sh

We Drive an All-Electric Ferrari, the Car that Shouldn’t Exist

Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is on record as saying an electric Ferrari is an obscene concept, but that didn't stop a group of guys in California from turning the 308 GT into an EV.




sh

The Crazy Plan to Use Swallowable Origami to Fish Batteries Out of Tummies

Kids swallow a lot of batteries. But now MIT researchers are developing swallowable origami to fish the nasty foreign objects out.




sh

The Beautiful Relationship Between Physics and Jazz

Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, but he's also a jazz fanatic whose musical obsession has helped him better understand the world of cosmology, quantum gravity and particle physics.




sh

Absurd Creatures | Fish Think They're Safe From Birds But the Kingfisher Is Like LOL

For a bird called the kingfisher, stealth, dive-bombing and impalement is a way of life.




sh

Explore a Mysterious Deep Reef That Shouldn’t Exist

A new exhibit shows off the undersea creatures who populate one of the most mysterious, poorly understood parts of the ocean.




sh

Absurd Creatures | That Fish That Attaches to Sharks? It's Actually Pretty Righteous

It’s called a remora, and you’ve probably seen it before. It attaches to fish and marine mammals all the time. But get this: It doesn’t attach with its mouth. It’s got a suction cup it wears as a hat.




sh

'Swiss Army Man' Directors Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

In ‘Swiss Army Man’ a guy stranded in the wilderness gets by thanks to a corpse and a dying cell phone. The Daniels came to the WIRED office, so we asked them to show us what was on their smartphones.




sh

Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza & Adam DeVine Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, and Adam Devine from 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' show us the most recent items on their phones - from texts, to safari pages, to emojis, videos, alarm clocks and more!




sh

Social Exercise: How the Cultish November Project Uses Hugs and Social Media to Get Fit

A workout with the social media-powered November Project San Francisco tribe who explain the bounce, dropping verbals, and the dreaded "We Missed You."




sh

Absurd Creatures | The Oddly Shaped Peanut Bug Is Sick of Getting Beat Up, Guys

In South America, the peanut bug ambles around with a goofy-ass head. And that’s not its only clever defense against the bullies of the rainforest.




sh

NASA Fact-Checks Star Trek's Starship Enterprise

Warp speed, deflector shields, teletransportation-- what's real and what's not in Star Trek? No one better to tell us than NASA's engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab.




sh

Star Trek’s Sofia Boutella Shows Us the Last Thing on Her Phone

Sofia Boutella, who plays Jayla in Star Trek Beyond, shows us the most recent items on her phone - from texts, to music, to emojis, videos, instagram and more!




sh

Meet the Tiny Foxes That Shouldn’t Be Alive

A decade ago the tiny island fox was on the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to a radical reordering of its California island ecosystem, the fox is coming off the Endangered Species List.




sh

Take a Tour of the Most Tricked-Out Science Ship in America

This 238-foot beauty isn’t just oddly comfortable—it comes equipped with some serious tech for some serious oceanography.




sh

Fresh Beer, as Easy as Wine in a Box

The Hopsy HomeTap is a miniature keg fridge that lets you drink brewery-fresh beer from participating local microbreweries.




sh

The Crabs That Stick Camouflage All Over Their Bodies? It’s Called Fashion

Meet the decorator and urchin crabs, crafty little critters that don’t just sit around waiting to get eaten. They deck themselves out with some serious outfits.




sh

Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Shailene Woodley Say Privacy Is No Longer A Human Right

'Snowden' stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley discuss the making of their new movie, and talk about how technology has essentially taken away our right to privacy.




sh

Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart & Mamrie Hart Show Us The Last Thing on Their Phones

Stars of the upcoming film "Dirty 30", Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart show us the last thing they did on their phones. The Holy Trinity unveils what they last googled, how many alarms they have, and their favorite emojis.




sh

Tinashe on MTV’s First Live Music Show in 20 Years

MTV's new live music show 'Wonderland' is their first return to live music programming in 20 years. Headliner Tinashe talks about how the multi-platform broadcast of the show reflects our present media landscape.




sh

Meet the Giant, Toxic Starfish That’s Menacing Reefs

Get to know the crown of thorns starfish, which grows to two feet wide and wields toxic spines that will definitely ruin your day.




sh

NASA's Starshade Is Like a Giant Visor for the Stars

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with an ingenious solution to take better photographs of ultra-bright stars; a baseball diamond-sized folding shade that blocks out a star's powerful rays.




sh

Absurd Creatures - The Most Stunning Fish in the Sea Are Actually Dragons (Kinda)

The leafy and weedy seadragons might not breathe fire, but they’re every bit as majestic as real dragons.




sh

The Frontiers Issue with Guest Editor President Barack Obama - President Barack Obama on Bureaucracy VS. Moonshots

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss where the center of artificial intelligence research is and where it might be.




