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 S56S36The 6 Tech Products We're Most Excited for in 2024   From spatial computers to AI wearables to game consoles, 2024 is already looking packed with big product launches.In many ways, 2023 was a mess, but it was also a year for a surprising number of exciting new tech products. AI took center stage, mixed reality received a shot in the arm, multiple new foldables were released, and modular, upgradeable laptops highlighted repairability.
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S53S684 key strategies for great conversations  Too often, conversations can feel like being trapped among Freleng doors. You may not recognize that name, which belonged to animator Friz Freleng, but you likely know the gag: A cartoon character chases another down a hall and through a doorway, but while the first character exits in one location, the second character pops out of a completely different door. They continue to chase each other through the surreally interconnected hallway until they give up and exit the frame. Neither has accomplished anything except for filling a few minutes of runtime.Conversations can devolve into a similar farce when, like our animated counterparts, we’re too busy chasing the conversational door before us to consider how each one connects.
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S45Amazon Prime Just Quietly Released The Wildest Gothic Thriller of the Year  Everyone loves a scam story, at least everyone outside of the victims. Whether it’s the story of Anna Delvey, the Tinder Swindler, or Fyre Fest, seeing a harebrained scheme pay off is always satisfying — even if inevitably crumbles down later. This year, Promising Young Woman scribe (and Barbie supporting actress) Emerald Fennell told the definitive scam story that manages to fool its characters and audience alike, building to a shocking climax that makes you instantly want to rewatch. Thankfully, now that her movie is streaming on Prime Video, you can do just that.
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S37'What If...?' Season 2 Reveals an Exciting Truth About One MCU Hero  The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “multiverse saga” has always hinged on the hypothetical, and no project explores this like What If...?. While the animated series is mostly self-contained, a few of its characters bled through into the live-action MCU via Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — namely, Captain Carter (Peggy with a dose of Super Soldier serum) and an evil Strange Supreme.Captain Carter still plays a crucial role in What If Season 2, streaming daily new episodes this week, but another character seems to be increasingly important. In two episodes so far, What If has provided a fresh perspective on one of the MCU’s most overlooked characters, suggesting the anthology could be setting up something major for Bucky Barnes, aka, the Winter Soldier.
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S34Why Isn't There a Vaccine for the Common Cold? A Virologist Reveals the Hidden Reason  We can propel humans into space and perform complex organ transplants, but somehow we still don’t have a vaccine for the common cold. While certainly not the deadliest virus facing humankind, colds are downright annoying, can drain your sick days away, and wear at your sanity as you wheeze through your one temporarily clear nostril.So, if we can create a vaccine for a novel virus in under a year, what’s stopping scientists from inoculating us against the sniffles? A lot, it turns out.
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S59Rest of World's best stories from 2023  Beyond artificial intelligence and Elon Musk — two topics that dominated Western headlines this year — Rest of World offered our readers a vast vision of the broader tech world in 2023. We showcased and celebrated how devices like Paytm’s cheap, tiny speakers are fostering fintech growth in India by reading out payment receipts to vendors who may be unable to read. In war-ravaged Sudan, we covered how small, resilient startups are adapting their businesses to help people find food. In May, we wrote about how the hundreds of migrants stranded between the walls of the U.S.-Mexico border relied on delivery apps to survive.From delving into the “hell” inside iPhone factories in China to documenting the struggle of building similar facilities in India, in 2023, Rest of World published around 500 articles from more than 50 countries.
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S32The Best Brand Movies of 2023, Ranked  It’s been a weird year for the entertainment industry. On the one hand, films like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and even The Super Mario Bros. Movie have reignited certain analysts’ and critics’ faith in the strength of the American theatrical market. On the other hand, 2023 saw Hollywood grow increasingly dependent on what we can only call “brand movies.”The industry has always been obsessed with brand recognition and pre-existing properties, but the past 12 months have seen Hollywood’s studios completely double down on their relationships with some of the world’s most powerful corporations. Whether they be toy and snack manufacturers or powerful sneaker and clothing companies, 2023 has featured more movies named after and about corporate brands than any other year in recent memory — if not ever.
