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Could Spider-Man Actually Pass Physics?
Now that Spider-Man: Homecomingis available on DVD and digitally, I can start analyzing the physics in my favorite parts of the film. Normally, I love looking into the physics of superheroes—the flying, the swinging, the clobbering.…
Kid Loses It When He Learns He’s Getting Dessert
Whether your child’s a picky eater, getting them to eat a well-balanced meal can be a pain.
But for those kids who become official members of the “clean plate club,” there’s a special reward that comes in the form of a sugary-sweet…
Watch WIRED Build the Biggest Star Wars LEGO Set Ever
If you love LEGO, then you won't want to miss this video. The Danish toy company's latest labor of love is a crazy-intricate set of over 7,500 pieces. The Ultimate Collectors' Edition Millennium Falcon (75192)is for well-heeled Star Wars…
These Abstract Prints Turn Physics Into Art
Kim Keever works with paint, but he's not a painter. Inside his New York City studio, dozens of squeeze bottles are scattered on different tables, their soapy contents replaced with a rainbow of pigments. “These are like my paintbrushes,”…
Montreal Raccoon Family Sets Up Shop In Tourist Area To Beg For Treats
Raccoons have earned themselves the nickname "trash panda." More often than not, raccoons can be found rummaging through people's garbage and knocking over trash cans in search of leftovers. They're wild animals, and many people consider…
Hacking North Korea Won’t Stop Its Nuclear Program
As tensions with North Korea escalate into a full-on cold war, a cold cyberwar is playing out in tandem: Beneath the very public nuclear standoff, both the US and North Korea have privately ramped up their digital aggression, the Kim…
In Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria, No Power Means No Telecom
Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Mariatore through the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is still mostly an island deleted from the present and pushed back a century or so—with little clean water, little electric power, and almost no…
Marvel Keeps Making TV—But With ‘Runaways’ on Hulu, How Many Networks Is Too Many?
Deep into the marathon that was this year’s New York Comic Con, Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb hit the main stage at the Javits Center to lead a panel for Runaways, Marvel's newest small-screen foray and the company's first team-up with…
Fisherman See Cubs Drowning And Use Their Nets To Pull The Baby Bears To Safety
When we talk about "mama bears," we generally think about strong protectors. A mother bear will do anything at all to protect her cubs when possible. Bears are great swimmers, but when one brown bear tried to cross a lake with her cubs,…
This New Alzheimer’s Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene
America is entering a period that may one day be known as The Great Forgetting. Alzheimer’s, a disease defined as much by the accumulation of mental lapses as by tangled proteins in the brain, is an ailment of the aging.…