The 40-year-old BBC favourite was joined by his co-host Louise Minchin, 49, as they took their places on the BBC Breakfast sofa to report today’s headlines. Dan opted for an eye-catching bright blue suit, looking particularly dapper, but it wasn’t long before fans spotted something rather entertaining about his outfit. Several took to Twitter to […]
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Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious (And Play Super Mario Bros.)
Computer scientists are finding ways to code curiosity into intelligent machines. https://media.wired.com/photos/59c44d2817fd8173e32fa8e2/master/pass/CuriosityCode-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Blatant clone or marketing hoax? The curious case of Tokyo 41 and Tokyo 42
Alleged footage from an emulated version of Tokyo 41. The game industry isn’t a stranger to accusations that a new game is just a lightly reskinned clone of another title. But there’s that, and then there’s the “cloning” debate surrounding Tokyo 42 and its alleged inspiration, a 30-year-old ZX Spectrum and PC game called Tokyo […]
Anthony Scaramucci dropped a curious claim about Mike Pence in his infamous New Yorker interview
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images During a previous interview, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci suggested there was an ulterior motive behind Vice President Mike Pence’s recent hires. Nick Ayers, a political campaign strategist with little to no federal government experience, was hired as Pence’s chief of staff last month. Pence railed against reports of his potential […]
The curious case of ClinicalTrials.gov, where dubious stem cell therapies seem legit
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency) Earlier this year, doctors reported the case of three women who went blind after having stem cells derived from their own fat injected directly into their eyeballs—a procedure for which they each paid $ 5,000. Piecing together how those women came to pay for such a treatment, the […]
The Curious Comeback of the Dreaded QR Code
Don’t look now, but QR codes are back—and they’re going to change your digital life in all sorts of previously impossible ways. https://media.wired.com/photos/596d0a433abd2b38b748e44c/master/pass/QRC-Code-147522495.jpg Wired
Rwanda's Curious Obsession With Explosive Female Orgasms
For most of my sexual life, female ejaculation didn’t register on my bedroom to-do list. It proved an elusive mystery, and like many Western men, I was content to stay ignorant … and dry. Then I moved to tiny Rwanda, where I encountered a culture that embraces female ejaculation — or kunyara, as it’s known […]
Wildlife presenter Kate Humble on hosting Curious Creatures
GETTY Kate is thrilled to be hosting her first panel show, Curious Creatures Kate Humble lives by a saying attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt – do something every day that scares you. “She was clearly a very wise woman,” muses Kate, 48. “It is very easy to trot along through life doing the things you’re comfortable […]
Dirty Dancing: 20 Burning Questions About ABC's Curious Remake (Including That Bizarre Ending)
If you’re reading this, I’d like to congratulate you on making it through ABC’s musical Dirty Dancing remake. I know the journey was perilous, so I intend to reward you handsomely for your courage. VIDEOSABC Trailers: Our Knee-Jerk Reactions to Marvel’s Inhumans, Shonda Rhimes’ For the People and More New Shows But I’m not technically here to review […]
UC Berkeley researchers teach computers to be curious
When you played through Super Mario Bros. or Doom for the very first time, chances are you didn’t try to speedrun the entire game but instead started exploring — this despite not really knowing what to expect around the next corner. It’s that same sense of curiosity, the desire to screw around in a digital […]