If humans are going to travel to Mars we may need to get there in a sleep state. Bear hibernation may hold the keys to inducing human hibernation. To learn more WIRED's Arielle Pardes talked with bear researcher Heiko Jansen.

Have you ever played a card game then decided to see how high you could stack the cards? Bryan Berg has made card stacking an art form. He holds numerous Guinness World Records (so many he's lost count), and keeps upping the ante on the difficulty. Stacking a house of cards on a running dryer? Why not!

Sword fighting expert Christina Traister examines a variety of scenes from movies and television featuring sword fighting and applies her expert analysis. Could Darth Maul really hold off two attackers like in 'The Phantom Menace'? Was Arya's sword training in 'Game of Thrones' accurate? Did the Black Knight from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' really only sustain a mere flesh wound? Christina Traister is an Associate Professor of Acting and Stage Combat at the University of Michigan

Former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Christine "Grinder" Mau examines some flying and dogfighting scenes from popular movies and television shows and determines how accurate they really are.

Chefs Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker of Ghetto Gastro joined chef and restauranteur Gabriela Cámara and Bon Appetit's Sonia Chopra at WIRED25 to discuss cheap eats, healthy eating during the pandemic, and making good food accessible to all.

Dr. Bill Schindler explains why the processes we have in place today in the food industry lead to a less healthy and enriched lifestyle. The way humans eat animals has shifted. Our brains grew significantly once the human race started hunting its food. Diets that consisted of blood, guts, and organs contributed to that growth. These parts of animals are almost completely absent from modern day diets; and these provided much more nutrition than just the animal's meat.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for NI | Technology is so prevalent in our lives that it’s easy to forget the long struggle to develop devices we now find commonplace. To shine a light on the process of taking a device that was once impossible to manufacture and developing it for various use cases, we met up with experts at NI to discuss the humble little LED. Little things are all around us. Come back for more episodes detailing how, through incremental iterations, some of the technology we know and love came to be.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Guy Raz speaks to Coltrane Curtis and Lisa Chu, founders of the marketing agency Team Epiphany, about keeping the momentum going when the world came screeching to a halt. How do you keep employees on track and supported when the office is gone? And what does it mean to be flexible during the pandemic?

Maize is one of the most widely grown grains in the world. The way that much of it is processed has contributed to making millions of people sick over the past 500 years. Dr. Bill Schindler talks about how our modern approach to corn prioritizes convenience and profit over safety and nutrition. Early farmers discovered a process called nixtamalization that allows the human body access to corn's nutrition, but many of the modern ways that corn is delivered to us skips this process. Find more information on Dr. Schindler, his research, classes, and recipes: http://www.eatlikeahuman.com https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/eastern-shore-food-lab/index.php https://twitter.com/drbillschindler?lang=en Additional Footage Courtesy of CIMMYT https://www.cimmyt.org/

Star Wars: Squadrons is a game about becoming a pilot in the Star Wars universe. There's plenty of iconic starfighters featured in the game, and developers Ian Frazier and Shadi Mallak sit down with WIRED to break down each and every one of them. How did the developers take these legendary designs and translate them to a video game? Ian and Shadi explain exactly how they did it.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qatar Foundation | In an unpredictable global economy, creativity is quickly solidifying its place at the top of the list of sought-after skills. The ability to think on your feet and come up with unique solutions for unprecedented problems is invaluable, but how is it acquired? In this WIRED guide, we met up with experts from Qatar Foundation to find out—can creativity be taught?

Kate Raworth is an economist focused on making economics fit for the 21st century and the author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. Join Raworth at WIRED Live as she describes how doughnut economics impacts businesses. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

What kind of impact has Lilly Singh had on the internet? WIRED combs the web for data about Lilly Singh and presents all the information to her. How many Google results appear when you search her name? Which American cities are most interested in Lilly since 2014? Can she name the three most viewed "Lilly Singh" videos on YouTube? A Little Late with Lilly Singh airs weeknights on NBC and is available to stream the following day on Peacock. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfm4y4rHF5HGrSr-qbvOwOg

Deepmind, Co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis discusses how we can avoid bias being built into AI systems and what's next for DeepMind, including the future of protein folding, at WIRED Live 2020. "If we build it right, AI systems could be less biased than we are."

