Science and reality
Turbo Diesel, Chocolope Kush, and all those other crazy names people use to describe their weed are basically meaningless.
The post Sorry, But the Names for Weed Strains Are Kinda Meaningless appeared first on WIRED.
As the seas rise and storms worsen, it's worth taking a look at how poorly US infrastructure is going to do under climate change.
The post No One Is Ready for the Next Katrina appeared first on WIRED.
Americans haven't been smacked with anything worse than a Category 2 hurricane since 2005.
The post 160 Years of Hurricanes in One Incredible Infographic appeared first on WIRED.
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.