Science and reality
Architects and scientists may be able to work together to build natural-disaster resistant buildings...by looking at trees.
The post Think Like a Tree: Learning From the Oaks that Survived Katrina appeared first on WIRED.
NASA didn't deploy two of the parachutes---on purpose.
The post NASA’s Failed Orion Parachute Test Was a Success appeared first on WIRED.
Matatus are the main mass transit network in the Kenyan capital, but the system is chaotic.
The post How Nairobi Got Its Ad-Hoc Bus System on Google Maps appeared first on WIRED.
Yes, there are poop bacteria.
The post What I Learned From Sequencing the Bacteria in My Apartment appeared first on WIRED.
You wanted to see rotating millipede genitals, right? Here you go.
The post Millipede Genitals, Now in Glorious 3-D! appeared first on WIRED.
In The Martian astronauts use a spinning spacecraft to create artificial gravity. How does this compare to other spacecraft?
The post How That Spinning Spacecraft From The Martian Would Work appeared first on WIRED.
Why can’t we just artificially inseminate all the endangered animals? Game over, extinction … right?
The post Why Frozen Sperm Can’t Save Earth’s Imperiled Species—Yet appeared first on WIRED.
A microscope attachment for your smart phone gets field tested by bug scientists in the Amazon.
The post An Amazonian Field Test For a Smartphone Microscope appeared first on WIRED.
For the second time in two months, Piton de la Fournaise is erupting.
The post Volcano Erupts on the Island Where MH370 Debris Washed Up appeared first on WIRED.
Two new studies bring us closer to a flu vaccine that works every year.
The post Scientists Get One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine appeared first on WIRED.