Technology
Metal Wants to Float, Once It’s Etched With a Fricking...
An absurdly powerful laser can trap an air bubble in a layer of metal, so that it’ll float no matter what.
Meet the Elite Shot-Putter Chasing a World Record
Ryan Crouser is one of the best shot put throwers in history. In this WIRED video, he talks about the limits of his sport—and how...
Why Robots Should Learn to Build Crappy Ikea Furniture
Researchers built a simulator that teaches robots to deal with everyone’s favorite particle-board nightmare—and that's just the beginning.
What Makes an Element? The Frankenstein of Sodium Holds...
By crafting massive versions of sodium, neon, and other elements, physicists are testing what's possible—and impossible—in nature.
A Solar 'Breakthrough' Won't Solve Cement's Carbon Problem
A Bill Gates-backed startup called Heliogen uses concentrated solar power to produce cement. The carbon-belching industry needs that—and...
Meet the Elite Shot Putter Chasing a World Record
Ryan Crouser is one of the best shot put throwers in history. In this WIRED video, he talks about the limits of his sport—and how...
Hey Surgeon, Is That a HoloLens on Your Head?
Mixed reality displays are entering the operating room, first as surgical planning tools and soon as real-time guides to help doctors...
An Origami Artist Shows How to Fold Ultra-Realistic Creatures
Robert Lang ditched a career as a physicist to pursue origami full time. In WIRED's latest video, he reveals the tricks to folding...
PM2.5 Air Pollution Is Still Killing Thousands of People...
Particulate matter steals lives through dementia, kidney disease, and hypertension—even when the air quality is within the permitted...
Astronomers Detect Water Vapor Around Jupiter's Moon Europa
Scientists caught Europa spewing enough water vapor to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in minutes. But where is it coming from?
