Load up your phone with some crucial apps that'll help you better enjoy the biggest game of the year. The post App Pack: The Best Mobile Apps for Watching the Super Bowl appeared first on WIRED.

CO2 pollution could be dramatically cut with a new grid optimized for renewable resources, according to a new study -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

You can thank Martian "dust devils" for that.Twelve years ago this week, NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity landed on the Martian surface and started beaming back images of what the red planet was like, notes NASA's blog. But perhaps even more impressive than the images it sent back is the fact that the Opportunity is still up and running on the dusty planet after 12 years. It was originally only supposed to work for 90 days.Read Full Story

By adapting the female radical (女) in 30 compound Chinese characters, designers have developed a new vernacular of feminist-leaning words and phrases. The post This Little Red Book Confronts Sexism in the Chinese Language appeared first on WIRED.

But it is unclear how well the results match the condition in humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The science of siblings

The administration's Cancer Moonshot will just start coming together as they leave office, but Republicans can keep it going.When President John F. Kennedy made his moonshot speech in September 1962, he thought he had at least two years left in office—over six if he got reelected. Plus, his party controlled Congress, giving him even more power to reach that goal. President Obama announced his moonshot to cure cancer (to be headed by VP Joe Biden) in his final State of the Union address. This week the administration revealed in a memorandum that the program may not be fully fleshed out until the final weeks of Obama's second term—with Republicans likely still holding Congress and perhaps entering the White House.Read Full Story

Carl Reese rode his BMW nearly 3,000 miles, from LA to NYC, in just 38 hours and 49 minutes. The post How to Race a Motorcycle Across the US in a Record 39 Hours Straight appeared first on WIRED.