sh

Issa Rae on How She Wrote ‘That’ Rap

WIRED sat down with Issa Rae following the Oakland premiere of her new HBO show Insecure to ask her about the show's writing process, Los Angeles setting, and killer soundtrack




sh

Meet the Psychedelic Shrimp That Power-Lifts Starfish

The harlequin shrimp is all dressed up in a festive clown suit…a clown suit of murder.




sh

NASA Engineers Show You How To Carve a Pumpkin

NASA can build rockets and land on the moon, but can they carve the ultimate Halloween pumpkin?




sh

Absurd Creatures - These Fish Were Made for Walking and That's Just What They Do

The mudskipper is a fish marvelously adapted to terrestrial life. From it's powerful fin-feet to its googly eyes perched on top of its head, it's made for boogying across terra firma.




sh

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May gather up their courage and reveal the last things they did with their phones.




sh

How Social Media Is Shaping Activism in America

Within the space of 72 hours, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five Dallas police officers were shot and killed. WIRED looks the three days that shook America and the role live-streaming, video and social media played in the tragedies.




sh

Rhett & Link Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Internetainers Rhett & Link gather up their courage and show us the last things they did with their phones. "Rhett and Link's Buddy System" Good Mythical Morning @rhettandlink




sh

Smosh Shows Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

Internet super-celebrities Smosh gather up their courage and show us the last things on their phones.




sh

See Everything That Happens When a Package is Shipped

Ever wonder what happens to a package when it gets shipped? We stuck a GoPro in a clear acrylic box, had it filming the entire time, and got a chance to see what the package went through on its way to your doorstep.




sh

5 Standouts From This Year's Detroit Auto Show

Motown is still the center of the American auto industry, and it's got plenty to show you.




sh

Women in Tech Marched on Washington for More than Just Gender Equality

Women from Silicon Valley joined the thousands that marched on Washington DC to protest the Trump Administration. WIRED joins a group of women in tech on their journey to the Capitol to fight for science, climate change action, immigration rights and equality.




sh

The Adorable Little Fish With a Suction Cup for a Belly

Meet the lumpsucker, the tiny fish that sucks at swimming but is great at suctioning.




sh

Watch the Difference 20 Years Has Made to Car Crash Safety

Watching car crash tests is horrifying and mesmerizing in equal measure. These crash tests show how much safer cars are after two decades of improved design.




sh

If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them

To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them.




sh

How Hyperloop Can Reshape the Future of Transportation

Hyperloop: a bunch of tubes, right? Well, that, plus some crazy engineering, magnetic levitation, giant vacuums and yep, tubes that could someday fling us around at near supersonic speeds.




sh

You Can Now Talk to Barbie. Oh, and She's a Hologram

Hello Barbie Hologram is a small box containing an animated projection of the doll that responds to voice commands. It combines motion-capture animation with Amazon Echo-style voice interactions. So of course we had to give it a try.




sh

Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya Show Us the Last Thing on Their Phones

"Get Out" stars Allison Williams & Daniel Kaluuya gather up their courage and show us the last things they did with their phones.




sh

The Shoe That Could Make a Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Possible

Meet the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4%. It's the shoe Nike claims can make any runner 4% more efficient. The company is trying to prove this by attempting to break the last barrier in running: a sub-two-hour marathon.




sh

Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks

Last year, the San Francisco startup Allbirds released a shoe it calls the Wool Runner. This eco-friendly, merino wool sneaker exploded in popularity in Bay Area. Now, Allbirds is unveiling its second product, the Wool Lounger.




sh

Inside the Plane Graveyard Training Future Air Crash Investigators

USC houses a collection of twisted, burnt, jagged aircraft wrecks in a warehouse outside Los Angeles and it's where they train students to act as detectives in helicopter and plane crashes.




sh

The Crazy Choreography of Free Fire's Massive ’70s Shootout

From mustaches to muzzle flashes, Ben Wheatley's kinetic action-comedy is a meticulously planned affair.




sh

The Unsettling Performance That Showed the World Through AI’s Eyes

Artist Trevor Paglen is best known for images of the security state – drones, spy satellites and rendition planes – For a new work commissioned by the Cantor Arts Center he's collaborated with Kronos Quartet and Obscura Digital to look under the hood of artificial intelligence and machine vision.




sh

Phishing Scams Aren't Just for Gullible Grandparents Anymore

Phishing scams are getting more and more sophisticated, to the point where they’re fooling even security experts. Here's how to avoid them.




sh

Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality

A world without net neutrality might end up meaning that you have to pay more to access the internet content that you want. But it also might crush innovation.




sh

Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show

If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France.




sh

Now Amazon's Alexa Can Show You Things

Instead of just yelling at you, Amazon's Alexa now can show you things with a new flashy screen. Here's WIRED's review of the Amazon Echo Show.




sh

Watch the Tesla Model S Fail to Ace Its Latest Crash Test

Tesla is having a rough week. The company's stock price fell 20% in just a few days and now the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the Tesla Model S sedan failed to earn its best rating, the Top Safety Pick.