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 S66Porsche's third-gen Panamera plug-in hybrid pairs V8 with a big battery   LEIPZIG, Germany—Although it feels like we recently tested the facelifted Porsche Panamera plug-in hybrid, it turns out that was more than three years ago. This means there's a new model due in 2024, and Porsche has given Ars a sneak peek at its next sedan as well as the factory that builds them, plus a little time behind the wheel. There's quite a lot to look forward to about the new Panamera, including a more powerful plug-in powertrain and much sharper handling.
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S1Doctor Who 60: show has always tapped into political issues - but never more so than in the 1970s  Doctor Who hit television screens at a key period in British television history. It launched on Saturday November 23, 1963, at 5.15pm, being somewhat overshadowed by the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy the previous day. Set firmly within the BBC’s public service broadcasting ethos of informing, educating and entertaining, Doctor Who quickly became a mainstay of Saturday-evening viewing. By 1965, it was drawing in around 10 million viewers.
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S2UK's new back to work plan will make life even harder for disabled people  Richard Machin is a member of the Labour Party and a board member of Church Action on Poverty. As part of these plans, the government is planning to implement tougher sanctions for people who are judged to not be taking appropriate steps to secure work. The proposed punitive measures include suspending benefit claims altogether and stopping access to free medical prescriptions and legal aid.
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S4The way a sperm tail moves can be explained by mathematics worked out by Alan Turing  Alan Turing might be best known for his work helping to crack Germany’s “Enigma” communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and reacting with one another. This became known as reaction-diffusion theory for pattern formation. PhD student James Cass and I recently published a study in Nature Communications that revealed the tail of a sperm, known as a flagellum, generates patterns as it moves – and that these patterns can be described by Turing’s theory.
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S5India: how COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women  In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence against women. The UN includes in its definition of domestic violence what it refers to as “economic violence”, which it explains as: “making or attempting to make a person financially dependent by maintaining total control over financial resources, withholding access to money, and/or forbidding attendance at school or employment”. Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner and sometimes their in-laws or other family members, threatening her economic security and potential for self-sufficiency. While economic abuse can take many forms, there are three main types: sabotage, restriction and exploitation.
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S6Napoleon is a hilarious love story -  This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click here to receive the newsletter direct to your inbox.I went to see Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic last night. I’d been primed by the early reviews to expect something on an epic scale, sweeping his fearsome military career, formidable years as emperor of France and lonely final days in exile. What I didn’t expect was to get the giggles.
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S7S8Frozen's 10th anniversary: how the musical reignited our love for sing-along cinema  Ten years ago a musical phenomenon hit our screens, one which captured the hearts of a large and diverse audience and whose songs have already become classics. The 2013 film Frozen is now widely recognised as one of the most memorable and loved Disney animated films, whether measured economically or by popular critical reception. Frozen’s revision of the Disney Princess genre clearly resonated with audiences of all ages. Its message of empowerment and self-determination spoke to present day concerns about gender, sexuality and identity. Music was central to communicating these ideas, especially the showstopping song Let It Go.
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S9UK's failed asylum deportation plan puts Rwanda's human rights and refugee struggles in the spotlight  The UK Supreme Court ruled on 15 November 2023 that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The plan would have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers sent from the UK to Rwanda, which would then process and host such refugees indefinitely.The UK court’s decision is grounded in the view that Rwanda is unsafe for asylum seekers because it might force them to return to their home country. Forced return is against international human rights law as refugees and asylum seekers may be persecuted again in their country of origin.
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S10How minimum wage rises will affect the early years education and childcare sector  The early years sector – nurseries and childminders who offer services to children under the age of five – waited expectantly for news of investment in the UK chancellor’s recent autumn statement. But this was not delivered, even though Jeremy Hunt presented 110 economic measures designed to boost UK growth and productivity.Expanding access to early years care is vital for addressing socio-economic inequality, educating society’s youngest members, enabling early interventions in children’s lives and helping more parents access the labour market or increase their participation in work.
