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Data Attack - Your Guide to Ashley Madison, Explained with Bad Stock Footage

What did we really find out from the Ashley Madison hack? For starters, there were only three zip codes in the U.S. with no registered users, plus the company netted $1.7 million from a full-delete feature (that didn’t actually delete). Find out what else was revealed in the hack, as told by bad stock footage.




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Absurd Creatures | Meet the Weta, an Insect as Big as a Gerbil

The tree weta, which looks like a cricket, is not cricket sized, it is the heaviest confirmed insect on earth. Males throw that weight around fighting for females, mostly by trying to dismember each other with their giant pincers.




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Nebia - Reinventing the Shower

Startup Nebia used aerospace technology to reinvent the shower and save water. San Francisco design firm Box Clever took Nebia's rough prototypes and developed the sleek fixture that could change the way we clean up.




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Think Like a Tree - Can Namib Desert Beetles Help Us Solve Our Drought Problems?

Namib desert beetles live in an area with little ground water, so how is it that they have no trouble finding H2O? Find out how the resourceful insects use their wing scales to absorb water droplets from fog, and how we can use them as a model for combating water shortages.




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Simply Perfect - How to Make a Jalisco Mule | Sponsored by Patrón Tequila

Consider it a Moscow mule with a twist—mixologist David Alan shows you how to make a Jalisco mule using lime juice, ginger beer, and Patrón Reposado. Sponsored by Patrón Tequila




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Here's How iOS 9 Will Make Your Phone (and Life) Better

The new iPhone 6S, 6S plus and iPad Pro aren't out yet but you can update your devices to iOS 9. WIRED senior writer David Pierce explores some of the best new features and a couple you don't need.




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XtraCycle EdgeRunner: The Pickup Truck of Electric Bikes

The EdgeRunner by XtraCycle is a load hauling behemoth of a bike that makes pedaling that much easier with a robust electric motor assist. WIRED senior writer David Pierce puts the bike through its paces with various cargo loads.




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All the Pluto Photos from New Horizons' First Big Data Dump

It'll take a year for New Horizons to send back all the information it gathered on Pluto when it flew by in July.




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Design FX - Maze Runner: Scorch Trials—Building a Post-Apocalyptic City

The second installment of “The Maze Runner” takes place in a mythical post-apocalyptic city. Find out how Weta Digital took an unusual approach to creating the vast, ruined landscape by building the entire city first, then destroying it.




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Absurd Creatures | This Tiny Adorable Critter Is Half Kangaroo, Half Velociraptor

The jerboa looks like a cross between a mouse and a tiny kangaroo and wow, can it hop! The rodents' elongated, powerful legs can propel the little fur balls as far as six feet.




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Electro Musician Robert DeLong Shows Off His Tricked-Out Rig

It's equal parts D.I.Y. and high-tech; electronic musician Robert DeLong shows us his awesome rig, which includes a mix of video game controllers, a cutlery tray from Ikea, two Mac minis, and more. See how it all comes together as he performs “Don’t Wait Up” from his new album "In the Cards," out Friday, September 18 on Glassnote Records.




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Sunset on Pluto

New images from NASA's New Horizon probe show interesting new details of Pluto, including what might be fog and glaciers hinting at weather patterns on the frigid dwarf planet.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Teched-Out Van

Brent Rose has just taken “Out of Office” to the next level. In this episode, he shows off the teched-out van he will be living in during his nascent year-long road trip across the United States. Brent gives us a fun tour of his supremely techy mobile home, including the roof-mounted solar panels, cutting edge lithium ion batteries, GPS-enabled, smartphone-connected alarm system, fingerprint-secured safe, and cutting edge stereo system.




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WIRED October Issue Preview - Cities by Design

Cities used to grow (more or less) by accident. Today cities develop more intentionally. From Shanghai to Nairobi, designers, architects, and planners are using better materials, smart science, and big data to make cities better—and even a little magical.




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Absurd Creatures - Mantis Shrimp Fight Club

Mantis shrimp have a pair of hammer appendages that pack a powerful punch. They use them to smash prey open and fight each other for territory. Researchers at Duke University set up a mantis shrimp fight club to study their sparring behavior.




