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5 Best Slow-Motion Video Apps: How to Shoot Slo-Mo on Phones
How to manipulate time and space to get the most out of your phone’s camera. Our slo-mo advice, and the best smartphones for recording in slow motion.
Should You Wear White or Black on Hot Days? Here’s the Data
Quick experiments can help you answer the eternal question of whether to wear black or white on hot summer days. Turns out, it’s complicated.
Trees Emit a Surprisingly Large Amount of Methane
Figuring out trees’ net emissions is becoming an urgent priority as countries and companies adopt tree-planting programs to offset their carbon footprints.
What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
It’s super secure and slightly hard to understand, but the idea of creating tamper-proof databases has captured the attention of everyone from anarchist techies to staid bankers.
The Real Challenge for the Green New Deal Isn’t Politics
Generating clean energy is easy. Getting the transmission lines to pipe it to the cities is the hard part.
How a Blockchain Could Help Roll Out Berkeley’s Next Fire Truck
Berkeley is considering a plan to finance big projects with “minibonds” that would be sold, and interest credited, via a blockchain system.
Nokia Beacon 1 Home Mesh Router: Specs, Price, Release Date
The Finnish tech company has a new home networking device that could help improve its business customers’ internet service.
The World Cup Was a Prime Target for Amazon Counterfeiters
The ecommerce giant was flooded with fake US women’s soccer merchandise the day after the team’s historic World Cup victory.
A Deadly Tick Virus, Extreme Seasonal Weirdness, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Why We See the Colors of Faces Differently Than Other Things
Remember the Dress? That viral image revealed some of the oddness of color vision. Now scientists are finding more quirks in how people see faces.
‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Just Made Half a Billion Dollars
Yes, billion.
A Global Pollution Observatory Hunts for Hidden Killers
The first worldwide effort to measure all forms of pollution is calculating staggering numbers on its human toll.
The New App Gem Takes a Unique Approach to News Recommendations
In an attempt to combat the echo-chamber effect of algorithm-driven news apps, the new iOS app Gem tries something new.
This Summer’s Weird Weather Is the Death of Predictability
Extreme heat, hailstorms, and monstrous floods have made for an intense summer. But there’s still more seasonal strangeness to come.