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S11S12S13Chicken doesn't need to be washed before cooking - here's why  Social media isn’t exactly known for being a welcoming place to have a productive discussion or share your opinions. Even the most inoffensive posts can breed noxious comments sections. Take this seemingly harmful post on TikTok, in which a woman shares a step-by-step recipe for spatchcocking chicken. While you might expect to find comments asking about the recipe or even sharing tips and advice, instead you find comment after comment of people expressing disbelief that the chef didn’t wash her chicken before cooking it.
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S14It's not a cost of living crisis - it's a poverty pandemic  There is a poverty crisis in the UK. But when outlining his 110 growth measures aimed at getting “the British economy working” during his autumn statement, the chancellor’s measures to tackle the cost of living crisis were limited to economic support payments focused on short-term wins.We argue that raising living standards should be seen as a long-term investment in the UK’s future, not a short-term capital expenditure.
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S15Honeybees cluster together when it's cold - but we've been completely wrong about why  For 119 years, a belief that the way honeybees cluster together gives them a kind of evolutionary insulation has been fundamental for beekeeping practice, hive design and honeybee study. More recently, California beekeepers have even been putting bee colonies into cold storage during summer because they think it is good for brood health. But my study shows that clustering is a distress behaviour, rather than a benign reaction to falling temperatures. Deliberately inducing clustering by practice or poor hive design may be considered poor welfare or even cruelty, in light of these findings.
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S16There are many reasons disabled people can't just work from home -- threatening to cut their benefits won't fix the wider problems  As part of the UK government’s latest economic plan, disabled people may have to look for jobs they can do from home or face cuts to their benefits. Previously, disabled people with limited ability to work may have received benefits without being required to look for work. Now, Laura Trott, chief secretary to the Treasury, has said that disabled people not in work must “do their duty” and work from home.While more disabled people have found work over the past decade (mirroring more general increases in employment), there remains a significant employment gap. In January to March 2023, 53.7% of disabled people were in employment compared with 82.7% of non-disabled people.
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S17This Cleanser Banished My Acne for Good (and for Evil)  I’ve tried everything to get rid of my lifelong acne, from special diets to pricey facials. So, when a strong northerly wind blew a frayed piece of parchment through my window inscribed with tales of a mystical tonic called Exorzits, I figured, Why not give it a shot? Here’s how it went:First off, Exorzits is definitely a splurge. A one-ounce bottle cost me five payments of $19.99, plus my soul. To top it all off, I had to trek all the way to Hell to pick it up, which was a real slog.
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S1830 Years Ago, Steven Spielberg Made a Sci-Fi Cash Grab That Killed a Whole Movie Studio  Jurassic Park’s monumental success turned the Tyrannosaurus rex into the biggest pop culture commodity of 1993. Michael Crichton’s novel returned to the top of The New York Times Best Seller List three years after its original publication, arcade game Cadillacs and Dinosaurs received the Saturday morning animated treatment, and even B-movie maestro Roger Corman got in on the act with the nonsensical schlockfest Carnosaur. A feature-length dinosaur tale from Amblimation, the animation studio founded by the man who’d sparked this wave of Dino-Mania, should have been a home run.But despite Steven Spielberg’s attachment, the adaptation of Hudson Talbott’s children’s book We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story didn’t exactly roar to the top of the box office chart. It grossed just $9.3 million, less than half its budget, having misguidedly opened the same week as Mrs. Doubtfire, the instant family-friendly classic which, ironically, saw Robin Williams’ voice actor mess around with a TV studio’s stash of toy dinosaurs.
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S19Sword & Sworcery's Steam Deck Update Makes Its Unique Adventure Better Than Ever  It may not feel like that long ago, but 2011 was practically another lifetime ago in the world of video games. With the Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One still distant blips on the radar, the indie scene as we know it was just starting to get the attention of players and publishers, and iOS gaming was in its infancy. Outside of gaming, Twitter was still fairly new, yet to begin its transformation from communication platform to the nightmare bog of hate speech and AI garbage it is today.Into this landscape entered Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Yes, that’s how it’s spelled.
