This article was taken from the January issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online Astronomers are on tenterhooks over the prospect of an asteroid colliding with Earth. Nasa has recently spotted two space rocks passing within 80,000km of the planet, as well as a 549m-wide asteroid that could hit us in 2182. Massimiliano Vasile, a lecturer in space research at the...

<div style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 8px;"> This article was taken from the January issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online With the publication of the annual 2011 Michelin Guide in March, top-class restaurants will be raising a glass of Champagne --or wondering where...

This article was taken from the April 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. Ice sculptures make awesome party centrepieces. Here's how to carve yourself a cool reputation. Raw materials You need clear, sediment-free ice made from distilled water or water boiled twice (iceimmediate.com delivers). "A 25kg block is a good size for beginners," says Jamie...

This article was taken from the December 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. For too long, flying cars have been on the same list as jet packs and Moon bases. Glenn Curtiss -- chief rival to the Wright brothers -- designed one in 1917, as did Henry Ford in 1926. Since then production has stalled somewhat. Now Massachusetts-based Terrafugia is learning...

This article was taken from the March 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. Interior design doesn't usually call for industrial robots. But who says you can't mechanise home decor? RoboFold founder Gregory Epps, 32, has been folding metal since he was a teenager. "The idea of industrialising folding metal started about 16 years ago," he says, "but it...