Science and reality
Materials scientist Brian Pillay designed a elephant tusk brace out of carbon fiber, fiberglass, and polymer resin.
The post Bulwagi the Elephant Cracked His Tusk. Carbon Fiber to the Rescue! appeared first on WIRED.
To study beaked whales, scientists use high-tech tags, large underwater microphones, and really fast boats.
The post Scientists Learn to Spot—and Tag—the Ocean’s Elusive Beaked Whale appeared first on WIRED.
All that carbon in the atmosphere means hotter global temperatures and severe weather. But scientists have less of an idea of the ocean's future.
The post Climate Change Is Throwing Ocean Food Webs Out of Whack appeared first on WIRED.
Satellites like Germany's TET-1 and NASA's MODIS are pretty good at finding things that are on fire.
The post Satellites Expose Just How Bad Indonesia’s Fires Are appeared first on WIRED.
Researchers have developed a polymer skin that senses pressure, temperature, and sound---all at once.
The post Electronic Skin Might Change The Way We Interact With Tech appeared first on WIRED.
Sometimes, the best places to do science are also the most remote.
The post Scientists Who Tweet From Ridiculously Remote Places appeared first on WIRED.
The 15-foot waves will help study how manmade structures—breakwaters, seawalls, giant concrete blocks—stand up to crashing waves and giant storms.
The post The Dutch Built a Massive Wave Machine to Study Flooding appeared first on WIRED.
A Scottish nurse who recovered from Ebola has seemingly relapsed.
The post Ebola Is Coming Back—But It Never Really Went Away appeared first on WIRED.
Today’s Antarctic research stations are often the only things protecting their inhabitants from the inhospitable outside.
The post Britain’s Antarctic Research Station Looks Like a Spaceship appeared first on WIRED.
Science fiction is one step closer to reality.
The post Scientists Can Now Predict Intelligence From Brain Activity appeared first on WIRED.