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S20S21Sonos Should Make the One Thing Steve Jobs Always Wanted To  The speaker maker appears to have its eyes set on personal audio, but home theaters are due for a reimagining.As of Sonos’ fourth quarter earnings, CEO Patrick Spence was teasing the company’s entrance into an entirely new product category in 2024. Sonos is known for its speakers, but due to less-than-stellar performance in 2023 and a major loss to Google in a battle over speaker software, the company is looking to branch out.
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S22Apple's New Godzilla Show Understands the Sci-Fi Franchise's Secret Weapon  There’s no denying that Godzilla is the star of whatever movie he’s in — he’s a 300-foot nuclear metaphor with a cinematic legacy that’s lasted nearly 70 years. However, that doesn’t mean that the plotlines involving the humans are merely ways to waste time in between kaiju brawls and stomped cityscapes. The new series on Apple TV+, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, does a good job of focusing on the impact that the discovery of a Godzilla would have on mankind. While previous MonsterVerse entries weren’t well-known for their human-centric plots — at best, they’re typically there to react in awe or provide kaiju fight play-by-plays — Monarch centers around multiple generations of the monster-obsessed and the people left in the wake of their attacks. It’s a keen look into what a society trying to decide if it’s on the edge of an apocalypse would look like, and the main character, Cate Randa, symbolizes the push and pull between the terror of the new world and the process involved in figuring out its secrets. All the while, Godzilla looms.
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S23Fortnite Is Having an Eminem Crossover Episode  After a series of leaks, Epic Games has confirmed that Marshal Mathers III will be returning to Fortnite for its finale event, called The Big Bang, performing as Eminem for a live event in the hit game. What's more, Epic plans to begin selling three skins of Eminem's various looks, called Rap Boy, Slim Shady, and Marshall Never More starting on November 29. If you're thinking about the possibility that this means gamers will be reenacting Eminem's hit "Real Slim Shady" music video, you're not alone. Epic is inviting players to "Watch Eminem... as Eminem" after all.
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S24'Doctor Who' Is Finally About to Explain Why David Tennant Is Back  Everything you need to know to tune into "The Star Beast," celebrating 60 years of the BBC mainstay.A Doctor Who anniversary special is a huge deal. The longest-running science-fiction TV series needs to make a huge splash to celebrate just how long it's been running. In 2013, for the 50th anniversary, that meant a crossover between the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) as they encountered a previously unseen version of the Doctor (John Hurt.)
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S25The Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie of the Decade Never Stood a Chance  If there was a pill that gave you the ability to detect if someone was lying, would you take it? Would humanity benefit from knowing the truth behind every lie? Even white lies? Would having no more deception lead to empathy? Can the truth set you free?In Chinese director Neysan Sobhani’s 2021 independent sci-fi drama, Guidance grapples with those very questions against the backdrop of a dystopian future. Nearly a decade after the Great War wreaked havoc on the country — taking thousands of lives and afflicting others with radiation poisoning — tech entrepreneur Su Jie (Francesco Chen) invents something incredible. Using his late father’s designs, he creates Guidance, a digestible nanotech pill that installs itself in the body and uses AI to turn its host into a human lie detector machine. Su Jie believes that dishonesty caused the devastating conflict (his father’s inventions also played a role, contributing to his own guilt) and hopes a world with no lies will be a better place. You can probably guess if his plan works out.
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S26Electricity Demand Is Surging -- "Virtual" Power Plants Might Be the Forgotten Answer  After nearly two decades of stagnation, U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by growing numbers of electric cars, data centers, and air conditioners in a warming climate. But traditional power plants that generate electricity from coal, natural gas, or nuclear energy are retiring faster than new ones are being built in this country. Most new supply is coming from wind and solar farms, whose output varies with the weather.That’s left power companies seeking new ways to balance supply and demand. One option they’re turning to is virtual power plants.
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S27How to Ask Great Questions  Asking questions is a uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in organizations: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and performance improvement, it builds rapport and trust among team members. And it can mitigate business risk by uncovering unforeseen pitfalls and hazards. But few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider how their own answers to questions could make conversations more productive.
