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SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

Stretchy computers on threads that can be stitched into clothes could be used to record whole-body data that most medical sensors can’t pick up. Wearable technologies, such as smartwatches, monitor ...

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