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  1. Less Light = Milkier Way, Astronomers Say
  2. LittleBigPlanet Creator Talks About His Game
  3. Twelve Elegant Examples of Evolution
  4. Cool Your Jets: South Korea's Airplane-Punishing Test Facility
  5. 3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late
  6. 2009 Movie Guide: Where the Wild Films Are
  7. 30GB Zunes Killing Themselves In Droves
  8. The Apocalyse is Coming: What You Need to Pack
  9. Wired Science's 13 Most Popular Stories of 2008
  10. A Willy Wonka Who Wants to Feed the World
  11. Eleven Gadgets That Will Make New Year's Eve Fun
  12. Wired.com's 10 Best Galleries of 2008
  13. Times Square Gets Ready to Ring in 2009
  14. Ingenious Hellraiser Fires Up Homebrew Flamethrowers
  15. Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek
  16. Dec. 31, 1938: Set 'em Up, Joe ... for a Breath Test
  17. 2008's Best Contest Photos You Never Saw, Part 2
  18. With Flickr Layoffs, Whither 'The Commons'?
  19. Times Square Goes Brightly Into That New Yea
  20. Israel Deploys YouTube, Twitter in Info War Against Hamas
  21. Israel Deploys YouTube, Twitter in Info War Against Hamas
  22. Researchers Use PlayStation Cluster to Forge a Web Skeleton Key
  23. Leaked Copies of Windows 7 Beta 1 Hit BitTorrent
  24. Uproar in Australia Over Plan to Block Web Sites
  25. Pentagon, Hollywood Pair up for Transformers Sequel
  26. Do Try This At Home: Amateurs Tinker With Genetic Engineering
  27. Motorcycles Finally Go Green
  28. Lotus-Designed Biofuel-Burning Snowspeeder to Detect Cracks in Polar Ice
  29. King of Bionic Ag Uses Turbocharged Seeds, Precision Chemistry, and a Little TLC
  30. How to Hear Better on Your Cellphone
  31. From Salon to Salad: Hair Makes Good Plant Fertilizer
  32. Dec. 30, 1924: Hubble Annnounces Andromeda Is a Galaxy
  33. 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now
  34. 12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times
  35. If Climate Didn't Doom Neanderthals, Did Humans?
  36. Top 10 Green Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
  37. Toronto Puts Zambonis on Ice
  38. Quest for the 300-mph Helicopter
  39. Mr. Freeze: How Julian Bayley Turns Ice Cubes Into Ice Castles
  40. Clive Thompson on How YouTube Changes the Way We Think
  41. Diplo-Twittering at the Department of State
  42. Judge Denies RIAA Appeal of Kazaa File-Sharing Mistrial
  43. Amazon Says 2008 Holiday Season Was 'Best Ever'
  44. Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises and Plain Old BS
  45. Dec. 29, 1766: He Put the Mac in Mackintosh
  46. The 7 Best Capers of 2008
  47. Before the Levees Break: A Plan to Save the Netherlands
  48. Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008
  49. USB Stake Helps Brown Thumbs Turn Green, Monitors Soil Conditions
  50. Disneyland for Dudes: Playing With Backhoes, ATVs, Weapons
  51. Broadband Stimulus Plan: How About Some Data First?
  52. 'Dark Knight' Faces Rough Road to Awards
  53. Win a Free Copy of Dave Gibbons' Awesome 'Watching the Watchmen'
  54. Top 10 New Organisms of 2008
  55. Steven Levy on His Gadget Wish List for 2009
  56. Dec. 24, 1968: Christmas Eve Greetings From Lunar Orbit
  57. 3-D-Ready HDTV Uses Laser Light to Double Color Range, Save Energy
  58. 2008's Best Contest Photos You Never Saw
  59. Archaeologizing 'Watchmen': An Interview With Dave Gibbons
  60. How NORAD Tracks Santa
  61. Rockers to Press Obama on Music Torture
  62. RIAA Qualifies Statement on No New Copyright Lawsuits
  63. Review: The Flesh Is Willing but 'The Spirit' Is Weak
