Astronomers have found compelling hints of a huge, unseen world that may reside in the murky reaches of the Kuiper Belt -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

For filmmakers, the tech giants aren't offering just deep pockets at Sundance but the promise of a real market for diverse, independent storytellers. The post Netflix and Amazon Offer Indie Filmmakers Hope (And Lots of Money) appeared first on WIRED.

"Dear Angelica" lets viewers live inside a teen girl's memories. To make the film, Oculus built an all-new VR production tool called "Quill."As Oculus founder Palmer Luckey puts it, his company does things a little different. Rather than hold its technological advances close to the vest in a bid to maintain its competitive advantage, it shares them because the more great virtual reality projects there are, the better it is for Oculus.Read Full Story

Huge collaboration raises questions about official reporting and the "true catch" of the world's fishing industry -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Some designs, by way of their ubiquity, have the unusual quality of being at times invisible and at others powerfully evocative of a time or place. The post Every Swede in the ’90s Knew the Dots Design. Now It’s Back appeared first on WIRED.

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Central European News (CEN) has filed a suit against BuzzFeed in response to a piece titled "The King of Bullsh*t News."A British news agency that deals almost exclusively in bizarre, sensational stories with viral potential has sued BuzzFeed for defamation, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The $11 million lawsuit was brought against the digital media giant by Central European News (CEN), which was the subject of a recent BuzzFeed article titled "The King of Bullsh*t News."Read Full Story

Drugmaker commits to stockpiling 300,000 doses and beginning approval process -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The disease is sparking panic because of a possible link to microcephaly. But so far, medical advice has boiled down to this: Don’t get pregnant. The post Zika Virus May Push South America to Loosen Abortion Bans appeared first on WIRED.

What does it mean when the only way to get time off is to quit or get fired?This Sunday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offered up what seemed at first like a pretty dubious explanation for why four senior execs were leaving the company simultaneously. Shortly after the story broke, he tweeted a memo to "set the record straight" on "the inaccurate press rumors" about those exits, saying he was "sad to announce" that they each "have chosen to leave the company. . . All four will be taking some well-deserved time off," Dorsey wrote.Read Full Story

Last year, global average temperature was the warmest ever by the widest margin yet -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Charlie Ross has auctioned off thousands of rare vehicles in his career, even though he's no car lover. The post The Fancy Art of Auctioning Million-Dollar Classic Cars appeared first on WIRED.

Apple confirmed analyst fears of slowing iPhone sales for the last quarter, and a far larger decline is expected in the March quarter.Apple announced solid revenue numbers Tuesday, but also reported troubling iPhone growth numbers that point toward larger sales declines in the current quarter.Read Full Story

NASA’s Veggie program takes a big step forward in its goal to learn how to grow more complicated plants in space -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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One geographer used data to create visualizations of every congressional district across the 50 states. Some look truly ridiculous. The post Gerrymandering Is Even More Infuriating When You Can Actually See It appeared first on WIRED.

The overall market for tablets has shrunk, and Apple's new iPad Pro is still making its way into the market.Sales of iPads declined 25% during the last quarter, which included the holiday shopping season, Apple announced on Tuesday evening as part of its earnings report.Read Full Story

In general, people tend to use passwords that are so common and easily guessable as to be nearly worthless in practice -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The nation's hacker-in-chief took up the ironic task at the Enigma Conference in San Francisco. The post NSA Hacker Chief Explains How to Keep Him Out of Your System appeared first on WIRED.

Stars like Spike Lee, Snoop Dogg, and Jada Pinkett Smith have incited a revolution that is actually effecting change.The revolution started with an Instagram post. On Martin Luther King Day, director Spike Lee announced on the social media platform that he was planning on boycotting this year's Oscars ceremony over the fact that no African Americans had been nominated for acting awards, despite a plethora of strong contenders such as Creed and Straight Outta Compton.Read Full Story