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The leap year is the most famous of the leap family, keeping our calendars right every year, while behind the scenes, with little fanfare, the leap second has been doing its part. But global stakeholders believe it's time for a change — the leap minute. Leap seconds have been added …

WIRED’s advice columnist on the true purpose of gift giving. Illustration: Gustavo Pedrosa “An artist friend of mine got me an AI-generated painting as a gift. I can see she tried to personalize the concept, and it’s nicely framed, but part of me still feels a little cheated. Is that …

A new workforce of language experts, creative writers, and nuclear physicists are turning to data labor—and potentially making their future jobs obsolete in the process. Illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images Jay fell in love with math at boarding school after a supportive physics teacher introduced him to the joy of …

During a research expedition off the coast of Chile, Erin Easton says her colleagues were constantly calling her over to show her some amazing new sea creature they'd just discovered. ‘It is beyond my wildest dreams of what we could have expected,’ says marine scientist During a research expedition off …

One of the scientists who was fired from Canada's top infectious disease laboratory "intentionally" shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people's health in jeopardy, says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Documents say Dr. Xiangguo Qiu's decisions 'could have impacted public safety' One of the …

A warming world will create even more dangerous conditions for ape species across hundreds of African habitats, according to new scientific research. They’re just like us — and wildfires, floods and droughts could drive them to extinction Some of Africa's great apes — humanity's closest cousins — face death and …

TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar? Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images A trio of Google engineers recently came up with a futuristic way to help anyone who stumbles through presentations on …

It’s a multi-billion-dollar global problem, and in a rapidly electrifying world, the profits—and ease—of stealing metals is only going to increase. Photograph: Getty Images Something had gone wrong with the giant radio tower. Will Payne, of Payne Media Group, got an alert from his utility company in the middle of …

On Tuesday, India introduced four crew members for its maiden Gaganyaan space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the moon. Country plans to launch a habitable space capsule …

Hydrogen-powered planes, more fuel-efficient aircraft designs, and all-electric parcel delivery services are just some of the ways in which the transport sector is looking to decarbonize. Photograph: Getty Images Cleaner, greener transport is on its way—from delivery to air travel—but government action on incentives and infrastructure is needed to make …