How Pittsburgh’s Drinking Water Got Contaminated with Lead

This summer, 81,000 homes in Pittsburgh received a worrisome letter about their water. The local utility "has found elevated levels of lead in tap water samples in some homes," it said. Seventeen percent of samples had high levels of the metal, which can cause "serious health problems." The situation was bad enough to attract the […] The post How Pittsburgh's Drinking Water Got Contaminated with Lead appeared first on WIRED.

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The Fed-Proof Online Market OpenBazaar Is Going Anonymous

OpenBazaar is set to integrate Tor's anonymity features---but still swears it's not trying to attract the dark web's black market sales. The post The Fed-Proof Online Market OpenBazaar Is Going Anonymous appeared first on WIRED .

Let's Do Some Physics and Learn About the Momentum Principle and the Work Energy Principle

Both deal with forces acting on an object, which often leads students to think they are similar. In a way, they are.

How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair

The computer scientist Cynthia Dwork takes abstract concepts like privacy and fairness and adapts them into machine code for the algorithmic age. The post How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair appeared first on WIRED .

Here's Proof That Commuter Bikes Don't Have to Suck

The New York company Priority loads its bikes up with features while keeping costs down.

Google Voice Update Makes Google’s Messaging Strategy More Confusing

Good news for Voice users, more head-scratching for the rest of us. The post Google Voice Update Makes Google's Messaging Strategy More Confusing appeared first on WIRED .

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