The NCA is leading UK’s fight against serious and organised crime - the Director-General, Lynne Owens, spoke at WIRED Live 2020 about how technology, innovation and the creation of intelligent pictures can create a safer world. “We’re an agency which recognises that serious & organised crime is a global phenomenon enabled by technology, which needs some of the best innovators to conquer it.”

What kind of impact has Caleb McLaughlin had on the internet? WIRED combs the web for data about Caleb and presents all the information to him.

Paid Content for Novo Nordisk Produced by WIRED Brand Lab | Losing weight is hard and maintaining it can be just as difficult. We sat down with Dr. Holly Lofton of NYU's Grossman School of Medicine to discuss the impact weight has on a person's health, the biology of weight, and the importance of talking with a healthcare provider.Novo Nordisk is a registered trademark of Novo Nordisk A/S.All other trademarks, registered or unregistered, are the property of their respective owners. © 2021 Novo Nordisk All rights reserved. US21OB00241 May 2021

Interactive Light Artist Jen Lewin creates interactive sound and LED art that can be the scale of an entire landscape. Humans across the planet understand light, so Jen can create pieces that everyone across the world can comprehend and interact with.

Astronaut Mike Massimino attempts to explain what Jeff Bezos's space flight will be like, in just about the same amount of it will take for Jeff to take the flight. The Blue Origin flight lasts about 11 minutes, there's no pilots and it's totally automated. Mike breaks down all the steps of the flight and tires to best to explain what Jeff will experience while in space. Follow Mike on Social: twitter: @astro_mike instagram: @astromikemassimino facebook: AstroMikeMassimino linkedin: Michael Massimino

M. Night Shyamalan takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself.

Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd answer the web's most searched questions about themselves and 'The Lord of the Rings.' What is Dominic Monaghan doing right now? How tall is Billy Boyd? Why is Peregrin Took called Pippin? What kinds of accents do Merry and Pippin have? Dominic and Billy Boyd answer all these questions and much more! The Friendship Onion drops every Tuesday across all audio players as well as a video version on The Friendship Onion YouTube channel.

Taking photos at night on your phone used to look terrible, but recent phones have much improved capabilities. Julian Chokkattu, reviews editor at WIRED, explains how smartphone camera technology has gotten so much better.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Intel | Dawn Jones, Intel’s Vice President of Social Impact and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, shares the groundbreaking initiatives her and her team have spearheaded at Intel and how the tech giant is making a real impact on the educational systems globally through the lens of technology. Accompanying Dawn’s innovative work is Carlos Contreras, Intel’s Director of AI and Digital Readiness, who provides a closer look at Intel’s AI for Future Workforce and AI for Youth programs and how they’ve empowered students. Learn more about how Intel’s technology is helping people to shape the future: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/wonderful.html

The scientific understanding of dinosaurs has never been better, and in the new nature documentary, "Prehistoric Planet," we see dinosaurs in a way we've never seen them before. Dr. Darren Naish and Tim Walker sit down with WIRED to explain what went into the making of "Prehistoric Planet." Producer/Director: Maya Dangerfield Director of Photography: Matt Krueger Editor: Patrick Biesemans External Talent: Dr. Darren Naish and Tim Walker Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi Production Coordinator: Peter Brunette Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst Audio: Kari Barber Post Production Supervisor: Doug Larsen Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Production Assistant: John Brodsky Casting Producer or Talent Booker: Tara Burke Groomer / Hair & Make-Up: Vanessa Rene

Linguists Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer go through the history of some of the most popular slang words ever and talk about not only their origins, but why some of them have gone out of style while others have persevered.

Jason Earles, Joshua Bassett and Matt Cornett take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series stars answers questions like: What's the difference between High School Musical and HSMTMTS? Whose the choreographer for the show? Does Jason Earles play Hawkeye? What are Joshua Bassett fans called? Does Matt Cornett have fanfiction? The cast answer all these questions and much more! Season three of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is now streaming on Disney+ with new episodes airing Wednesdays. Director: Tim Cruz Director of Photography: AJ Young Editor: Louville Moore Talent: Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Jason Earles Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer(s): Melissa Cho, Sam Dennis, Samantha Vélez Production Managers: Peter Brunette, Andressa Pelachi Production Coordinator: Carol Wachockier Audio: Kari Barber Cam Op: Malcolm Cook Production Assistant: Ariel Labasan Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

You think you like mushrooms? William Padilla-Brown might just have a step up on you. As the founder of MycoSymbiotics, William has cultivated hundreds of thousands of mushrooms from dozens of species; he's barcoded them, and turned them into various extracts and tinctures. William sits down with WIRED to break down his mushroom obsession.

