There’s the Marvel Universe, and then there’s the Larval Universe, and the star of the latter is the black soldier fly. In its squirmy maggot phase, it feasts on our messes—and can in turn be feasted on by farm-raised fish […]
In late 2001, a weekly BBC radio segment featured a brief review of the Sharp J-SH04, a Japanese mobile phone that was the first to feature an integrated camera. And on the BBC's website, commenters weighed in on how they […]
For a brief, non-shining moment on Monday, August 21, the moon will be the most important object in the daytime sky. Not that you’ll get a good look at much besides its backlit outline. And sure, it is uncanny and […]
There’s never been a movie quite like Netflix’s Roma, writer-director Alfonso Cuarón’s gorgeous, deeply immersive black-and-white drama about a young woman in 1970s Mexico. And there’s never been a movie released quite like Roma, which the streamer has put in […]
Last September, SpaceX was fueling its Falcon 9 for a routine test fire before launch when a composite liner inside the upper-stage fuel tank failed, letting oxygen seep in. Friction between the tank’s aluminum liner and carbon overwrap ignited a […]
What’s more alive—library stacks or the internet? Seems plain as day: The living one clamors and bleats. The one that’s dark and smells of mildew is dead. But it hasn’t always been obvious. At the turn of the century, when […]
Another Monday, another blockbuster edition of The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of all of pop culture's biggest news. What's happening this fine day? Welp, Captain Marvel did better at the box office than most people suspected. Also, Brian K. Vaughan has […]
WHEN Episode IV, opening scene WHERE The galaxy CHARACTERS Before their time PHYSICS CONCEPTS Gravity, big bang theory When watching a Star Wars film, you have to suspend your disbelief. Characters use magic brain powers to move things around, lightsabers […]
Even though the next movie doesn't hit theaters for more than a year, there's a surprising amount going on in the Star Wars universe— or, at least, behind the scenes of it. In some cases, it's new projects getting the […]
If you're not already excited about the total solar eclipse that will be visible in the United States on August 21, maybe you haven't been paying attention. During a solar eclipse, the shadow of the moon falls on the Earth's […]