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Each and Every - Every Spider-Man Suit From Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales & Spider-Man Explained

On this episode of WIRED's Each and Every, Gavin Goulden, an art director at Insomniac Games, breaks down every Spider-Man suit featured in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4 and PS5. Watch as Gavin explains the origins of Miles' Bodega Cat Suit, Peter's Spider Armor Mark IV Suit and much, much more.




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How Face Recognition Can Destroy Anonymity

For most of human history, private citizens could reasonably assume they were more or less anonymous when venturing into public. Given the unchecked rise of face recognition, that's not a safe assumption anymore.




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Hack Job - Video Game Microwave That Only Cooks While I Play

What's the worst part of any microwave? The timer! All that time we spend just waiting for our microwaves to finish cooking...but what if that waiting was just a bit more fun? What if we could play video games while we wait? YouTuber, engineer, and maker-extraordinaire Allen Pan puts together a dream appliance, a video game microwave that only cooks while he plays! Check out Allen Pan on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS89U86PwqzNkK2qYNbk5A




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Autocomplete Interview - Zack Snyder Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Army of the Dead' director Zack Snyder takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. What's different in Zack Snyder's director's cut of 'Justice League'? Does Zack have a directing style? Is he a nice guy? How did he become a filmmaker? Does he have tattoos? Zack answers all these questions and much more! 'Army of the Dead' will hit select theaters on Friday, May 14 and Netflix on Friday, May 21.




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Why NASA Made a Helicopter for Mars

It's not easy designing a new helicopter, especially if that new helicopter has to survive a ride on a rocket into space. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is the first machine aerial vehicle to fly on a planet outside Earth. Ingenuity was designed specifically to fly on Mars. So, why did NASA decide to design a helicopter specifically for Mars?




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The Drop In: Creative Collaborations at Work | How Nicole Crowder Brings New Life to Old Pieces

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Designer and upholsterer Nicole Crowder discusses her creative process and how she seamlessly collaborates with clients using Dropbox.




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Each and Every - Every Superpower From Zack Snyder's Justice League Explained

John 'D.J.' Des Jardin, VFX supervisor for Zack Snyder's Justice League, attempts to go through every superhero (and villain) from the movie and discusses all their superpowers.




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The Drop In: Creative Collaborations at Work | Designer Sophia Chang on Creating a More Equitable Sneaker Experience

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Illustrator and designer Sophia Chang talks about her mission to empower women within sneaker culture and using Dropbox to collaborate.




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Physics Student Breaks Down Gymnastics Physics

Emily Kuhn, a former gymnast and current physics PhD student at Yale University, explains all the math behind the amazing flips and turns we see during the Olympic gymnastics competitions. Emily explains why "The Biles" tumbling routine is so difficult as well as the types of forces acting on these gymnasts every time they use the uneven bars.




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What Do Cities Look Like Under a Microscope?

A subway pole, a turnstile, a seat....what kinds of bacteria and microbes live on these surfaces? Dr. Christopher Mason and his team swabbed every subway station in New York City, and many around the globe, to come up with the answers. Dr. Mason is a Professor of Genomics Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine




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Inside the Largest Bitcoin Mine in The U.S.

Bitcoin hit 1 trillion market cap this year. This has inspired some bitcoin operations to expand. The ban on mining in China has caused a mass exodus, and some mining operations are moving their facilities to the United States. We go to Rockland, Texas to a look inside the largest bitcoin mine in North America. Operated by Whinstone U.S., is this large mine one of the first of many?




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Obsessed - How This Craftsman Weaves Huge Wooden Sculptures

Charlie Baker is an artist and builder who weaves materials found in nature to make astonishing and beautiful wooden structures. Charlie's creations are made so they look like they could've grown that way, and this ethos permeates the majority of his work. We follow Charlie as he scavenges for wood and looks to start work on another piece. Find out more about Charlie Baker and Baker Structures at: http://www.bakerstructures.com/ and on Instagram at @bakerstructures




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Tech Support - Michael Pollan Answers Psychedelics Questions From Twitter

Michael Pollan, author of "This Is Your Mind On Plants," answers the internet's burning questions about psychedelics. How does LSD work? What is ego death? How are psychedelics used for addiction therapy? Why are psychedelics so frowned upon? Michael answers all these questions and much more. For more on the pharmacology of plants, read Michael Pollan's latest book THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665612/this-is-your-mind-on-plants-by-michael-pollan/#:~:text=In%20This%20Is%20Your%20Mind,about%20them%20into%20sharp%20relief.




