Science and reality
Many American governors have banned Syrian refugees from their states. But that choice might not have the intended consequences.
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Astronomers deduced that WT1190F was a piece of rocket by looking at orbital wobbles and telescopic flickers.
The post Last Week’s Downed UFO? A Rocket, But No One Knows Which appeared first on WIRED.
A few muffled booms, then some spouting water, and like that, 50 million pounds of concrete disappeared into the San Francisco Bay.
The post Watch Part of the Old Bay Bridge Implode appeared first on WIRED.
The Keystone XL decision gives the US leverage in the upcoming Paris climate talks. It also opens the door for more cuts Obama can make in his final year.
The post Killing Keystone XL Won’t Stop Climate Change. Here’s What Could appeared first on WIRED.
When it's complete, Salesforce Tower will be the tallest building in San Francisco. For now, it's a big hole in the ground.
The post It Took 18 Hours to Pour San Francisco’s Biggest-Ever Concrete Foundation appeared first on WIRED.
New rules and a nice El Niño may let the Golden State recharge its aquifers.
The post California Is Finally Getting Rain. Now if It Could Just Hold on to It appeared first on WIRED.
Maps can be jigsaw puzzles, political commentary, rugs, games, and even expandable umbrellas.
The post A Pooping Britain, a Russian Octopus, and Other Weird Maps appeared first on WIRED.
A new NOAA report released November 5 looked at how (or how not) climate change affected 28 different global events from 2014.
The post Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather—But Not All of It appeared first on WIRED.
MAVEN is a spacecraft on a mission to find out what happened to the red planet's lost water, atmosphere, and magnetic field.
The post Newest Mars Probe Reveals Clues to the Planet’s Watery Past appeared first on WIRED.
New Horizons' earthbound navigators need to steer the craft to a near collision course with the Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69.
The post How NASA Is Steering New Horizons Toward a Tiny Space Rock in the Kuiper Belt appeared first on WIRED.