The CPM Friday predicted demise of the UPA government in the next year''s general elections.

Two droughts wiping out 50 per cent of the rabi crop, the apple produce reduced to half of its usual quantity, the unusual rise in temperature...

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It's a chore to stand up and crane your neck whenever you want to see what's going on in the world outside your cubicle. But thanks to this mini jackhammer, we don't have that problem anymore.

Wired staffers contemplate resorting to the black powder and strontium nitrate-filled Orion Flare Gun to get their coworkers' attention.

The Red Snap'r fence electrifier is designed to dispense 5,000 volts to wayward livestock. Wired editors use it to protect their desk accessories.

Hallmark Dummy  Launcher is a duck gun used for training hunting dogs. The gun uses blank ammunition to blast a fake duck 50 to 80 yards so the dog can practice retrieving it.

A pound of tiny metal balls hidden inside Shomer-Tec's normal-looking baseball cap turns it into the ultimate stealth cudgel.

Check out the propane-powered weed killer that blasts 930-degree steam to wipe out most anything in its path.

Check out what happens when you use this DIY kit to grow foodie fungi, or anything else you might want to dream up.

Fill the CRY-AC-3's canister with liquid nitrogen and pull the trigger. Then just chill.

Here at the Wired offices, we take things very seriously. Correction, we take protecting our desk domains and sneak attacking coworkers very seriously, so we decided to put some different office warfare gadgets to the test.

Nobody said going retro would be safe. Check out Rideable Bicycle Replicas' 4-foot-high bike, which we've been careering around the office hallways.

Outdoor Darts isn't for the faint of heart.

A killer party or a killer instinct? A blanket of fog and blinding strobe lights await thieves caught by FlashFog's Tiger.

Set the office a-chattering when you whip out this 4-ounce human-powered chain saw. Then set that leg on your office chair straight.

Some people use the Lee Production Pot metal melter to make bullets. Wired's editors are pleased with their hand-forged paper clips.

These stainless steel cleats will will grip rock, ice, particleboard—whatever cubicle wall that blocks your path.

Brook & Hunter’s Mo-Tool is quite a monstrosity, but you can’t frown on it forever -- it has an ax!

A quick powdery blast of vitamin B, niacin, and caffeine courtesy of Breathable Foods could be just the (legal) pick-me-up you need.

Check out the Pocket Artillery Mini Cannon in action.

No matter the danger&mash;a torrent of gizmos or an avalanche of snow—this North Face system will have your back (Saint Bernard and brandy not included).

Wired.com senior writer Spencer Ackerman volunteered to step in front of the military's microwave pain ray. The unconventional weapon, known as the Active Denial System, fried Ackerman from 750 meters away without so much as a flash or bang.

20.06 Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Wicked Lasers Torch. Let's Burn Ants! (No animals were harmed in the making of this video; humans however, were)

The Ara Safety Pro is like the do-gooder offspring of a fire extinguisher and a smoke grenade. Just pull the pin and toss the 9-pound projectile directly into the blaze.

Check out the Solowheel Motorized Unicycle in action.

Check out the PET Bottle Launcher in action.

Finally, skiing minus all that cold wet snow. With inflatable tires, elaborately adjustable bindings that allow your heels to lift, and optional ski-style poles, Skikes let you replicate cross-country skiing without going outside.

The Coker V2 Unicycle in action.

Solar, wind, and nuclear don’t make climate change worse, but they don’t meet the world’s energy needs. What can? Coal, and in the April issue Charles C. Mann writes about cleaning up the dirty, cheap fuel. Also this month: keeping your garden green, how mobile messaging captured our kids (and $19 billion from Facebook), and Mike Judge takes on Silicon Valley.

As a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marina Brozovic studies and measures near-earth asteroids—you know, the ones that can potentially cause catastrophic damage. Watch as Brozovic explains how her team tracks the orbit of these large masses and how NASA would prepare if one were to come barreling towards earth.

Researchers have packed a 3D-printed egg with sensors to gather data about bird incubation so they can better raise endangered chicks.

To save the endangered island fox and its home off the coast of California, scientists went to war on invasive species like feral pigs and aggressive ants.

World Wildlife Fund is using thermal imaging technology and artificial intelligence to see and capture wildlife poachers as they stalk endangered animals in the dark.

'Stranger Things' stars Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin show us the last things they did with their phones. What was the last emoji they used? The last text message sent? What was the last thing they searched?

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell, Michael B. Jordan, Samuel L. Jackson, Ansel Elgort, Suki Waterhouse, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo, Jennifer Garner, Woody Harrelson, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Kristen Bell, Melissa McCarthy, John Cena, Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, John Krasinski, Cara Delevingne and more answer the web's most searched questions about themselves.

In honor of WIRED's 25th Anniversary, we're bringing back an old favorite series -- The Most Dangerous Object in the Office. And in this special one-off, WIRED's Arielle Pardes tries on Segway's Drift W1 e-Skates.

The 1980's nostalgia and sci-fi show Stranger Things returns for season three with a new setting: The Starcourt Mall. WIRED's Emily Dreyfuss talks with architecture professor Ellen Dunham-Jones about mall culture and the fate of dead malls. Hint, zombies.

If you've ever seen the show Stranger Things, you've probably noticed a movie reference or two. Series creators Ross and Matt Duffer are huge film buffs, and they've used every opportunity they can to reference some of their favorite movies in Stranger Things. Here is their definitive list of (almost) every movie reference in Stranger Things. Stranger Things season 3 is streaming now on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/watch/80186941?trackId=254015180

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According to the National Center for Health Research, people who visited social media platforms 58 times or more per week were three times more likely to feel socially isolated. The center also found that heavy social media users are 2.2 times more likely to have eating and body image issues than moderate users.

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