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How 250 Cameras Filmed Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Director Neill Blomkamp sits down with WIRED to talk about the innovative camera rig his team created for his video game-inspired horror film, Demonic.




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How Meme Detectives Stop NFT Fraud

Many classic memes were recently auctioned off for big bucks by their owners as NFTs. But how do you determine meme ownership? Don Caldwell and his team from Know Your Meme from been using their extensive knowledge of meme history to thwart NFT fraud. This is how they do it.




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How Disney Designed a Robotic Spider-Man

The stunts we love to watch in movies like 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' usually rely on a combination of green screen, stunt performers, and computer-generated models. Stunts like these can be dangerous, especially when performed live...over and over. At the new Avengers Campus at Disneyland Resorts, radical stunts are being performed everyday by a robotic acrobat. Disney Imagineers Tony Dohi and Morgan Pope sit down with WIRED to talk about how they designed this amazing stuntronic robot.




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Mastering Modern Work: Cultivating Innovation in a Hybrid World | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Opentext | Mark J. Barrenechea, the CEO & CTO of OpenText, Bill Schaninger, Senior Partner at McKinsey, and the CIOs of the NIAID, OpenText, and the Auto Club Group talk about how they are driving innovation, implementing new technologies, and motivating and attracting the talented workforce necessary for their organizations to succeed over the next year, and into the decade beyond.




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Body Language Expert Explains How to Show Confidence

Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro explains how we can project confidence through our body language. Joe takes a look at various celebrities and politicians and demonstrates the things that they do that can help them appear confident.




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Dune Costume Designers Break Down Dune’s Stillsuits

In 'Dune,' inhabitants of the desert planet wear full-body stillsuits for their survival. These stillsuits capture moisture and recycle it into drinking water. Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan, costume designers on 'Dune,' explain how they approached designing the suits for the film.




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Tech Support - Mortician Answers MORE Dead Body Questions From Twitter

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed funeral director and mortician, once again answers the internet's burning questions about dead bodies and the funeral director profession. When someone dies, what happens to their poo? If a person dies with contacts in...does a mortician take them out? Will your cat actually eat you when you die? Victor answers all these questions and much more.




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Why Scientists Are Stress Testing Tardigrades

Tardigrades are microscopic animals so adaptable they can survive in some of the most extreme environments in the universe. Because of their durability, scientists are experimenting with them, trying to figure out just HOW much they can endure and what we can learn from it.




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RE:WIRED 2021: Dr. Nahid Bhadelia on Vaccine Distribution

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of the BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID), explores why vaccines haven’t always been getting to where they need to go during the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Why the Toilet Needs an Upgrade

In the U.S. and other places, the waste water infrastructure is aging and not well suited for dealing with many of the challenges that lay ahead in the future. Chelsea Wald has spent over 8 years researching the toilet, and discovered it needs a BIG upgrade.




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Obsessed - How This Guy Builds Amazing Lego Models

PJ Catalano is a Master Model Builder at Legoland California Resort. He's been working at Legoland for 8 years and has built some truly incredible things. PJ talks about everything that goes into building Lego, from all the math he has to do to the various techniques he's learned that keep his models standing strong.




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Tech Support - James Dyson Answers Design Questions From Twitter

James Dyson answers the internet's burning questions about design and inventions. How does Dyson's bladeless fan work? What do you do if you have an invention idea? Why are hand dryers so loud? How does suction work? James answers all these questions and much more!




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Technique Critique - Mortician Breaks Down Dead Body Scenes From Movies & TV

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed funeral director and mortician, breaks down clips from movies and TV about dead bodies, funerals, and embalming, and explains how accurate they really are. Is the dead body from "Psycho" realistic? Could Donny's ashes from "The Big Lebowski" really be stored in a coffee can? Is there such a thing as a glass casket?




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Astronomer Explains How NASA Detects Asteroids

It's the end of the world in "Don't Look Up," and it's all thanks to a comet heading straight towards Earth. Dr. Amy Mainzer, a science consultant on "Don't Look Up," breaks down a few scenes from the film and explores the science behind near-Earth objects.




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Tech Support - Dermatologist Answers Skin Questions From Twitter

Dermatologist Dr. Muneeb Shah answers the internet's burning questions about skin and dermatology. Is tanning really bad for you? Should you pop your own pimples? Why do we get wrinkles? Does your skin breathe? Dr. Muneeb answers all these questions and much more!




