Hayden Library - QH601.C43 2019

In today's world if the diamond is over one carat in size it will usually come with a certificate from the laboratory specifying the inclusions, color and size. The carat itself is made of one hundred particular parts called points. While it is possible to estimate the weight of a mounted diamond, the lab uses ultrasensitive scales to achieve an exact weight, measured 3 decimal places, although the third decimal place is not usually mentioned at the retail level.

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The Ara Safety Pro is like the do-gooder offspring of a fire extinguisher and a smoke grenade. Just pull the pin and toss the 9-pound projectile directly into the blaze.

After years of secrecy, Camilla Luddington is finally able to come clean about the bruises.  It seems she is not as clumsly as people thought, she was just getting roughed up playing the Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft.

Is it OK to embrace automated parallel parking? Or does it make you look like a helpless schmuck? Mr. Know-It-All helps you take control back from your Lexus.

A kick-ass lady protagonist? Check. Greek mythology? Check. Comic book source material? Check. Wonder Woman has all the ingredients for a hit TV series. So…where is it?

Can you reduce an earthquake’s impact before it strikes? In this World Economic Forum discussion, Japan’s director of land and real property market, Satoru Nishikawa, explains how better planning for natural disasters can help us manage catastrophic risk, enabling quicker recovery times.

Character crossovers and storyline mash-ups are nothing new. But if the premise has been done before, are the character overlaps and reincarnations worth a watch? Angry Nerd makes the case for metaphysical mash-ups, including Showtime’s new “Penny Dreadful.”

Angelina Jolie stars in Disney’s new Maleficent, featuring a forest world of detailed visual effects. Mike Seymour delves into how facial movement experts Digital Domain, worked to re-create realistic, fully digital counterparts to the story’s three fairies.

It’s almost time for the lightning pitches, but as the pressure mounts can the Thiel Fellowship hopefuls keep their cool? In this episode, the finalists run through their strategies—and lack thereof—as they get ready to present to the judges. Plus, finalists Alexander Koren and Andrew Ninh explain their medical- and tech-based projects.

Founder and COO of Unruly Media, Sarah Wood, explains the myths, value, and impact of video content in an evolving digital landscape.

Now that the prototype is built, it's time to start constructing the full-scale pieces of the giant creature. In this episode, watch the dragon-like head come to life through an advanced sculpting process, after which it's refined, detailed, and painted for a realistic look.

Apple’s MacBook Air is light and easy to transport, but can it withstand a blow from our stunt performer who holds a black belt in karate? YouTuber @Jackson challenged us to find out—see what happened.

On ABC’s “Once Upon a Time,” Disney characters like Snow White, the Queen of Hearts, and Peter Pan are set against a modern backdrop. Realistic visual effects bring to life the magic and mystery of Storybrooke—the town they now inhabit. Mike Seymour from fxguide goes behind the stunning FX and animation that are needed to create the fairytale mashup.

Tech writer Brent Rose debunks a study claiming smartphones are as good as wearables at tracking activity. From the Fitbit Charge HR to the iPhone 6, Brent's stress tests uncover compelling results that demonstrate why wearables with heart rate monitors win.

More people are using bikes for transportation and electric bikes can make the trip a lot easier. While expensive, the Faraday Porteur is one of the most elegant and zippy e-bikes we’ve tried.

Google thinks the future of wearables might be making the clothes we already wear connected. It¹s Project Jacquard with Levis may herald a future when a swipe on a sleeve makes a phone call and your pants are talking to the cloud.

In the world of horrifyingly painful stinging creatures, the tarantula hawk ranks so high that the actual scientific advice if you're stung is to lie down and scream. Dandy if you're a human, but if you are a tarantula, the wasp's prey, it's even worse.

Brazilian scientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis is leading the frontier on mind-controlled exoskeletons that can translate thoughts into physical movement. Go inside his lab and find out how he’s helping paraplegics control aid-enabling devices just by thinking.

Cara Delevingne, star of Suicide Squad and Luc Besson’s much anticipated Valerian, hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet’s most searched questions about herself.

Krige Schabort is gearing up for his ultimate paratriathlon at his sixth and final Paralympics in Rio. WIRED takes a look at the high tech bike that's going to get him over the finish line.

Like WIRED, our 44th president is a relentless optimist. President Barack Obama focuses on the future and the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome to move forward.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss how artificial intelligence might up-end economies and how societies can adapt.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama discusses what he’d like to see technology solve in government with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss where the center of artificial intelligence research is and where it might be.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss ethical concerns around artificial intelligence used in self-driving cars.

POTUS is a Trekkie! WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the original Star Trek series and what it reveals about our common humanity.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the challenges of cyber security in the age of artificial intelligence.

President and WIRED guest editor Barack Obama discusses the future of artificial intelligence with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.

Get to know the biggest, most chillest rodent on Earth (all 175 pounds of it).

Parking sucks. Looking for a space, driving round and round, trying not to hit a pillar. Fear not, the robots have it covered.

What's 10 feet long, 440 pounds, and armored like a tank? The arapaima, perhaps the most peculiar fish in the Amazon.

Carnival's new Ocean Medallion wearable tech is designed to anticipate a cruise patron's every need – from a margarita (if that's your thing) to suggestions for activities.

Faraday Future revealed its luxury electric limousine at CES. The company plans to sell it for as much as a Bentley, but it has more than a few hurdles to overcome to make the transition from stunning concept to real-life road car.

Astronomers have discovered seven dwarf planets orbiting a star 40 light years away from us. Not impressed? How about this — the planets may just be able to harbor life.

Meet the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4%. It's the shoe Nike claims can make any runner 4% more efficient. The company is trying to prove this by attempting to break the last barrier in running: a sub-two-hour marathon.

Director Ridley Scott has featured several AI characters in his films. His most recent is Walter in Alien: Covenant. WIRED caught up with Ridley, his son Luke and the President of AMD to talk about AI.

One of the world's finest distance runners came so close to achieving the greatest feats of athleticism in history: a sub two-hour marathon. To do it, the Eliud Kipchoge should have maintained an average pace of at least 13.1 miles per hour. So, we timed how long WIRED staffers could run at that speed. Needless to say, we didn't last long. Here's why only a handful of people in the world could ever come close to a two-hour marathon.

Eliud Kipchoge fell short of running a marathon in under two hours. In a special Nike event, the long distance runner beat the current marathon world record coming in at 2 hours and 25 seconds, but because the event wasn't sanctioned it won't count. Here's how Nike controlled every variable in an attempt to break two.

Runners have been trying to break through the 2 hour marathon mark for decades. Here's the incredible science behind how Eliud Kipchoge came within 25 seconds in Nike's Breaking2 project.

The Human Support Robot from Toyota is an advanced robot that’s been helping a paralyzed war vet at home.

Stranger Things stars Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about Stranger Things and themselves. Joe and Gaten answer hard-hitting questions like, "Is Gaten Matarazzo now?" and "Is Joe Keery legit?"

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes use the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about their respective Olympic and Paralympic sports.

'Acrimony' director Tyler Perry and star Taraji P. Henson take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. 'Acrimony' in theaters March 30, 2018