  64. Toyota Goes Electric With a Hush-Hush Concept
  65. 2008 Foot-in-Mouth Awards
  66. Wired.com's Wishlist: What We Want in an iPhone Nano
  67. Cousin Marriage Okay by Science
  68. Finding Chemo: Scanning the Sea Floor for New Drugs
  69. Smart Plug Could Save You $150 in Electricity
  70. Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer
  71. Try This at Home: Camera on a Flex Cable Finds Lost Objects
  72. Science We Can Believe In: How President Obama Can Recharge US Research
  73. Nation's First 'Underwater Wind Turbine' Installed in Old Man River
  74. How to Fold an Origami Millennium Falcon
  75. Dec. 23, 1970: World Trade Center Tops Out
  76. Fat-Fueled Ford Is Biodiesel Biohazard
  77. 10 Cool Cars We Want Now
  78. Prosecutors Charge 7 People Under New Cyberbullying Law
  79. Analysis: RIAA Strategy Shift Mired in Murky Legal Waters
  80. Science Behind Mysterious 'Fifth Taste' Revealed
  81. 8 Signs That Apple Customers Are No Longer Special
  82. Linux Geeks to Compete for Best 'I'm Linux' Video
  83. MySpace Bans Project Playlist; Facebook Defies Same RIAA Request
  84. High Times in Ag Science: Marijuana More Potent Than Ever
  85. Jupiter's Moon Plays Peekabo with Hubble
  86. App Developer Strikes E-book Deals With Major Publishers
  87. Top 10 Games of 2008
  88. The Top Gadgets of 2008
  89. Dec. 22, 1882: Looking at Christmas in a New Light
  90. Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations
  91. No Dorky Dome, This Bike Helmet Goes From Glam to Gilligan
  92. Attack of the Bush Shoe-Toss Games Continues
  93. Surfers Rejoice: Some Extreme Waves Getting Bigger
  94. The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft
  95. Alt Text Video: The Strange Story of Santa
  96. No ISP Filtering Under New RIAA Copyright Strategy
  97. Video: Molecules Moving in Living Cells
  98. Severed Cables Cause Net Loss for 14 Countries
  99. Four Mobile App Stores Battle for User and Developer Attention
  100. RIAA to Stop Suing Music Fans, Cut Them Off Instead
  101. Elegant Teapot Lets You See the Leaves Unfold, Infuse the Water
  102. Dec. 19, 1974: Altair 8800 Kits Go on Sale
  103. Big City, Brighter Lights: Gotham's New LED Streetlamp Plan
  104. Online Jihadists Plan for 'Invading Facebook'
  105. ISP Ad Snooper Phorm Loses Top Execs
  106. Vote for the Sexiest Geeks of 2008
  107. Student Sentenced to 15 Years for YouTube Terror Video
  108. Where Is Steve Jobs?
  109. Wikileaks Posts Secret Bomb-Stopper Report — Did They Go Too Far?
  110. It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax
  111. Yahoo Data Mining Continues Under New Privacy Policy
  112. EFF Wants Your Money
  113. Google Shutters Its Science Data Services
  114. Obama Rumored to Pick Climate Change Wonk as Science Adviser
  115. I, Nanny: Robot Babysitters Pose Dilemma
  116. Danish Supercar Sports 1,104 Horsepower
  117. Could the Electric Grid Support Far More Wind and Solar?
  118. Nobel Jurors Face Bribery Probe for China Trip
  119. TV Studio in a Box Enables Long-Tail TV
  120. Beyond Size 10: A Fighting Footwear Arsenal
  121. Free-Range Research Could Save Chimps — and Our Conscience
  122. An Apple-Flavored Car Design From Britain
  123. MPAA Targets Illicit Movie Sites; Downloading Unabated
  124. Gallery: The Curious Case of Reverse-Aging Brad Pitt
  125. Dec. 18, 1997: Tokyo Bay Tunnel Opens
  126. Brainy Trainer: Workout Monitor Tells You When to Chill
  127. 'Timecrimes' Director Masters Creepy Sci-Fi on a Shoestring
  128. World Coal Reserves Could Be A Fraction of Previous Estimates