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Inside the Journey of a Shipping Container (And Why the Supply Chain Is So Backed Up)

The global pandemic triggered sky-high spending on manufactured goods. This increased spending created a huge bottleneck in the supply chain that could last for years. WIRED takes a look at the journey of a single shipping container; and with the help of supply chain analyst Lora Cecere, breaks down all the roadblocks a shipping container will encounter in 2021 and beyond.




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Tech Support - Dwyane Wade Answers Basketball Questions From Twitter

Former NBA player Dwyane Wade answers the internet's burning questions about basketball. Are 3-pointers messing with the game of basketball? Do they still call traveling in the NBA? Why do NBA players have a hard time playing against the zone? How do players hit clutch free throws? Dwyane answers all these questions and much more! 'Dwyane' photographic memoir is out now.




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How Hard Candy Is Made

Sugar Smith Greg Cohen and the staff from Lofty Pursuits make traditional Christmas candy using century’s old techniques and equipment at their shop in Tallahassee, Florida. Watch and see how Greg and the staff make some of most popular styles of holiday hard candies: Candy canes, Sugar plum drops and more. You can see more of them making candy at: https://www.YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits at the Public Displays of Confection website https://www.pd.net and on their weekly podcast called “Lofty Pursuits”.




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CTRL ALT DEL—Rebooting the Role of Technology in Geo-Politics

A conversation with former Congressman Will Hurd.




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From Ideas to Market: The Next Generation of Medical Devices | WIRED Brand Lab

Sponsored Conversation by Abbott Laboratories. A conversation with Abbott Laboratories' Lisa Earnhardt.




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How Nose Swabs Detect New Covid-19 Strains

Scientists from around the world are using nose swabs to track the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here's how it works.




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Force of Wonder with Tech Founder Curtis Lee | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Nissan | Tech founder and entrepreneur Curtis Lee believes that technology should be intuitive, beautiful, and thrilling by design. Watch as he explores these principles with the ARIYA - the all new electric vehicle from Nissan.Learn more here: https://www.nissanusa.com/ariya/reserve/premiere




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How Everything Everywhere All at Once's Visual Effects Were Made

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (also known as DANIELS) sit down with visual effects artist Zak Stoltz to talk about the special and visual effects used in their astonishing new movie. The Michelle Yeoh sci-fi vehicle is capturing audiences and critics with its distinctive take on the action genre. Stoltz and DANIELS explain how their small budget forced them to get creative to create something truly unique.




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How AWS Inferentia Enables Autodesk to Expertly Answer Over 100,000 Questions Per Day | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with AWS | Chatboxes serve an important role in customer service, and some require knowledge of many languages to run globally, which can be costly and time-consuming. Autodesk uses AWS Inferentia to help its chatbox, AVA, route questions through multiple ML models at once and generate responses in milliseconds - serving 5x the amount of customers at half the cost.




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How an Architect Redesigns NYC Streets

Claire Weisz, founder of W X Y + architecture + urban design, walks us through three different street redesigns that her team has done in New York City. Claire explains why they made the changes they made, and what ultimately makes for a "better" street.




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Obsessed - Inside the World's Greatest Dungeons & Dragons Game

Remember that game of Dungeons & Dragons you started when you were 11? What if it never stopped? Robert Wardhaugh has been the Dungeon Master for a D&D game that's been going on for over 40 years. In his game, once you start playing...you keep playing.




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Autocomplete Interview - Drew Gooden Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Drew Gooden takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's burning questions about himself (and not former NBA player Drew Gooden). Why does Drew say "guy"? Did he create YouTube? How did he meet Danny Gonzalez? Is he part of Team 10? Drew answers all these questions and much more!




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Inside the Deepest Underground Lab in the US

This is the Sanford Underground Research Facility, the deepest underground laboratory in the United States. This facility houses 10 different labs, conducting experiments that can only be done well beneath the Earth's surface. WIRED takes a tour of three labs studying dark matter, neutrinos, and geothermal energy.




