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Posted on July 31, 2015

Google Street View Cars Now Sniff Pollution Instead of Wi-Fi

Google Street View Cars Now Sniff Pollution Instead of Wi-Fi

Google has partnered with an environmental testing startup to measure air quality within a city.

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Posted on July 31, 2015

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Two-Foot-Wide Sea Star That’s Basically a Bear Trap

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Two-Foot-Wide Sea Star That’s Basically a Bear Trap

Reigning among sea stars is Labidiaster annulatus, a two-foot-wide titan that menaces the waters around Antarctica.

The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Two-Foot-Wide Sea Star That’s Basically a Bear Trap appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on July 31, 2015

Manam in Papua New Guinea Unleashes Large Eruption

Manam in Papua New Guinea Unleashes Large Eruption

Manam in Papua New Guinea appears to have had a massive new explosive eruption.

The post Manam in Papua New Guinea Unleashes Large Eruption appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on July 30, 2015

Asteroid Miners Can Learn a Lot From Philae’s Bumpy Landing

Asteroid Miners Can Learn a Lot From Philae’s Bumpy Landing

Philae's bumpy landing has importance for asteroid mining companies eager to excavate small bodies in space.

The post Asteroid Miners Can Learn a Lot From Philae’s Bumpy Landing appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on July 30, 2015

What It’s Like to Watch a Species Go Extinct

What It’s Like to Watch a Species Go Extinct

When scientists talk about the sixth extinction, there's one example that stands out above all others: amphibians.

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Posted on July 30, 2015

Watch: The Mysterious Craters on Ceres Get New Names

Watch: The Mysterious Craters on Ceres Get New Names

The Dawn probe is circling in on Ceres and returning new topographic images of its pockmarked surface.

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Posted on July 30, 2015

The Physics of Some Seriously Awesome MythBusters Stunts

The Physics of Some Seriously Awesome MythBusters Stunts

Let me use this episode to explain some basic scientific ideas.

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Posted on July 30, 2015

That Piece of Debris Won’t Tell Us Where MH370 Crashed

That Piece of Debris Won’t Tell Us Where MH370 Crashed

The currents of the Indian Ocean are way too complicated to backtrack where MH370 crashed.

The post That Piece of Debris Won’t Tell Us Where MH370 Crashed appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on July 29, 2015

How to Tell if That Wreckage Is Really From MH370

How to Tell if That Wreckage Is Really From MH370

Amateur sleuthing aside, authorities are already applying a bunch of analytics to find out if the washed-up plane fragment does belong to MH370.

The post How to Tell if That Wreckage Is Really From MH370 appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on July 29, 2015

The World’s Most Dangerous Volcano May Kill Another City

The World’s Most Dangerous Volcano May Kill Another City

What can be done to prepare Naples for the volcano in their midst?

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