  129. Endangered Lemurs Survived Ancient AIDS Epidemic
  130. GM Puts the Volt's Engine Factory on Hold
  131. Spectacular Space Photo of Christmas Tree Star Cluster
  132. Obama Has One Chance to Get Infrastructure Spending Right
  133. Yahoo to Anonymize User Data After 90 Days
  134. WiSci Event Tonight: Fossil Cities in the Distant Future
  135. 'Flight of the Conchords' Premieres a Month Early Online
  136. Oil Not the Climate Change Culprit — Coal Is the Real Bad Guy
  137. Macworld Expo May Disappear, But Steve Jobs' Keynotes Won't
  138. Astronomers Spot Most Distant Water Yet
  139. Dik**** Guilty of Internet Gambling
  140. Yahoo to Shorten Logs of User Activity to 3 Months
  141. Tiny Saturn Moon ID'd As Good Candidate For Alien Life
  142. Limited Edition Viper Makes It Hurst So Good
  143. Fake News Index: Charting the Media Parody Industry
  144. Dec. 17, 1790: Aztec Calendar Stone Discovered
  145. Cycling GPS Tells You Where You Are — and How You Got There
  146. Video: Robots Have a Sex Life? (NSFW)
  147. Samsung Notebook Brings a Touch of Class to the Privileged
  148. Jobs Won't Appear at Macworld — 2009 Is Apple's Last Show
  149. Video: 'Mirror's Edge' vs. 'Prince of Persia' -- Fight!
  150. Dark Energy Could Be Einstein's Cosmological Constant
  151. World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
  152. Bush Shoe-Toss Immortalized in Games, Animations
  153. Drillers Accidentally Create First Live Magma Observatory
  154. Vote on Whether the NSA Whistleblower Should Be Prosecuted
  155. Solar Hybrids Soak Up the Sun
  156. Army Wages iPod Warfare in Baghdad
  157. IE Fans Beware: Hackers Are Exploiting a Serious Unpatched Flaw
  158. Top 5 Disruptive Music-Making Technologies
  159. Massive Volcanic Eruptions Killed Off the Dinosaurs
  160. Yahoo Mail Gets More Social, But the Price of Admission Is Too Steep
  161. Mercury or Bust: Chasing Down the Galaxy's Fastest Planet
  162. Expired-Tired-Wired
  163. Digital Spoon Scale Weighs Foods to the Nanobite
  164. Dec. 16, 1770: Beethoven's Birth in Bonn Leads to Longer CDs
  165. 'Art of Participation' Connects Viewers, Artists
  166. Confirmed: Air Force Falls Short in Third Nuke Test
  167. New Mac Mini Rumored for Macworld 2009
  168. Sun Induces Strange 'Breathing' of Earth's Atmosphere
  169. Lori Drew Files New Bid for Dismissal on Grounds that MySpace Authorized Access
  170. Zero-Gravity Bacterial Behavior Hints at Disease-Busting Hacks
  171. Study Says Cars Make Us Fat
  172. Apple Won't Invent the iPhone Shuffle, But You Can
  173. Court Limits National Security Secrecy and Oversight
  174. Guns N' Roses Uploader Guilty of Copyright Infringement
  175. Lightning-Storm Gamma Rays Could Harm Air Travelers
  176. 3 Drivetrains, 1 Car, Zero Emissions
  177. Netbooks Increasingly Being Sold with Cellphone-Like Contract Deals
  178. Warbot Pinup Calendar Reveals Lighter Side to Combat
  179. New York Times' NSA Whistleblower Reveals Himself
  180. Space Probe Captures First Photo of Extraterrestrial Liquid
  181. Google Blasts WSJ, Says it's Still 'Committed to Network Neutrality'
  182. JC Penney Goes Viral, And Stays Out of the Doghouse
  183. Mahalo Answers Pays Cash for Your Two Cents
  184. Startup Banks on Making Money From Free Broadband
  185. Steinway Music System Delivers Pure Sound for Audiophiles
  186. Games Without Frontiers: Why We Need More Torture in Videogames
  187. Gallery: Monumental Upkeep Gives History a Helping Hand
  188. Dec. 15, 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens With New Angle