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Obsessed - How This Treasure Hunter Finds Underwater Riches

Leigh Webber doesn't just find treasure as a hobby, he does it for a living. Armed with an incredibly powerful magnet, Leigh discovers incredible hidden treasurers all around the globe. From the water's great depths, Leigh has pulled up everything from gold coins to an entire BMW motorcycle. Check out Leigh's channel 'Bondi Treasure Hunter' here: https://www.youtube.com/c/BondiTreasureHunter




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Zip Code & Genetic Code | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Labcorp | Cancer doesn’t care where you live, how rich you are or what race you are—yet survival rates are often tied to a person’s socioeconomic status. Liquid biopsy, a test that identifies DNA shed by tumors into the bloodstream, is changing the trajectory of cancer care and increased access to targeted therapies; the three voices in this piece speak to the comprehensive care needed to change the success rate against cancer regardless of where the person lives; lung cancer patient Marty shares her journey from diagnosis to favorable outcome, Dr. Kashyap Patel tells of the glaring inequities in patients he sees, and Dr. Prasanth Reddy of Labcorp explains how liquid biopsy can change cancer outcomes and access to clinical trials.




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How the Nuro Robotic Delivery Car Was Built

If an automated car was only designed to transport goods, what would that look like? In theory, it wouldn't need windows, or steering wheels, or seats. Nuro is doing just that, they've engineered a vehicle that's sole purpose is delivering things. How did they do it? Nuro's Andrew Clare and Daniel Hundt break it all down. Producer/Director: Maya Dangerfield Director of Photography: Florian Pilsl Editor: Josh Pullar External Talent: Andrew Clare and Daniel Hundt Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez Production Manager: Eric Martinez Camera Operator: Shreyans Zaveri Audio: Simon Gordon Post Production Supervisor: Doug Larsen Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward




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Modern Teams for Modern Problems | WIRED Brand Lab

With the ever-evolving challenges of an unpredictable world, how can you and your organization build collaborative, multi-faceted teams to tackle modern problems? Wired Brand Lab interviewed Deloitte Consulting CEO Dan Helfrich to explore the unique team formula and human-centric approach needed to drive meaningful business outcomes.




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Change Makers with June Angelides | WIRED Partnership

Branded Video with ServiceNow: Mums in Tech founder June Angelides took matters into her own hands on maternity leave by setting up the first coding school for mothers. At a time where an urgent need for diversity in the tech world is colliding with an equally pressing need for talent, Angelides and ServiceNow are tackling this issue head-on.




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Epidemiologist Answers Common Monkeypox Questions

Monkeypox, a viral disease with outbreaks spreading in the U.S. and Europe, is posing a lot of questions. WIRED spoke with epidemiologist Dr. Danielle Ompad to answer some of the most common questions about monkeypox. What does it look like? How does it spread? How do you test for it? Is there a vaccine?Director: Maya DangerfieldEditor: Kelso HarperExpert: Dr. Danielle OmpadLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Samantha VélezProduction Manager: Eric MartinezProduction Coordinator: Fernando DavilaPost Production Supervisor: Alexa DeutschPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Diego RentschSpecial Thanks: @DrCharlesMD1, @grace_oliviat1d, @kokofaceyoga




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Autocomplete Interview - Danny DeVito Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Little Demon' star Danny DeVito takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. When did Danny DeVito start acting? Is Danny actually related to Arnold Schwarzenegger? When did he start acting on 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'? Is he from Philadelphia? Was he on SNL? Did he star in the Harry Potter movies? Danny answers all these questions and much more! Director: Tim Cruz Director of Photography: AJ Young Editor: Joshua Pullar Talent: Danny DeVito Talent Booker: Mica Medoff Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Melissa Cho Production Managers: Peter Brunette, Andressa Pelachi Production Coordinator: Carol Wachockier Audio: Kara Johnson Camera Operator/Gaffer: Malcolm Cook Production Assistants: Eric Bittencourt and William Lott Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward




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How This Humanoid Robot Diver Was Designed

A robotic diving system that looks like a Transformer? OceanOneK can go to depths that would kill a human diver. It can also handle delicate objects without breaking them. Using a haptic system, humans can use OceanOneK as an avatar, allowing humans to dive in areas we never previously could. WIRED spoke with Professor Oussama Khatib to understand how he and his team designed, built and tested this robotic diver.




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Corporate Lawyer Breaks Down Succession Business Deals

Holly Gregory, partner at the international law firm Sidley Austin, knows her corporate law. So, we sat down with Holly and had her look at each and every business deal featured on the hit HBO show Succession. Holly analyzes the deals and applies real-world logic to the TV program's biggest transactions.