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S28S29Research: How to Be a Better Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community  Some straight, cisgender people think of themselves as allies to the LGBTQ+ community, maybe even going so far as to self-designate as such through signage in their workspace or on their personal effects. But do LGBTQ+ individuals actually perceive them to be allies? To answer this question, the authors completed a four-year project to investigate how LGBTQ+ individuals determine whether someone is an ally. They conducted six studies, including thousands of LGBTQ+-identified participants across the U.S., to understand the causes and effects of allyship. Based on their findings, they present three ways to be a good ally to your LGBTQ+ colleagues — and not just perform allyship.
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S30Your Rainbow Logo Doesn't Make You an Ally  It’s time for companies to reconsider how they approach marketing and branding during Pride month. Many members of the LGBTQ+ community are tired of “rainbow capitalism,” “pink washing,” and other forms of performative corporate allyship. In this piece, author Lily Zheng suggests that companies consider retiring their rainbow logos next year, in favor of more meaningful actions that can actually improve the lives of LGBTQ+ communities. “The bar for approval from LGBTQ+ communities in 2021 has risen, and rainbow marketing just doesn’t cut it anymore. Let your actions between now and Pride 2022 demonstrate your commitment to the LGBTQ+ community, instead,” Zheng writes.
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S31The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj  When terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests over their own well-being, thereby risking—and, in some cases, sacrificing—their lives. Deshpandé, of Harvard Business School, and Raina, of the HBS India Research Center in Mumbai, demonstrate that this behavior was not merely a crisis response. It was instead a manifestation of the Taj Group’s deeply rooted customer-centric culture that, the authors argue, other companies can emulate, both in extreme circumstances and during periods of normalcy.
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S32How Netflix Reinvented HR  When Netflix executives wrote a PowerPoint deck about the organization’s talent management strategies, the document went viral—it’s been viewed more than 5 million times on the web. Now one of those executives, the company’s longtime chief talent officer, goes beyond the bullet points to paint a detailed picture of how Netflix attracts, retains, and manages stellar employees. The firm draws on five key tenets:
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S33When Blind Hiring Advances DEI -- and When It Doesn't  As a decision-making strategy, “blind hiring” involves blocking evaluators from receiving potentially biasing information about a job candidate until after an evaluation of their application materials are complete. Most famously, the tactic was used to boost the hiring of women in orchestras by having people audition from behind a screen that concealed their gender. But there’s a body of research that’s been conducted since that 2000 study showing that, while the strategy is generally effective, there are situations in which it might not help you diversify your candidate pool. The author outlines this research, and suggests three questions you should ask in order to get the most out of a blind hiring approach.
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S34The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome  When an employee fails—or even just performs poorly—managers typically do not blame themselves. The employee doesn’t understand the work, a manager might contend. Or the employee isn’t driven to succeed, can’t set priorities, or won’t take direction. Whatever the reason, the problem is assumed to be the employee’s fault—and the employee’s responsibility.
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S35A Better, Fairer Approach to Layoffs  Today layoffs have become companies’ default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that job cuts rarely help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they’re done for short-term gain, but the cost savings are overshadowed by bad publicity, loss of knowledge, weakened engagement, higher voluntary turnover, and lower innovation, which hurt profits in the long run.
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S3610 Common Job Interview Questions and How to Answer Them  Interviews can be high stress, anxiety-driving situations, especially if it’s your first interview. A little practice and preparation always pays off. While we can’t know exactly what an employer will ask, here are 10 common interview questions along with advice on how to answer them. The questions include:
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S37S38S39S40S41S42S43S44S45S46S475 Pillars for Democratizing Data at Your Organization  Many companies have made becoming data-driven a goal, and yet many traditional organizations are still struggling to democratize data beyond the data experts. The authors state that companies must adopt a new management paradigm to truly democratize data, and offer 5 pillars to create a “data democracy”: 1) Broaden data access by rolling-out data catalogs and marketplaces, 2) stimulate the generation of data-driven insights through self-service, 3) level up data literacy with specific curricula for personas or role families, 4) advance data practices by creating communities, and 5) promote data through various corporate communication channels.