  189. Swank Stroller Takes Tykes for Ergonomic Ride
  190. Soak It to Me: Inside Liquid-Suspended Gaming PC
  191. Sin City Server Farm Keeping the World Safe for Data
  192. Jargon Watch: Sound Blast, Frolleague, Twiller
  193. Techdirt's Mike Masnick On Why Music Tax Would Be a Mistake
  194. Tor Makes Anonymized Content Available to All
  195. Hack of the Clones: Why Apple Can't Stop the Copies
  196. The 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2008
  197. Video: Air Force's Killer Bugbots Attack
  198. Design Series 'e2' Visualizes Green Transport
  199. Exclusive: Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions
  200. Oh No! Big 3 Bailout Would Ground Corporate Jets
  201. Bewerewolves: Fullest Moon in 15 Years Tonight
  202. Cyber Crook Pleads Guilty to Looting Citibank Accounts with Hacked ATM Codes
  203. Hackers Plundering Brazilian Rain Forest
  204. Science Born Again in the White House, and Not a Moment Too Soon
  205. Palm Is Likely to Introduce a New Operating System and Smartphone at CES
  206. Gym Car Pumps You Up With an In-Car Workout
  207. Review: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Takes a Tumble
  208. Why Movies Disappear from iTunes and Netflix
  209. Wired + iPhone = Gadget Reviews to Go
  210. What's Inside — Downy Coats Briefs With Horse Fat
  211. Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free
  212. Mixtapes Move from Beat Street to Mainstream
  213. Dec. 12, 1896: Marconi Demos Radio Dec. 12, 1901: Marconi Transmits Across Atlantic
  214. From Hulk to Gort, Monster Man Gets Creative With Creatures
  215. Oil Consumption to Drop for First Time in 25 Years
  216. British Steam-Car Team Sets Sights on 170 MPH
  217. MIT: Your Meteorologist Needs an Army of Drones
  218. Sony Dinged $1 Million for Child-Privacy Breach
  219. Video: Top 10 Game-Changing Moments of 2008
  220. Road Trip: Heading South in the 2009 Airstream
  221. Video Shows Every Flight on Earth in 72 Seconds
  222. Air Force to Use 'Battlefield Acupuncture' for Pain Relief
  223. Darpa, Dronemaker to Brew Algae-Based Jet Fuel
  224. Touring the 'PlayStation Home' Open House
  225. What is the Value of a Virtual Gift?
  226. Study: PC Infections Plague Wire-Transfer Shops
  227. PS3 Virtual World Finally Finally 'Here'
  228. Rocket Scientist's Laser Scalpel Targets Individual Cells
  229. How to Fingerprint a Bullet, the High-Voltage Way
  230. Gallery: Toys and Tools for Upwardly Mobile Musicians
  231. Dec. 11, 1964: Dr. King Warns About Science Without Morality
  232. A Nikon DSLR That's Smarter Than You Are
  233. Gadgets, Games Help Musicians Offset Declining Sales
  234. Nobel-Winning Physicist May Be Obama's Pick for Energy Secretary
  235. 'Star Trek' Tweaker Talks Perils of Remastering Original Series
  236. Legalize Brain-Enhancing Drugs, Scientists Say
  237. MPAA Urges Obama to Embrace Internet Filtering
  238. Meet Uncle Sam's Car Czar
  239. LimeWire Adds Private File Sharing
  240. Study Proves Talkers Are Lousy Drivers
  241. Water Vapor Confirmed on Alien Planet
  242. Firefox Adds Multitouch Gestures for Macs
  243. GPS, Hidden Cameras Watching Over Baby Jesus
  244. Ante Up, Human: The Adventures of Polaris, the Poker-Playing Robot
  245. Atari Founder's Bistro Swaps Touchscreens for Waiters (Sort Of)
  246. Dec. 10, 1626: Measurement Man Meets the Measure of His Days
  247. Diamond-Studded Swiss Army Knife for Top-Drawer Pockets
  248. Petite Blu-ray Box Big on Function
  249. NASA Gets Inside Pilots' Heads to Make Them Safer
  250. Next-Gen Dashboards Teach Leadfoots How to Hypermile