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What's Inside Head & Shoulders That Nukes Yeast, Zaps Static?

Published: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Start with a moisturizer, then add a few (safe) preservatives, an antistatic agent, and some of that stuff inside breast implants, and you have dry scalp care!



The Oldest Trees on the Planet

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:45:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Tress are among the oldest living things on the planet, and the oldest we know of are pushing 5,000 years. If you count clonal trees, which continually grow new trunks from the same roots, the oldest may be 80,000 years old.



SXSW: 'People vs. George Lucas' Packs Vitriol, Nostalgia

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:26:00 GMTLogin to discuss
There's plenty of Star Wars nerd rage in this engaging new documentary, which lays out the case against Lucas' endless tweaks and creative decisions. But plenty of warm-and-fuzzy flashbacks to the franchise's roots soften the blow.



Canon First in Line for Its Own Top-Level Domain, .canon

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The company that makes cool digital cameras wants you to find it online soon at http://canon. It's the first of what could a wave of new top level domains for companies, and it's just one sign of big changes coming to the net's naming conventions.



Cool: New Exoplanet Is Close to Habitable Zone

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Astronomers have discovered the first exoplanet that is near habitable temperature and also crosses in front of its star, allowing it to be studied from Earth.



Seminal 70s Environmental TV Series Now Online

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:10:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The first television series with an 'environmentalist' bent, Our Vanishing Wilderness, is available online in all its strange, groovy, apocalyptic glory.



GM Makes Your Entire Windshield a Head-Up Display

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:21:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The General's latest science project makes the entire windshield a monitor and you a safer driver.



Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:52:00 GMTLogin to discuss
A former employee of an Austin, Texas, auto dealership is charged with computer intrusion, after a web-based vehicle-immobilization system is used to kill at least 100 cars and trigger their horns honking out of control.



Judges Approves $9.5 Million Facebook 'Beacon' Accord

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:00 GMTLogin to discuss
A federal judge is approving a $9.5 million settlement requiring Facebook to spend more than $6 million funding online privacy studies amid accusations its now-defunct 'Beacon' program illegally publicized video rentals and other purchases made by Facebook's millions of members. Lawyers who brought the case stand to earn about $3 million.



Quantum Physics Used to Control Mechanical System

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Quantum physics is always being demonstrated at the atomic level; but what about making it work in something that's visible to the naked eye? Now scientists have.



Google's Traffic Is Giant, Which Is Why It Should be Your ISP

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Everybody knows Google is one of the net’s big kids, but how big is it exactly? Well, as Arbor Networks measures it, if Google were an ISP it would be the third largest in the world and the fastest growing — if you are measuring the amount of traffic passed from its network to another.



SXSauced: Sinfully Good Cocktails at Péché

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
At the Austin absinthe bar, drinks come with a tasty back story.



Darpa Wants Self-Guiding, Storytelling Cameras

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:57:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The Pentagon's risk-taking research agency wants a 'smart camera' that can report back on war-zone activity with the same detail a trained human operative could offer.



March 17, 1953: The Black Box Is Born

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
An Australian researcher invents an essential tool for identifying the causes of an airplane crash.



How to Get on a Reality Show

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The casting director of Amazing Grace and Survivor tells Wired what it takes to get a role in reality TV.



Games: Cloud-Based Gaming Still Up in the Air

Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
OnLive, Gaikai and Otoy -- these pioneers of cloud gaming are competing in a field many experts believe is technically impossible.



The Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What Astronomers Thought

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Detailed thermal images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot is far more dynamic and structured than had previously been thought.



SXSW: Motorhead Mania Cranks Up as 'Lemmy' Blitzes Austin

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The badass bass player for the world's loudest rock 'n' roll band cracks up the audience at the world premiere of a documentary about him. The movie reveals intimate details about the living legend.



Storyboard: A Look Back at the Dot-Com Boom and Bust

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:33:00 GMTLogin to discuss
This week's behind-the-scenes podcast focuses on 10 years after the dot-com boom and bust. Senior editor Joanna Pearlstein hosts a conversation between contributors Matt Honan and Steven Leckart about the dot-com era's major players, total failures and missed opportunities.



PayPal Fist-Bumps Square

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:00 GMTLogin to discuss
PayPal's latest upgrade to the PayPal iPhone app lets you pay (and be paid) by bumping fists.



Rugged Night-Vision Specs See Through the Muddiest Dark

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:45:00 GMTLogin to discuss
As a Wired Editor's Pick, Luna Optics' night-vision binocs can do almost nothing wrong. They're warrior tough and have an artist's vision, with unmatched light-magnifying power and impressive versatility.



Methane May Be Building Under Antarctic Ice

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:45:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Microbes living in lakes beneath the ice of Antarctica and Greenland could be producing methane. The greenhouse gas could be building up and released if the ice melts.



Lonely Classmates.com Users Get $9.5M in Lawsuit

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:42:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Classmates.com is offering to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of falsely leading people to believe their old schoolmates wanted to contact them. A proposed settlement would give $3 each to more than 3 million paying customers.



Climate Quick Fix Could Create Toxic Algae Blooms

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
A new study suggests that fighting climate change by seeding the ocean with iron could result in algal blooms that produce a neurotoxin, killing marine life and eventually working its way up the food chain to humans.



SXSW: Austin Pawn Shop Unleashes Mother Lode of Music Gear

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:42:00 GMTLogin to discuss
An ordinary-looking store on the south side of town hides a back room brimming with vintage guitars, amps and other sweet finds. When SXSW Music hits town, Cash America Pawn breaks out the good stuff and gets ready to wheel and deal.



SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:14:00 GMTLogin to discuss
A Russian hacker is being accused of artificially manipulating 38 stocks on the Nasdaq and New York stock exchanges, profiting a quarter million dollars between August and December alone.



SXSW: YouTube Launches Partner Program for Indie Bands

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:00 GMTLogin to discuss



Closest Ever Look at Martian Moon

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:12:00 GMTLogin to discuss
The Mars Express Orbiter has taken its closest ever images of the Martian moon, Phobos. The views show possible future landing spots.



Tell Us Which Cars Are Damn-Near Perfect

Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMTLogin to discuss
Our list of almost perfect cars doesn't satisfy some of you readers. Now it's your turn to weigh in on your favorites -- and why your pick tops your list.