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S69Yes, we have free will. No, we absolutely do not.  You’re thirsty so you reach for a glass of water. It’s either a freely chosen action or the inevitable result of the laws of nature, depending on who you ask. Do we have free will? The question is ancient—and vexing. Everyone seems to have pondered it, and many seem quite certain of the answer, which is typically either “yes” or “absolutely not.”One scientist in the “absolutely not” camp is Robert Sapolsky. In his new book, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, the primatologist and Stanford professor of neurology spells out why we can’t possibly have free will. Why do we behave one way and not another? Why do we choose Brand A over Brand B, or vote for Candidate X over Candidate Y? Not because we have free will, but because every act and thought are the product of “cumulative biological and environmental luck.”
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S3350 Years Ago, a Supernatural Thriller Shocked Audiences -- And Invented a New Genre  If you watch The Exorcist for the first time today, some elements will already feel familiar. The pea soup vomit scene and Regan’s revolving head are now indelible cinematic touchstones. So too is the general format for the exorcism itself, positioning Catholic priests as a kind of holy ghostbuster service. After five decades of filmmakers strip-mining The Exorcist for material, you’ll find similar scenes in countless copycats, from the Conjuring franchise to the CBS show Evil.But beneath these much-parodied tropes is a more sophisticated film than The Exorcist’s reputation suggests. Like Rocky and Alien, it inspired so many spinoffs and knockoffs that the franchise brand almost overshadows the quality of the original work.
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S30Briefly Noted Book Reviews  The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, by Gregg Hecimovich (Ecco). In 2002, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., published an annotated edition of “The Bondswoman’s Narrative,” a novel thought to be the first written by an enslaved Black woman. Its author was unknown until Hecimovich, a scholar of Victorian literature, traced the manuscript to Hannah Crafts, a mixed-race captive who was born in 1826. Like her novel’s protagonist, Crafts was likely the offspring of rape, her first captor having been her biological father. As she was passed from one household to the next, she was taught to read and exposed to popular literature; her novel would eventually draw on Dickens’s “Bleak House.” Alongside Crafts’s story, Hecimovich recounts the painstaking process of his research, which included forensic analysis of paper and ink and the creative use of incomplete archives.American Visions, by Edward L. Ayers (Norton). This nimble history surveys the “visions” that Americans fashioned for the nation taking shape before them in the “lurching” period of 1800 to 1860. These ideals were expressed through literature, visual art, popular songs, political slogans, religious doctrines, and folk heroes (such as Johnny Appleseed, who, Ayers argues, represented “the American frontier cleansed of dispossession and despoliation”). Ayers anchors his study with familiar figures, but he pays particular attention to lesser-known Black abolitionists and Native Americans. The result is a dynamic portrait of a country in transition.
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S41This Festive But Messy Galaxy is All of Us Right Now  The latest Hubble Space Telescope image of dwarf galaxy UGC 8901 highlights its messy, chaotic nature. Dwarf galaxy UGC 8901 seems to have perfectly captured the spirit of the last week of the year: disheveled and stuck in between milestones, but still super sparkly.
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S49S43Volkswagen's Affordable EV has EV Has Physical Buttons and Tons of Storage Room  Volkswagen showed off the interior of its upcoming ID. 2all concept EV, revealing an infotainment system that has real buttons and a spacious trunk at the back. The EV may still be a concept, but the latest Instagram posts from Volkswagen’s head of design Andreas Mindt may be close to what a production version of the ID. 2all will look like.It’ll be a lot easier and safer to change the cabin temp inside the ID. 2all with physical buttons.
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S26How to make your life greener in 2024  People all around the world traditionally use their new year to embark on a change in lifestyle. The People’s Climate Vote, a UN survey of public opinion on climate change, highlights that citizens around the world recognise climate change as a global emergency and agree that we should do everything necessary in response.
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S607 Weird Animal Behaviors That Amazed Us in 2023  From fish that dance to “see” to frogs disguised as poop to boat-attacking killer whales, Scientific American rounds up our favorite odd animals of 2023We still have so much to learn about life on our planet and its boundless capacity to adapt to different situations and environments. And every year researchers discover wild and astounding—and often amusing—ways that animals avoid predators, explore their surroundings or, you know, escape from a wriggling ball of their compatriots.