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S48Can GenAI Do Strategy?  This article presents a classroom experiment that compared a strategy developed by a team of MBA students in the traditional way with one developed using a virtual AI assistant, which was an interactive tool that linked a tried-and-tested strategy toolkit as a plug-in to the generative AI underlying Chat GPT. The results of the two independent processes were largely similar, with the AI-assisted strategy being, if anything, more original. The difference? The students took a week and the AI just 60 minutes.
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S49Fearless wild turkeys are roaming US cities -  A few years ago, I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where large wild birds roamed the streets. Around the same height as my daughter, they feared no man, nonchalantly wandering through heavy traffic, into people's gardens, and across the campus of Harvard University.It's the same story elsewhere. A friend of mine – the journalist Bethany Brookshire – lives in Washington DC, and wrote last year about how the birds had been terrorising citizens there: some people had even been hospitalised. Another friend, who lives in Des Moines, told me the creatures had blocked traffic in front of a local school recently.
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S50Tyrian purple: The lost ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold  At first, they just looked like stains. It was 2002 at the site of Qatna – a ruined palace at the edge of the Syrian desert, on the shores of a long-vanished lake. Over three millennia after it was abandoned, a team of archaeologists had been granted permission to investigate – and they were on the hunt for the royal tomb.After navigating through large hallways and narrow corridors, down crumbling steps, they came across a deep shaft. On one side were two identical statues guarding a sealed door: they had found it. Inside was a hoard of ancient wonders – 2,000 objects, including jewellery and a large golden hand. But there were also some intriguing dark patches on the ground. They sent a sample for testing – eventually separating out a vivid purple layer from the dust and muck.
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S51How to Buy Your First Telescope  This beginner’s guide to telescope basics will help make holiday shopping a little more heavenlyToday is Black Friday, a modern event that evolved from the furious rush to buy holiday gifts for loved ones on the day after Thanksgiving. Stores have sales, people get up early to avoid the rush (and ironically create one) and, most sadly of all, people who are unprepared to buy astronomical equipment purchase something that usually winds up unused and collecting dust. To avoid that situation, let’s talk astronomical equipment.
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S52S53Air-Conditioning Discovery Eliminates Harmful Gases  Heat pumps are ubiquitous in the form of air conditioners. Scientists just invented one that avoids harmful refrigerant gasesAir conditioners around the world compress and vaporize environmentally damaging gases to cool and heat air. But a new heat pump technology could change all that.
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S54Machine Learning Creates a Massive Map of Smelly Molecules  To a human nose, hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs, geranyl acetate like roses. But the problem of guessing how a new chemical will smell without having someone sniff it has long stumped food scientists, perfumers and neuroscientists alike.Now, in a study published in Science, researchers describe a machine-learning model that does this job. The model, called the Principal Odor Map, predicted smells for 500,000 molecules that have never been synthesized—a task that would take a human 70 years. “Our bandwidth for profiling molecules is orders of magnitude faster,” says Michigan State University food scientist Emily Mayhew, who co-led the study.
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S55Newfound Hybrid Brain Cells Send Signals like Neurons Do  Some astrocytes, thought to play only a supportive role in the brain, can communicate with neuronsOur thoughts and feelings arise from networks of neurons, brain cells that send signals using chemicals called neurotransmitters. But neurons aren't alone. They're supported by other cells called glia (Greek for “glue”), which were once thought to hold nerve tissue together. Today glia are known to help regulate metabolism, protect neurons and clean up cellular waste—critical but unglamorous roles.
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S56We're live blogging the best Black Friday Deals  WIRED editors spend all year testing gear and logging prices so we can bring you the very best Black Friday deals.Thank you all for a Great Black Friday! New deals are coming slowly now so we're going to pause the liveblog for the rest of the day and come back for Cyber Monday.
