This piece of metal is unsinkable. WIRED's Matt Simon spoke with the inventor, Chunlei Guo, about how the superhydrophobic material was created and how it could help prevent disasters at sea.

WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson sits down with UN Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss the global implications of technology and the role of the United Nations.

Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast? Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively. Adrienne Crosier is a biologist and manager of the cheetah reproductive and research program at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. SCBI plays a leading role in the Smithsonian’s global efforts to save wildlife species from extinction and train future generations of conservationists. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation You can find Dr. Chris Raynor on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNgMVaiBmD2W701dALL9Iw Cheetah x-rays courtesy of Cheetah.org: https://cheetah.org/ Cheetah anatomy illustrations courtesy of Jun Huang and Jun's Anatomy: https://www.junsanatomy.com/ Human/cheetah concept illustrations by Max Wittert IG: @maxwittert | Twitter: @waxmittert Additional images from Getty and Alamy The Oldschool PC Font sourced from VileR at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/

Barbara Martin-Coppola, Chief Digital Officer at IKEA joined us at WIRED Smarter 2020 to share IKEA's key learnings from 2020 which include: the need to take care of people, how to build a resilient business and how to do business while enabling a healthy planet.. "It is precisely in times of crisis when we can perform and come out stronger" 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. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

WIRED Brand Lab | Is the Metaverse the future? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group / Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists offer a window into the way we may be living decades from now, both from a technological and human perspective. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

WIRED Brand Lab | What will it take to build a livable virtual future? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group/ Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists explain the current state of the Metaverse: how we got here, the appealing psychology of creating virtual avatars and the technological mountaineering necessary to realize our future virtual world. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

WIRED Brand Lab | What is the Metaverse? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group/ Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists help us to understand its beginnings as a device in science fiction, and how it stepped off the page into the real world. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

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Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

Mercedes-AMG C 63 SE Performance: Mercedes-Benz has launched the Mercedes-AMG C 63 SE Performance in India with a price tag of Rs 1.95 crore.

The event, sponsored by Title Partner JK Tyre and powered by Indian Oil, in association with BSE and University partner Amity University, Mumbai, saw participation from over 3,600 individuals across the country.

The childcare market is led by apparels and consumables, with toys being the smallest contributor

Retail has stayed firm at around 48 per cent of private consumption expenditure which is on an increasing trend. Apparel and apparel accessories stand to be the fastest growing segment within retail. While the segment is largely unorganised, the penetration of organised players has been on the rise with a significant jump since FY23. Also, the e-retail segment has been growing at a fast pace with >30 per cent y-o-y growth in FY23 and FY24

Systematic credit has been growing at 8 per cent CAGR since FY19 and at a much faster 12.5 per cent CAGR since FY21. The share of retail within systematic credit is also increasing Y-o-Y from 30 per cent in FY19 to 37 per cent in FY24. Retail credit, on the other hand, witnessed solid Y-o-Y growth at low teens since FY23 and the share of personal loan and gold loan have increased while that of housing and auto loan has decreased. However, moderation in retail credit growth is expected on account of RBI’s increase in risk weight mandate for riskier loans.  Compiled by Arun K Shanmugam

Mukesh Ambani says he isn’t retiring yet

In his book “Own Your Body,” Dr Shiv Sarin advocates for educating these professionals to look for signs like black lines, skin tags, and waist-to-hip ratios, which could indicate underlying health issues