Science and reality
Star Wars VII includes a new weapon, the starkiller. How could you destroy a star? Here are three ideas.
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What do a humpback and a wind turbine have in common? Scalloped blade edges.
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NASA just gave two US universities a robot each. Their mission: Get this thing to move like a human.
The post NASA Wants to Make a C-3PO to Help Colonize Mars, But That May Not Be a Super Idea appeared first on WIRED.
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.
A (somewhat) premature obituary for the last line antibiotic.
The post A Once Powerful Antibiotic Goes the Way of All Flesh appeared first on WIRED.
You could control robot sharks with your mind in the comfort of your own home thanks to OpenBCI, a Brooklyn company building open source brain computer interfaces.
The post Watch These Guys Make a Shark Swim With Their Minds appeared first on WIRED.
Congress just passed a bill giving more leeway to the burgeoning space industry.
The post Congress Says Yes to Space Mining, No to Rocket Regulations appeared first on WIRED.
In the wee hours of a morning in December, San Francisco will block off its main street to map it with LiDAR.
The post Bombarding San Francisco With Lasers to Create a Perfect 3-D Map appeared first on WIRED.
A fungus is killing amphibians all over the world. But on one tiny island, the people who study the amphibians have found a solution.
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A fungus is killing amphibians all over the world. But on one tiny island, the people who study the amphibians have found a solution.
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