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S57The Best Black Friday Deals Under $50  Every single year I tell myself that I'm not going to go overboard for the holidays. Then I start shopping for 20 people. If you're in the same boat, you'll be happy to know we've tracked down the Black Friday deals under $50 on reviewer-approved gadgets. No random third-party sellers or too-good-to-be-true gear—just the stuff we actually like that's actually affordable.WIRED tests products year-round and handpicked these deals based on the actual discounts. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We'll update this guide through Black Friday. Updated November 24.
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S58The 65 Best Black Friday Deals on Outdoor Gear  Black Friday is traditionally the season when you shop for televisions or Christmas presents, and not so much for outdoor gear. But that has changed in the past few years with REI's Get Up Get Out Sale and other retailers trying their hand at Black Friday outdoor deals. Now is a great time to score a deal on tents, backpacks, sleeping pads, and Garmin devices. REI's sale is over (it will be back for Cyber Monday), but aside from REI brand items, we've found the same deals elsewhere.We test products year-round and handpicked these deals. The discount amounts we show are based on actual street prices at retailers in the past few months. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We'll update this guide periodically.
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S59The Best Apple Black Friday Deals  It's the best time of year to buy Apple hardware, whether that's a new iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, or even a MagSafe iPhone case—we've found plenty of Apple Black Friday deals right now. For more gadgets on sale, be sure to check out our Best Black Friday Deals roundup.We test products year-round and handpicked these deals. The discount amounts we show are based on actual street prices at retailers in the past few months. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We'll update this guide periodically.
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S6029 Best Black Friday Mattress Deals  If you've ever researched mattresses, you may have noticed they tend to be permanently on sale. Don't be fooled, this is a marketing tactic—and Black Friday mattress deals are no exception. Prices are usually marked up exorbitantly, then dropped down to a “sale” price. You see the huge discount and think it's a good time to buy. Sometimes, though, prices do drop lower than that faux deal, and right now 13 of our favorite mattresses and a bunch of sheets and other sleep accessories are truly discounted. The prices below are for queen sizes unless noted.We track prices throughout the year so we know how good the sale prices are, but we've added a few new mattresses that we haven't been able to track as closely yet. Some of those prices may be reduced even more, and more of our favorites will likely also have good discounts closer to Black Friday. Be sure to read our buying guides for the Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online, Best Organic Mattresses, and Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers. And check out the rest of our favorite Black Friday Deals.
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S61The Best Black Friday Sex Toy Deals  Black Friday and Cyber Monday season might bring to mind discounts on kitchen gadgets, clothes, big-screen TVs, and microwaves, but it's also a surprisingly good time to snag deals on sex tech. It's not exactly a category you'll see splashed across the pages of a big box store's print advertisements, but if you know where to look, you can find some great sex toy deals. Here's what we found so far—these are gadgets the WIRED Gear Team has personally tested and vetted.We test products year-round and handpicked these deals. The discount amounts we show are based on actual street prices at retailers in the past few months. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We'll update this guide periodically.
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S62The Best Black Friday Kitchen Deals  The season of holiday cookies and family recipes you either dearly love or deeply despise is around the corner. We've scoured the internet for Black Friday kitchen deals that may be of interest if you're looking for gifts—or feeling woefully unprepared with the tools you have in your kitchen. Whether it's a new countertop appliance, the KitchenAid of your dreams, or a better coffee machine to survive your in-laws being in town, these are the best kitchen sales for you to shop this Black Friday.We test products year-round and handpicked these deals. The discount amounts we show are based on actual street prices at retailers in the past few months. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We'll update this guide periodically.
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S63What was it like when protons and neutrons formed?  The story of our cosmic history is one of an expanding and cooling Universe. As we progressed from a hot, dense, uniform state to a cold, sparse, clumpy one, a number of momentous events happened throughout our cosmic history. At the moment of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was filled with all sorts of ultra-high energy particles, antiparticles, and quanta of radiation, moving at or close to the speed of light.On the other hand, today, we have a Universe filled with stars, galaxies, gas, dust, and many other phenomena that are too low in energy to have existed in the early Universe. Once things cooled enough so that the Higgs gave mass to the Universe, you might think that protons and neutrons would have immediately formed thereafter.