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S47S4Disney at 100: Why the Mouse House flopped hard in its centenary year  The studio was founded by Walt and Roy Disney in 1923, so a host of films, books and events had been planned to celebrate its centenary. Recent cartoons such as Frozen and Moana had proven that its animation department was thriving, and various mergers had given the Company control of the Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel franchises, too.More like this: – The Japanese film that's 2023's best blockbuster – Are we in the era of the 'flopbuster'? – Why superhero films are in trouble
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S57Our Favorite Management Tips of 2023  Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we list 10 of our favorites from 2023 — covering topics like how to get your mojo back if you’re feeling disengaged at work, questions to ask your boss in your next check-in, talking to your team about using AI, giving hard feedback, speaking with confidence when you’re put on the spot — and more.
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S54S29S40'Baldur's Gate 3': How to Find the Night Song  While it’s all well and good to be informed on the what and the how when it pertains to Baldur’s Gate 3’s many puzzles and hidden pathways, discovering exactly where these puzzles are is the first hurdle players must overcome before they can stockpile their inventory with curiosities and rare finds from their journey. In a previous Baldur's Gate 3 guide, we told you how to silence the Nightsong and plunder the spoils from its hidden treasure room in Act II. Here’s where you can find the Nightsong.
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S46Marvel Just Pulled Off a Historic First For the MCU  The Marvel Cinematic Universe began with one mission: adapt the Marvel Comics into a film franchise. Without a doubt, it succeeded. But as the MCU — and superhero movies in general — reach a dangerous crossroads, the franchise needs some fresh blood.While characters are still getting plucked from the page and onto the screen every year, the adaptations are getting looser and the envelope keeps getting pushed. All this experimentation has led to What If...? Season 2 Episode 6, which finally does something the MCU has somehow avoided for its entire existence: creating a completely original hero.
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S19S25Seamus Heaney: ten years after his death, the generosity and warmth of his rich poetic voice endures  The English war poet Wilfred Owen once wrote, “Celebrity is the last infirmity I desire.” Killed in France at the age of 25, unpublished and unknown, “celebrity” for Owen was a posthumous phenomenon. By contrast, celebrity status for the Irish poet Seamus Heaney – “Famous Seamus” – came early in his life.The eldest of nine children raised on a small farm called Mossbawn in County Derry – which was so crucial to his imaginative development – his first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was accepted for publication by Faber when he was just 26.
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S39'Rebel Moon 2' Could Fix the Worst Death in Part 1, Director Hints  The wait for Zack Snyder’s latest polarizing masterpiece is finally over... kind of. Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire hit Netflix on December 21, giving audiences a taste of the streamer’s next potential franchise. Snyder and Netflix have huge plans for this new world, which is said to be a darker, sexier take on traditional epics like Star Wars, Dune, and Lord of the Rings. And Rebel Moon itself is certainly big, but it’s also a two-parter. The second half of the story is set to premiere in April 2024. And two extended versions are waiting in the wings, too. If all goes well, it’ll kickstart a new cinematic universe, one entirely sprung from the mind of Zack Snyder.Here’s everything you need to know about the growing Rebel Moon universe, from the sequels in the pipeline to Snyder’s efforts to expand elsewhere.
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S63Rift over N95 Use Puts Health Workers at Risk Again  Critics push back on proposed CDC guidelines that they say leave health care facilities free to cut corners on N95 masks and other measures that protect workers against airborne diseases such as COVIDA member of the medical staff listens as Montefiore Medical Center nurses call for N95 masks and other critical PPE to handle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on April 1, 2020 in New York.
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S66The Best After-Christmas Sales and Deals  Maybe you still have some shopping to do, or perhaps you received some gift cards over the holidays. In any case, post-Christmas sales are a great time to make your money go a little further. We've rounded up our favorite genuine discounts below.Special offer for Gear readers: Get WIRED for just $5 ($25 off). This includes unlimited access to WIRED.com, full Gear coverage, and subscriber-only newsletters. Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day.
