Science and reality
The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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Something big and strange is happening in the United States this week.
The post The Pope, Obama, and China’s President Want to Save Earth appeared first on WIRED.
The causes of the deadly stampede near Mecca remain the same as always: physics and evolutionary psychology.
The post The Hajj Stampede Is a Fluid Dynamics Problem appeared first on WIRED.
See Pluto's mountains and basins in "extended color"
The post NASA’s Highest-Res Photos Yet Show Pluto’s Bizarre Geology appeared first on WIRED.
If Advanced LIGO still can't find gravity waves, something is wrong in astrophysics.
The post The Long Search for Elusive Ripples in Spacetime appeared first on WIRED.
Changes in climate means there are fewer flowers. How will bees adapt?
The post Bee Tongues and Flowers Reveal Evolution in Overdrive appeared first on WIRED.
This Sunday's harvest-supermoon-mega lunar eclipse will be something special.
The post When and Where to Watch This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse appeared first on WIRED.
At last! J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's recipe book finds the right mix of taste and science.
The post The Ultimate Book for Science Nerds Who Cook appeared first on WIRED.
Martin Shkreli gave a lot of reasons for raising his drug's price. Is he a rogue actor of pharmaceutical pricing, or did he just take things further than most other companies?
The post How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive appeared first on WIRED.
Very few science fiction stories have perfect science in them. Although they have some problems, the stories can still be used to explain cool science.
The post The Science in The Martian Isn’t Perfect, But That’s OK appeared first on WIRED.