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S64Do wolves harbor the secret to curing dogs' bowel problems?  One of humans’ key characteristics, and a major reason we’ve been so successful, is that we can adapt to a huge range of environments and lifestyles. For instance, while modern changes in our diet may have caused an increase in certain inflammatory bowel conditions, we can now consume a wide range of calorie-dense, complex foods previously unimaginable to our hunter-gatherer forebears.Humans have not evolved alone. In our settled agricultural wake, we brought along a whole host of animals. We domesticated the wild. We tamed the beast. One of the first examples of this is the dog. While it might be hard to imagine in some cases, modern dogs do share a common ancestry with the wild gray wolf.
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S65Top vets urge dog lovers to stop buying pugs and bulldogs  So what’s their cutest feature? Is it their squashy little faces? Their grunting pants? Their double-curled tails?That coiled tail is possibly less endearing when you know it’s a purpose-bred genetic defect, which in its most serious forms leads to paralysis. And their squished noses? That’s been selectively bred to become ever shorter and smaller, making it difficult for the dogs to breathe and eat, causing trickle down effects like cardiovascular stress, eye prolapses, overheating (dogs don’t sweat, so they need to pant to expel heat through evaporation), weight gain because of that sedentary overheated lifestyle, dental crowding, soft palate collapse, and skinfold dermatitis. More of an “anatomical disaster” than the patron saint of cuteness.
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S67The Ars guide to time travel in the movies  Since antiquity, humans have envisioned various means of time travel into the future or the past. The concept has since become a staple of modern science fiction. In particular, the number of films that make use of time travel has increased significantly over the decades, while the real-world science has evolved right alongside them, moving from simple Newtonian mechanics and general relativity to quantum mechanics and the notion of a multiverse or more exotic alternatives like string theory.
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S68What Andr  In 2017, I spoke with a music historian to understand the trend of flute rap: a boom in rappers rhyming about codeine, cars, and trauma over the soft sound of breath moving through a tube. Ardal Powell, the author of The Flute, told me that nothing surprised him when it came to this instrument. It is possibly the oldest musical device in the world. Neanderthals and 15th-century Swiss mercenaries and 1970s heavy-metal bands found use for it. Why not rappers?The “key thing in the history of the flute, going back thousands of years,” Powell said, is that “it’s the closest instrument to the human voice.” No reed or mouthpiece separates the player’s breath from the sound it makes. This observation suggested that the flute, all along, was a bit hip-hop. And at its best, rap can seem like an act of inner channeling, of making the body and mind one. The flute is difficult to master but, fundamentally, intuitive to operate—intuitive like tapping out a rhythm, or like speaking.
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S69Photos of the Week:  A presidential election in Argentina, a Thanksgiving banquet in Denver, Formula One racing in Las Vegas, a cease-fire protest in France, flooding in Somalia, a Christmas market in Germany, a human tower in Mexico City, and much more The national Thanksgiving turkey Liberty waits to be pardoned by President Joe Biden during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. #
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S70I Still Get Called Daddy-Mommy  When I first became a stay-at-home dad, 15 years ago, people didn’t know how to categorize me: I was called a babysitter, “that guy at story time,” and even a woman a couple of times by shirttail relatives and friends. Their words were patronizing and unnecessarily feminizing, but they didn’t diminish my love of being a father. Over time, I raised three kids while my wife advanced in the advertising world. She negotiated contracts; I negotiated naptime. She worked hard to bring in new clients; I worked hard to raise our children. The division of labor has benefited our individual strengths: We both agree that I’m more patient while she is more business-savvy.Yet, after all this time, many people still can’t compute that I’m my kids’ primary caregiver. Several years ago, as I was fetching my youngest child from preschool, a kid asked the teacher why my son was always picked up by his father; the teacher explained that I was a “daddy-mommy.” As I wrote this article, I learned that I’d missed the sign-up for the same child’s parent-teacher conference because I never got the email. My wife did, even though she barely interacts with the school.
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