Science and reality
This video shows a very massive pressurized vessel being transported by a giant trailer. Why is the trailer so large? Why are there so many trucks?
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The orbiter captured illuminated images of the moon's jagged fractures and deep craters.
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We ran the numbers. While American women’s average BMI has gone up, Playboy’s largely imagined BMI has gone down.
The post Playboy’s Image of the Ideal Woman Sure Has Changed appeared first on WIRED.
It's been three months since New Horizons flew through the Pluto system, and the science it sent back finally went through peer review.
The post Pluto’s Flyby Data Finally Enters the Scientific Record appeared first on WIRED.
We're revisiting our favorite critters, from the deeply unsettling to the funny-looking to the cutest darn things you've ever seen.
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As more states legalize recreational and medical marijuana use, the LED business is growing and professionalizing.
The post How LEDs Are Making Weed Better 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.
The Olympics bring the world together through sports. They also tear it apart through building ski runs, stadiums, and other athletic accoutrements.
The post A Brief History of Olympic Environmental Disasters appeared first on WIRED.
They might not be making headlines, but there is a lot of volcanic unrest in Latin America right now.
The post Lava Flows and Restless Giants in Latin America appeared first on WIRED.
Whether you like fish as food, prey, or as something that plays an important role in ocean health, this El Niño is probably bad news.
The post El Niño Is Going to Starve a Lot of Fish appeared first on WIRED.