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Why Wings Struggled With ‘Listen to What the Man Said’

Paul McCartney and Wings‘ “Listen to What the Man Said” presents as a breezy romp, but sessions for the smash single were actually a painstaking…

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The Best Outdoor Furniture and Gear to Camp Out in Your Backyard (2020)

My favorite piece of backyard gear is a pizza oven (these are my favorites). Pizza is fast, irresistible, possibly more sanitary than grilling, and customizable…

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The Best Outdoor Furniture and Gear to Campout in Your Backyard (2020)

My favorite piece of backyard gear is a pizza oven (these are my favorites). Pizza is fast, irresistible, possibly more sanitary than grilling, and customizable…

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Space Photos of the Week: Cassini’s Curtain Call

In 1997, NASA launched a spacecraft to Saturn. This intrepid explorer called Cassini, spent the better part of 13 years orbiting Saturn and studying it…

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How Rush’s Geddy Lee Learned to Re-Love ‘Jacob’s Ladder’

For Rush‘s R40 tour, they broke out “Jacob’s Ladder,” the track that closes out the first side of 1980’s Permanent Waves, for the first time…

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The Ninth Albums From 50 of Rock’s Biggest Artists

UCR is celebrating its ninth birthday, and while we don’t have any cake or party favors, we definitely have music. In marking the number-nine milestone, we’ve…

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On Starships, Humans Will Not Be Pulling the Trigger

In Max Barry’s new novel Providence, a four-person crew sets out into deep space to battle aliens. It’s a scenario that recalls many classic science…

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Hackers Claim to Have ‘Dirty Laundry’ About Donald Trump

We’ll get to the rest of this week’s security news in just a second, but before all that you need to carve out a little…

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Tap Strap 2 Review: An Answer in Search of a Question

Have you ever wished that you could wear your keyboard or mouse on one hand like a glove? Me neither, but that’s what the Tap…

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10 Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out (2020): Beats, Jaybird, and More

Adrienne So is a senior writer for WIRED and reviews consumer technology. She graduated from the University of Virginia with bachelor’s degrees in English and…

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