Are central heating and artificial lighting making us ill?
Our bodies naturally adapt to cold, dark winter conditions. Scientists think the rise of warm houses and bright lights has baffled our immune systems.

October 15, 2015 at 08:55AM
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The Personal Assistant That Will Help Facebook Eat The Internet
Welcome to your new home! Allow me to get that for you.

October 15, 2015 at 06:55AM
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Women Who Write About Tech Are Still Being Abused Online
And about one-third of them report the harassment is getting worse.

October 15, 2015 at 06:21AM
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Behind The Failure Of Leap Transit’s Gentrified Buses
Even when a start-up’s dreams are deferred, the snacks hang on.

October 14, 2015 at 10:11PM
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Here’s One Way to Guard a Deep Space Antenna: Falcons
If you plonk a high-tech antenna in the middle of a nature reserve, your equipment is bound to attract nesting birds as well as avian poop. But since the mid-2000s, the European Space Agency has been deploying some pretty low-tech strategies against those threats: falcons.

October 14, 2015 at 08:38PM
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A Tale of Do-It-Yourself Gene Therapy
An American biotech CEO claims she is the first to undergo gene therapy to reverse aging. Judge for yourself.

October 14, 2015 at 08:38PM
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Hands On (Well, Off) With Tesla’s New Autopilot System
Google and others are still working on perfecting the autonomous vehicle, but on Wedneday Tesla unveiled a new autopilot feature for its Model S that basically does everything for you. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bit nerve-wracking.

October 14, 2015 at 07:54PM
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