Peter Mui, founder of Fixit Clinic, discusses the right-to-repair movement and encourages us to fix and tinker with the products we buy instead of tossing them in landfills. He also speaks on the Fixit Clinic, where anyone can bring their broken electronics and get them repaired, with the goal of reducing waste and encouraging people to hang on to their tools and gadgets for as long as possible.

Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, assistant professor at UC San Diego, discusses our electrical grid and the goal of “making everything electric” to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But that in itself is not enough, she says. Our goal must be to build resilient energy systems that can operate sustainably and incorporate clean energy solutions. She starts by discussing what we can do today, then takes us forward into what a clean, resilient grid might look like decades from now.

WIRED’s global editorial director Gideon Lichfield leads a panel discussion with Sylvia Earle, president and chair of Mission Blue, an organization fighting to protect marine ecosystems, and Sophia Kianni, founder of the Climate Cardinals and US representative to the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, on what a new generation of climate activists can learn from their forebears who have been on the front lines for years.

Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik of Trilogy Media answer the internet's burning questions about scams. How do you protect your parents from scams? How do scammers get our phone numbers? Check out Art and Ashton's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/trilogymedia Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Corey Eisenstein Editor: Shandor Garrison Experts: Ashton Bingham & Art Kulik Producer: Justin Wolfson Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Casting Producer or Talent Booker: Camera Operator: Brittany Berger Sound: Brett Van Deusen Production Assistant: Patrick Sargent Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Labcorp | One of the biggest challenges for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and their caregivers is the path to a correct diagnosis. Recent advancements in biomarker technology are about to change that by measuring neurodegeneration in the brain, differentiating Alzheimer’s from other forms of neurodegenerative disorders, and even producing a diagnosis years before symptoms appear. Dr. Marcia Eisenberg, Chief Scientific Officer at Labcorp, shares the development of these technologies and their implementation, physician and Professor of Neurology Dr. Marwan Sabbagh speaks to the impact of these advancements and Jamie Haendel shares her personal experience with the disease, as daughter and caregiver to Paula Haendel, a woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Navy fighter pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley breaks down the fighter jets featured in Top Gun: Maverick. Whiz, in incredible detail, explains everything you need to know about the iconic F-14A Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, P-51 Mustang, SU-57 and more. He also takes a critical look at the film itself. Just how realistic is Top Gun: Maverick? Director: Maya Dangerfield Director of Photography: Kevin Layne Editor: Louis Lalire Talent: Matthew “Whiz” Buckley Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez Production Manager: Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila On-Site Producer: Carolina Sauer Gaffer: Anthony Duckett Audio: Justin Hall Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz

The "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" cast take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. How many Star Treks is Chris Pine in? What book is Hugh Grant reading at the end of Notting Hill? What kind of car does Michelle Rodriguez drive? How long does it take to play Dungeons & Dragons? Chris, Hugh and Michelle answer all these questions and much more! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is out in theaters on March 31, 2023 Director: Katherine Wzorek Director of Photography: Malcolm Cook Editor: Louville Moore Talent: Hugh Grant, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Melissa Cho Production Manager: Peter Brunette Audio: Will Miller Cam Op/Gaffer: Omar Elgohary Production Assistant: John Brodsky Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editors: Ben Harowitz, Diego Rentsch

Produced by Wired Brand Lab with PwC | In a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed, staying ahead is critical for business success. Join us as PwC thought leaders unveil the most impactful technologies shaping the future. From AI to quantum computing, learn what innovations are already driving strategic decisions.

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, stars of the film "We Live In Time," visit WIRED to answer their most searched for questions on Google. Will Andrew Garfield play Spider-Man again? Where is Florence Pugh's accent from? Are Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire friends? Is Florence Pugh going to be in another Marvel movie? Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh answer these questions and plenty more on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview. WE LIVE IN TIME opens in NY/LA on October 11, and everywhere October 18 Director: Adam Lance Garcia Director of Photography: Dave Sanders Editor: Cory Stevens Talent: Andrew Garfield; Florence Pugh Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Camera Operator: Nigel Akam Gaffer: Dave Plank Sound Mixer: Kevin Teixeira Production Assistant: Nicole Murphy Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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