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People with autism often find it difficult to find employment, but what if their “special” qualities could be channelled into economic value? Source: Specialisterne connect people with autism to companies

Supermassive stars with a mass between 55,000 and 56,000 times larger than our Sun, don’t behave like normal stars. In this simulation of one exploding, physicists have discovered that when they die they don’t form a black hole, as dying stars usually do. Source: This simulation could unlock the Universe’s secrets

This is the world’s only museum devoted to the misunderstood microbe — the tiny, invisible creatures that make up two-thirds of all life on Earth. Source: Inside the lives of microbes | WIRED UK

Rubber bands aren’t typically used for anything much more elaborate than securing a sheet of paper into a tube. But the addition of substance du jour graphene gives them a new, scientific function. Source: How to make an electrically conducting rubber band

From the moment an employee enters The Edge to the moment they leave, the building — Amsterdam HQ of professional services firm Deloitte — is tracking them. Source: Deloitte’s Amsterdam HQ senses staff movements to save energy

Rarely are fashion bloggers just hobbyists these days — increasingly they are entrepreneurs with business plans and revenue. With affiliate marketing, advertising partnerships and direct online retailing, blogging has become an efficient way to make money. Source: Meet the fashion mavens making big bucks from style musings | WIRED UK

Designer Jake Dyson devotes his time to making lights he claims last (almost) a lifetime. Whether that means building technology adapted from satellites to improve the efficacy of LEDs or developing Wi-Fi controls that allow effortless monitoring and control of those lights, he’s switched on to it. Source: Dyson’s son has found a way toContinue reading “Dyson’s son has found a way to extend longevity of LEDs | WIRED UK”

This 70-metre-deep crater suddenly appeared last summer on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia Source: Siberia’s deep mystery | WIRED UK