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Wired's Brent Rose Goes Deep Into Frozen Nitrogen  Brent Rose Does the Frozen Gallagher (Photo Courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment) What happens when you turn a writer like Brent Rose loose with 20 gallons (75.7 liters for everyone else) of liquid nitrogen. Shot with a Phantom high-speed camera you can see why a baseball does not shatter. Thanks to our friends at Conde Nast Entertainment for preview Wired's latest  Out of Office series segment. Check it out!

Wired's Channel on Conde Nast Entertainment's "The Scene" Reports on this Exciting New Sport Welcome to the world of FPV Drone Racing. FPV means First Person View where the pilot and spectator  wear goggles and experience the race from the drone’s attached camera . You can call it a new industry, but the world of drone racing is quickly becoming a popular sport. This year was marked by the US  Drone Racing Nationals held at the California State Fairgrounds and covered by the national media. Poised to make its mainstream debut in 2016, The Drone Racing League is like car racing but features drones flying in mid-air at speeds of 90mph.  Check out WIRED Staff Writer Tim Moynihan  as he explores the world of drone racing in two new videos giving the viewer an overview of the sport and the technology behind it. Both videos just went live on WIRED’s channel on  THE SCENE ,  the premiere digital video storytelling platform from  Condé ...

WIRED uses Lego to re-create the iconic scenes and structures from the original “Star Wars” trilogy, and then smash them into tiny pieces You nerds like seeing things blown up, right? In  Star Wars Episode III , the TIE starfighter suffered a devastating blow from asteroid impact.  In the latest episode of WIRED’s “Star Wars Lego Destruction” digital video series,  a slo-mo Lego replica of the crushing scene has been made. Check out the Tie Fighter in the video!

Conde Nast and Wired have bought Ars Technica for 25 million, rumor is that official word is coming on Monday.