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Facebook Rolls Out 360 Video with Star Wars Clip

You’ll now be able to see immersive videos in your Facebook feed. As part of the rollout, you can speed across the Jakku desert of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens in a 360 video created by Disney exclusively for Facebook.




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Get Ready for the Supermoon Eclipse

Polish up that telescope! This weekend night owls will enjoy the sight of a total lunar eclipse which will just happen to occur during a supermoon, when the moon passes closest to earth's surface.




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Eli Roth’s Guide to Cannibalism

Eli Roth’s new horror film The Green Inferno delves into the world of cannibalism as only Roth can. Ahead of the new movie, the director breaks down his rules for engaging in cannibalism and shares the type of person he’d want to eat.




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Eli Roth Explains “The Green Inferno”—His New Cannibalistic Horror Film

Following Cabin Fever and Hostel, The Green Inferno is the latest film in Eli Roth’s travel trilogy. The director explains what inspired his new cannibalistic horror movie, and how he achieved a realistic look and feel while shooting on set in the Amazon.




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Anki Overdrive is What You Always Wished Your Hot Wheels Could Be

Anki Overdrive combines the nostaligic toy race car fun of Hot Wheels with the smartphone control and artificial intelligence of Sphero. It's fun, really fun, but not without a few wrong turns.




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Flying in the Folding ICON A5 Airplane

For years we've been promised flying cars and for years we've been disappointed. The ICON A5, with its folding wings, may be the closest thing yet, and it's a boat, too! WIRED writer Tim Moynihan goes for a ride in the A5 over New York City.




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NASA Discovers Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars

For years, scientists have known that Mars has ice. More elusive, though, is figuring out how much of that water is actually in liquid form. Now, NASA scientists have found compelling evidence that liquid water—life-giving, gloriously wet H 20—exists on Mars.




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The Wove Band: Don't Call it a Smartwatch

The Wove Band by Polyera is the first wearable with a flexible touchscreen display. The devices won't be publicly available until 2016, but Polyera CEO Phil Inagaki gave us a behind the scenes look at some prototypes, and talked with us about his design philosophy.




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Tesla Model X | First Look

Tesla's long awaited Model X SUV is finally here. The falcon-doored electric vehicle can carry seven passengers and is capable of rocketing to 60 miles per hour in as little as 3.2 seconds.




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NASA Scientists Fact-Check “The Martian"

How accurate is the new space film “The Martian”? We had NASA scientists break down the science behind the movie to find out if Matt Damon’s portrayal of a stranded astronaut on Mars is realistic or out of this world.




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How to Make Your Facebook Profile Picture Into A Looping Video

Facebook has a new feature for some users that lets them turn their profile picture into a GIF-like video. WIRED's Dellea Chew demonstrates how she made a clip of her dog Dude into her Facebook looping video.




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The Martian | WIRED Movie Review

The Martian, Ridley Scott's new space epic, takes audiences to the rugged surface of Mars. Matt Damon stars as left behind astronaut Mark Watney, who has to "science" his survival on the barren planet.




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Absurd Creatures | This Caterpillar Freaks Out If You Yell At It

Caterpillars are sort of the Cheetos of the animal world. They're just waiting to become someone's snack. Some species have developed defense mechanisms. This caterpillar, found in Peru, has weird appendages it throws in the air when it senses dangerous sounds.




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Data Attack - Are You the Most Average Person in America?

Do you get 8.7 hours of sleep every night? Spend a daily total of 30 minutes in the bathroom? Use Facebook for 40 minutes (and Tinder for 77 minutes) each day? If so, you just might be the most average person in the U.S.




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Google Wants to Take the Wheel With Its Self-Driving Car

Google's self-driving car may look and sound like a giant Roomba but they may also be part of the future of automobile transportation.




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Fly Over Charon, Pluto's Biggest Moon

Skim the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, in this stunning animation made up of images beamed back from NASA's space probe New Horizons.




