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    Introducing WIRED articles in an entirely new format: AMP Stories. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/welcome-to-amp-stories/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    This incredible—and terrifying—snowboarding trick has only ever been pulled off by five people. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/quad-cork-1800/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    Get lost in the cosmos with these space photos. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/space-photos-of-the-week-111817/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    Even the greatest Mount Everest climbers didn't reach the summit by themselves. Meet the unsung heroes of the highest mountain in the world. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/everest/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    Grab some popcorn and get comfy, friends. Here are the best comic book movies you can stream right now. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/best-streaming-superhero-movies/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    The US Olympic team's high-tech off-field outfits are designed to battle the frigid South Korean winter. [Read the story](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/olympics-and-chill/?mbid=IntroArticle)
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    If humanity expects to feed its booming population, it’s going to need help. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/robotgreenhouse/)
  • Behold the microscopic beauty of nature. Read
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    Behold: the microscopic beauty of nature. (Or, in this case, microscopic terror.) [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/microscope-photography/)
  • This burger looks like beef smells like beef even bleeds like beef—but it's entirely meatless. Read
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    This burger looks like beef, smells like beef, even bleeds like beef—but it's entirely meatless. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/impossible-burger/)
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    Witness the "decaying beauty" of Battleship Island—a tiny island most consider too dangerous to step foot on. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/battleship-island/)
  • Making the perfect cup of coffee is a science. We know coffee and we know science. Here's what you need. Read
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    Making the perfect cup of coffee is a science. We know coffee, and we know science. Here's what you need. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/gearhead-5coffee-essentials/)
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    You ain't seen nothin' until you've seen drone photos of the Danish countryside bursting in color. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/danish-drones-capture-foliage/)
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    Ukraine’s Soviet-era mosaics depict an idealized, futuristic vision of life before independence—no matter how far from reality the truth fell. [Read](http://www.wired.com/amp-stories/ukrainian-murals)
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    Being a Nobel-Prize winning chemist is exciting and glamorous—but that doesn't mean their labs are. [Read](https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/surprisingly-mundane-lab-of-a-nobel-winning-chemist/)

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Contributing editor Peter Rubin writes about pop culture, sports technology, and AR/VR for WIRED. His book Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life was published in April 2018. ... Read More
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