The Python Programming Language Is More Popular Than Ever

Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to to the programming language.

source https://www.wired.com/story/python-language-more-popular-than-ever

Dictatorships Are Making the Coronavirus Outbreak Worse

China, Iran, North Korea, and other authoritarian regimes have concealed information and exacerbated the spread of the disease.

source https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-dictatorships-are-making-the-coronavirus-outbreak-worse

‘The Extinction Show: Live\! One Night Only\!’ by Manuel Gonzales

"Back when they’d started out, no one was working Extinction Witnessing events. Now there were a hundred companies doing the same."

source https://www.wired.com/story/extinction-show-live-one-night-only-fiction-manuel-gonzales

James Bond Fans Want Release of 'No Time to Die' Postponed Over Coronavirus

The founders of two of the franchise's biggest fan site's wrote an open letter asking the movie to be delayed until summer.

source https://www.wired.com/story/james-bond-fans-coronavirus

Think Flash Floods Are Bad? Buckle Up for Flash Droughts

A typical drought is a slow-motion catastrophe. But scientists are trying to figure out a phenomenon called a flash drought, which forms in as little as two weeks.

source https://www.wired.com/story/flash-droughts

GIFs Are Glorious, GIFs Are Perverse

The icon of the internet loops from poetry to horror.

source https://www.wired.com/story/gifs-are-glorious-gifs-are-perverse

Can You Spot the Idioms in These Photographs?

Gabriel Zimmer's pictures are art and language all in one. 

source https://www.wired.com/story/idioms-photographs