INYIM Art & Innovation

Władysław Starewicz’s 1912 stop-motion short The Cameraman’s Revenge turns real insect specimens into a scandalous silent-film satire of infidelity, surveillance and revenge. Featuring adulterous beetles, a jealous cameraman and a film-within-a-film climax, this pioneering oddity blends dark comedy with early animation history in a wonderfully strange Wednesday Whimsy.

This Monday Muse looks back at the invention that made recorded music possible, from Thomas Edison’s 1877 tinfoil-cylinder phonograph to Emile Berliner’s 1887 flat-disc gramophone. It explains how Berliner’s design helped transform sound recording into a mass-market industry and paved the way for the records, playlists and streams we use today.

Tim Foster quietly transforms thousands of pointe shoes for New York City Ballet, matching their colors to dancers, costumes and the demands of the stage.

Natural ultramarine once rivaled gold in value. BBC Earth Science explains how Afghan lapis lazuli and sulfur chemistry create its unmistakable blue.

CatchCat takes the neighborhood cat sighting and turns it into a mobile game, letting users snap real cats and transform them into AI-generated collectible cards with names, rarity levels, and stats.

Flashback Friday rewinds 30 years to a 1996 wind‑up beauty‑in‑bath coin‑saving bank, a charming vintage mechanical toy still delivering pure nostalgic cuteness.

Cybersecurity researcher Allison Nixon joins WIRED’s “Tech Support” to answer the internet’s biggest hacking and online‑safety questions — all while serving a standout fur‑hat‑and‑leather‑jacket look.