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S44'Baldur's Gate 3': How To Use The Adamantine Forge  Baldur’s Gate 3 stocks you up with a breadth of mighty weapons and armor as a reward for nobly completing various quests or by shamelessly plundering your foe's (or benefactor’s) inventory. But sometimes players have to get their hands dirty and craft their powerful weapons. One early-game item, the Adamantine Forge, will allow you to do just that — if you can find it. As with most things in Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll have to do some sleuthing, looting, and potentially un-aliving NPCs to locate the Adamantine Forge. To simplify your search, the Adamantine Forge is located near the Grymforge in Underdark. When you arrive, a Duergar will tell you about the ancient forge hidden beyond some rubble (X: -569 Y: 252).
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S13Cardio or weights first? A kinesiologist explains how to optimize the order of your exercise routine  When you enter the gym, which way should you head first? Toward the treadmills and spin studio to get your sweat on with a cardio session? Or toward the free weights and strength-training machines to do some resistance training?The American College of Sports Medicine suggests doing both types of exercise to take advantage of their unique benefits for improving health and daily functioning and reducing chronic disease risk. But what is the optimal sequence to get the best results?
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S50S35'Ace Attorney' Developers Say Phoenix Wright Was Always Meant to Step Down  Sixteen years ago, Ace Attorney fans experienced a shock when the fourth game didn’t star the iconic Phoenix Wright, but an ambitious new lawyer named Apollo Justice. In a brilliant twist, the first case of the game had the player defending Phoenix himself, and in many ways, Apollo Justice felt like a “passing of the torch” moment between the two protagonists. “I think that Apollo Justice's introduction allowed a new narrative to be told within the Ace Attorney series,” Kenichi Hashimoto, producer of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, tells Inverse, “While Phoenix assumes the role of Apollo's mentor, he himself transforms into a more competent ‘super’ lawyer who takes on challenging court cases and emerges victorious.”
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S11Keeping a streak alive can be strong motivation to stick with a chosen activity  Dick Coffee attended 781 consecutive University of Alabama football games. Meg Roh surfed through illness, storms and nightfall to maintain a seven-year daily surfing streak. Jon Sutherland ran at least 1 mile every day for over 52 years. Because there’s no generally accepted definition of what a streak is, I started by trying to define the phenomenon. Based on input from people maintaining streaks and how streaks are described in the popular media, I suggest they have four underlying characteristics.
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S52S67What was it like when the first "polluted" stars formed?  When you look out at the Universe today, and see the vast, dark, backdrop littered with points of light that correspond to stars and galaxies, it’s difficult to imagine that it used to be almost identical everywhere. The Universe, back at its inception, was almost perfectly uniform on all cosmic scales. It was the same high temperature everywhere, the same large density everywhere, and was made up of the same quanta of matter, antimatter, dark matter, and radiation in all locations. At the earliest times, the only differences that existed were minuscule, at the 0.003% level, seeded by the quantum fluctuations imprinted during inflation.But gravity and time have a way of changing everything. Over time, the excess antimatter annihilates away; first atomic nuclei and then neutral atoms form; over millions of years, gravity pulls matter into overdense regions, causing them to grow. Because overdensities differ by such great amounts on all scales, there are regions where stars form rapidly, within 100 million years or fewer, while other regions won’t begin forming stars for billions of years. But wherever the earliest stars form, that’s where the most interesting things happen first, including the existence of the second generation of stars: the first polluted stars in all of cosmic history.
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S61A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets  The Short-Baseline Neutrino Program will try to determine once and for all whether sterile neutrinos are realThe neutrino is perhaps the most fascinating inhabitant of the subatomic world. Nearly massless, this fundamental particle experiences only the weak nuclear force and the much fainter force of gravity. With no more than these feeble connections to other forms of matter, a neutrino can pass through the entire Earth with just a tiny chance of hitting an atom. Ghosts, who are said to be able to pass through walls, have nothing on neutrinos.
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S58Best of IdeaCast: Behaviors of Successful CEOs  For the qualities that top-performing CEOs have in common, research shows some surprising results. It turns out that charisma, confidence, and pedigree all have little bearing on CEO success. Elena Botelho, partner at leadership advisory firm ghSMART and coleader of its CEO Genome Project, studied high performers in the corner office. The analysis found that they demonstrated four business behaviors: quick decision making, engaging for impact, adapting proactively, and delivering reliably. Botelho cowrote the HBR article “What Sets Successful CEOs Apart.”
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