How Come I Can Never See the Northern Lights From Where I Live?
You know the drill: Buzzy articles (like ours) claim that the northern lights, the dazzling phenomenon known scientifically as the aurora borealis, might be able to be seen in regions that don’t norm… [read more]
The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient
THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.
Traditionally, the athletics track in an Olympic stadium is red. However, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, it’s p… [read more]
Taiwan and China reach deal over fishermen’s deaths
After months of negotiation, Taiwan and China have “reached an agreement” on how to respond to the deaths of two Chinese fishermen following a sea chase by Taiwan’s coastguard, Taipei said.
The sett… [read more]
New Video Shows Whale That Capsized Boat in Portsmouth Shortly After Incident
New video shows the whale that capsized a fishing boat off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, shortly after the incident on Tuesday, July 23.
Footage filmed by a fisherman named Scott shows the whale lunge-… [read more]
Vintage photos show what cross-country road trips looked like in the 1960s
Cars pulled up to the parking lot in front of Mount Rushmore in the 1960s.A.C. Shelton/ClassicStock/Getty Images
American families loaded up their station wagons and hit the road in the mid… [+13275 cread more
Timing luck or talent – what makes a billionaire?
Pop star Taylor Swift recently joined the list of the world’s richest people
What do an Italian communist student of mime, a toddler with an eye for a ball and a comedian who jokes about nothing hav… [read more]
Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering the secret language of sperm whales. AI could be the key.
Sperm whales are highly-intelligent, social creatures. Project CETI wants to decode their complex language.Project CETI
Project CETI is harnessing AI to understand the complex communication … [+5457 chread more
Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus
Rico Krieger appeared in a heavily choreographed interview on Belarusian state television
A German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in a heavily choreograp… [read more]
Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines
Waves crash on the coast of Sansha town, Fujan Province, as Typhoon Gaemi approaches
Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines.
More than… [read more]
100 bottles of champagne found in 19th Century wreck
When divers in the Baltic Sea first saw the wreck on the sonar, they thought it was a fishing boat.
But when they went to investigate, they found a 19th Century sailing ship, “loaded to the sides” w… [read more]