By Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is rolling out to testers the promised new versions of the core, touch-first Office apps to try out.

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By Jamie Condliffe

Since the Ebola outbreak occurred in West Africa in 2014, researchers have feared that the virus had been able to evolve at a more rapid rate than usual. Now, an analysis of the virus reveals that it mutated at a perfectly normal rate in Sierra Leone, alleviating those fears.

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By Luke Plunkett on Kotaku, shared by Jamie Condliffe to Gizmodo

Harry Shearer, who for decades has worked as one of the stars of The Simpsons—lending his voice to characters like Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner and Waylon Smithers—has seemingly announced he will no longer be working on the show.

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By Chris Mills

The list of countries that have mounted successful missions to Mars is not exactly long: the U.S. and Russia, as you’d expect, and more recently India. But now the United Arab Emirates has an ambitious plan to enter the race as soon as 2020.

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By Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

My eyes mislead me. Even though this photo looks so perfect that it must be CGI’d or digitally manipulated, it’s not, it’s completely real. …

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