Recent speculation over "alien megastructures" has reignited a heated debate over the best way of getting in touch with extraterrestrials.It may not be common knowledge on Earth, but the search for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is heating up—and so is the debate about how to do it.Read Full Story

A South American experiment seeks to find if potatoes could be grown on Mars as a food source for future astronauts. They also hope the data will help them better understand how this staple may be... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

To work within a world of human drivers, self-driving cars have to go just a bit native. The post The Case for Making Self-Driving Cars Think Like Humans appeared first on WIRED.

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More than 900,000 Americans lose their doctors to suicide each year. But doctors are finally beginning to talk about it.It's no secret that doctors often work shifts of more than 24 hours without time to adequately rest or eat. It's no secret either that many practicing physicians and medical students are tasked with punishing workloads, and either blame themselves when something goes wrong or become frustrated at a work culture that is rapidly changing.Read Full Story

All it takes to fix a broken arm is a plate, 12 screws, and a printer. The post How a 3-D Printer May Have Changed the Outcome of Super Bowl 50 appeared first on WIRED.