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Ridley Scott Explains What He’d Change in “The Martian” Based on NASA’s New Discovery

“The Martian” director Ridley Scott explains how NASA’s latest discovery on Mars would have affected the film’s plot and why he has zero interest in traveling to the far-off planet himself.




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SB 100 - How Science Is Hacking the Ultimate Athletes

Through motion tracking, data driven exercise, and eventually DNA analysis, SI and WIRED explore how scientific advances in training may help create the perfect NFL athlete.




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Real Actors, Virtual Movies

The race to VR cinema has split into two tracks: either Pixar-like CGI that affords full immersion, or 360-degree video, which lacks true "presence." Uncorporeal's new technology is a marriage of the two, and gives us a glimpse at what the future of VR film could be.




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The Elite Study: DNA of Extreme Human Performance

Dr. Euan Ashley and his team are gathering DNA samples from the most elite endurance athletes on the planet to find the genetic reasons that they are so fit.




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DNA Editing: Doping of the Future?

The ability to edit DNA is already here, but the effects of doing so are hardly understood. Genetics experts explain the potential pitfalls and alluring upside of using the technology on athletes.




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The Awesome but Buggy 360fly Cam Is for Early Adopters Only

The 360fly is a water-water-resistent virtual reality action sports camera that works with your phone and Google Cardboard. We tested the $400 camera at the California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium.




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Absurd Creatures | This Salamander Could Teach Humans How to Regrow Limbs

The axolotl is not only weirdly cute for an amphibian but it can also regenerate its own limbs. Scientists are studying how the salamanders regrow legs and how humans might someday do the same.




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Steve Jobs | WIRED Movie Review

There have been a lot of movies made recently about the Apple founder. This is the one you should see.




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These Adorable Owls Will Not Kill You With Plague

But they do have fleas! Researchers at Boise State University are trying to figure out how burrowing owls manage to host the plague-carrying fleas but don't get infected.




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Ridley Scott's Top 5 Sci-Fi Films of All Time

"The Martian" director Ridley Scott counts down his favorite sci-fi films of all time.




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This Beautiful App Is Like a Stress-Relieving Lava Lamp

Pause, a new $1.99 app isn't a typical game. There's no score and no competition. It's designed to help you zone out and relax by slowly chasing a beautiful blob of dots across your screen.




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The New iMac’s Biggest Changes? The Keyboard and Trackpad

Apple's new iMacs looks a lot like its past iMacs but with better screens and best of all, a Force Touch trackpad and a slimmer wireless keyboard.




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Watch Battle Drones Cage Fight

No longer just for aerial photography and stunt aerobatics, hobbyists have found a new use for drones: making them fight.




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Guillermo del Toro Explains Why “Crimson Peak” is Not a Horror Flick

Don’t call Guillermo del Toro’s new film “Crimson Peak” a horror film. The director explains why his new movie classifies as a gothic romance, and he talks about how they built a real version of the castle that’s featured in the flick.




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Design FX - Find Out How FX Experts Created Mars in "The Martian"

Visual effects companies Framestore and MPC were tasked with creating the red planet in “The Martian.” From realistic landscape shots of Mars to simulated gravity differences, see how it all came together with a shorter-than-usual timeframe for post-production.




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App Uses Kids' Obsession With Phones to Teach Coding

Tiny Bop makes beautiful apps like Everything Machine which uses a smartphone's camera, gyroscope, light, speakers and microphone to teach coding through games.




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Director Danny Boyle on Why “Steve Jobs” Is Not a Biopic

“Steve Jobs” is more than just a biopic. Director Danny Boyle explains the unique approach he took by shooting the movie in three different film formats to capture the life and achievements of the Apple co-founder.




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Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Aerial Footage

To test the image quality and picture stability of the Q500's 4K camera, we flew the drone around in Athens, Georgia.




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Crimson Peak | WIRED Movie Review

Guillermo del Toro's new film isn't a horror show, it's a gothic romance but it isn't all that romantic. It does have wonderfully detailed ghosts, a haunted house, beautiful costumes and Jessica Chastain gets to let loose as an unhinged Victorian.