December 2016 IssueBusinessKeeping the tech giants in check: how should Google, Facebook et al. be held to account?By Pauline Bock and Ruby Lott-LavignaCultureYouTuber, rapper, actor: KSI Olatunji is the new triple threatBy Chris Stokel-WalkerScienceHow chilling! Amsterdam is using its underground water supply to cool its blood bankBy Tina AmirthaCultureAll hail the rise of the Mystery ComicsBy Mike DentSciencePutting 20,000 years of history on ice: French project is saving glaciers from climate changeBy Kathryn NaveCultureInfoporn: Sprawling graphics help you 'see' how beautiful the music in Vivaldi's Four Seasons isBy Oliver Franklin-WallisScienceThis app can spot signs of autism in children as young as 18 months oldBy Gian M. VolpicelliScienceCreating alien worlds on Earth: the astrobiologist trying to understand life on MarsBy Emma BryceGearGear Of The Year 2016: Sports and LeisureBy Chris HaslamScienceTiny QR codes were stuck to the backs of ants in the name of data scienceBy Rowland ManthorpeGearThe WIRED Gear of the Year 2016 specialBy Jeremy WhiteCultureAwesomenessTV brings the best of YouTube and Hollywood to the social media generationBy Ruby Lott-LavignaCultureGear Of The Year 2016: ToysBy Kathryn NaveBusinessDoNotPay bot is here to save you from parking ticketsBy Adam BornBusinessStartups need to 'stop disrupting and start innovating'By Ian BogostCultureHow Marty McFly's self-lacing trainers became a realityBy Oliver Franklin-WallisGearGame, set and match: how tennis balls are made inside Wilson's factoryBy Ruby Lott-LavignaCultureGrowing underground: the Lowline urban garden buried in New York's catacombsBy Emma BryceCultureAgata Oleksiak is helping refugees find their voice – using yarnBy Ruby Lott-LavignaCultureHamburg's stunning concert hall is finally set to open (10 times over budget and 7 years late)By Ruby Lott-LavignaBusinessInfoporn: the 30 cities on the edge of disasterBy Matt ReynoldsCulture'How do you create water with feelings?' Disney's animators on moving to CGI for MoanaBy James WhiteBusinessFlying towards a fossil fuel-free future: the HY4 and its plans for zero emission passenger flightsBy Kai SchächteleCultureThis beautiful building in Calgary can be 'played like a musical instrument'By Ruby Lott-LavignaMore Stories
