Like writers and testers at the WIRED Gadget Lab, we spend all day immersed in personal technology of all kinds. It’s probably not surprising that if we work at a computer during the day and enjoy games in our spare time, then so do our children. I (Adrienne) have a 5 year old and an...

The scientists were pointing to “disturbed” phosphorus cycle for more than a decade: humanity has discovered a huge amount of this element that ends up in waterways, and does not return to arable land. The problem comes down to crap. Humans and livestock eat the crops and release phosphorus as a result. (A University of...

Family anthropomorphic dogs sit by the window in a cafe when the mother asks, “Can we bring the bill, please?” Her eldest child, drawing with a green pencil on a sheet of paper, parrot-like repeats the request in the song: “Oooooh! Can we get beee-ll? The baby’s father tells her to use her “inner voice”....

Muji has already produced cars: Mooji Car 1000 since 2001 has been the product of a collaboration with Nissan. Limited edition of 1000 without badges nissan marches was sparsely equipped, offered exclusively in “white marble” and only available online as an exercise to test the company’s web marketing systems. Muji has a history of building...

Encryption of files, folders, and drives on your computer means no one else can figure out the data they contain without a specific decryption key, which in most cases is a password known only to you. So while someone can access your files if they know your password (decryption key), they won’t be able to...

Cosmologists spent decades trying to figure out why our universe is so amazingly vanilla. As far as we can see, it is not only smooth and flat, but expanding at an ever-increasing rate, where naive calculations suggest that after the Big Bang, space must have been compressed by gravity and torn apart by repulsive dark...

While people’s attitudes towards their own equipment and what it does can often psychologically influence how they play, it doesn’t mean that the equipment does exactly what they think it does. Lill jokes about a friend whose game, note, Lill insists that he loves and learned a lot from, who uses Two rock amps on...

it a great time of year to stock up on outdoor gear. Online retailers are clearing last year’s inventory and discounting this year’s products to lure shoppers. Either way, this is a good time to update or fill in any missing parts you need before spring arrives. We’ve found discounts on many of our favorite...