A few small glitches marred an otherwise stellar year as SpaceX honed its reusable rocket technology.
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Author: Amy Thompson
The Year in Robots (2018): Boston Dynamics, Baxter, and More
Look back on the biggest moments in robotics in 2018, from the continued ascendance of SpotMini to the rapid rise and fall of the home robot.
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Author: Matt Simon
NASA’s New Horizons Probe Prepares To Make History—Again
The intrepid spacecraft has traveled 13 years and 4 billion miles to glimpse Ultima Thule, a cold, dark world at the fringes of our solar system.
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Author: Robbie Gonzalez
Don’t Fear the Robot Overlords—Embrace Them as Coworkers
In factories across the world, machines are beginning to work more intimately with humans without sending them to the unemployment line—or the grave.
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Author: Matt Simon
The Most-Read WIRED Science Stories of 2018
Feast your mind on stories about brain-eating amoebas, the science of wildfires, and a criminal twist to the genetics revolution.
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Author: Andrea Valdez
In re Marriage of T.C. and D.C.
(California Court of Appeal) – Reversed and remanded a spousal support order, in a case where a wife sought to reduce her support payments to her former husband. Held that the trial court failed to consider the parties’ reasonable expectations as expressed in their dissolution agreement.
In re Cody R.
(California Court of Appeal) – Dismissed a mother’s appeal from an order terminating parental rights to her son. Also denied her petition for writ of habeas corpus, concluding that a habeas petition may be filed in dependency cases only in limited circumstances not present here.
Marriage of Martindale and Ochoa
(California Court of Appeal) – Affirmed the denial of a request to renew a three-year domestic violence prevention restraining order. A woman had obtained the restraining order against her former husband.
W.M. v. V.A.
(California Court of Appeal) – Held that a California superior court had jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding, in a case raising questions under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. The mother had previously initiated a child custody proceeding in her home country of Belarus.
In re Marriage of Vaughn
(California Court of Appeal) – In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, held that when the nature of a debt is such that its discharge will directly and adversely impact the finances of the debtor’s spouse or former spouse, it is nondischargeable in bankruptcy, even if it is not directly payable to the spouse. Affirmed the district court.