The Pope’s Coat Is Here to Ruin Your Faith
[colabot3] The Monitor is To weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. Future generations will acknowledge the vibe…
‘Tetris’ Is a Fun Ride, but It’s Got a Few Missing Pieces
[colabot3] If there ever was a story about licensing rights that deserved the “based on a true story” treatment, it’s Tetris. Figuring out who can legally distribute a game may…
‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Plays Like Your Best D&D Game
[colabot3] Any time a movie studio tries to adapt a beloved property, it plays a dangerous game: one where they could win millions of dollars from devoted fans, or alienate…
We’re inhaling, eating, and drinking toxic chemicals. Now we need to figure out how they’re affecting us.
[colabot3] These kinds of tests aren’t available to the public yet, but they are being honed in multiple labs, and researchers are working on ways to test for even more…
Hunters and Anglers Are Critical to Climate Change Action
[colabot3] “Everything everywhere all at once” became more than an Oscar-sweeping movie title recently as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) described what it will take to…
Apple’s iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than a Goose Emoji
[colabot3] Meanwhile, researchers at Google’s Project Zero have reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Modems made by Samsung. The four most severe—CVE-2023-24033CVE-2023-26496, CVE-2023-26497, and CVE-2023-26498—allow internet-to-baseband remote code execution, the researchers…
Paris Fell in Love With Escooters. Now It Might Ban Them
[colabot3] Atop my scooter, I am a human in a city of apes. With my back straight, I tower above my fellow road-users who are hunched over car steering wheels…
How Do People Live in Orbit? Ask the Space Archeologists
[colabot3] Archaeologists have probed the cultures of people all over the Earth—so why not study a unique community that’s out of this world? One team is creating a first-of-its-kind archaeological…
What Is Xylazine? A Medical Toxicologist Explains How It Increases Overdose Risk and Why Narcan Can Still Save a Life
[colabot3] The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversationan online publication covering the latest research. The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about…
Could Grinding Up Lithium Batteries Help Recycle Them?
[colabot3] Grinding up old batteries might lead to a low-energy way to recycle the lithium and other metals used in them. Lithum-ion batteries are in all our personal technology —…