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WIRED's Gadget Challenge - Exclusive WIRED Store Walk-Through

Can’t make it to the WIRED store in person? Take an exclusive tour of this year’s gadget haven and check out everything the store has to offer with Erik and Justin from Battle Damage.




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What's Inside - Instant Hot Chocolate

All you notice is the sweet chocolatey taste, but what ingredients are you really consuming when you sip on a mug of instant hot chocolate?




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Battle Damage - Valentine's Day Destroyed at 1000 Frames Per Second

Love is in the air—literally, 15 feet in the air. Erik and Justin get in the Valentine's Day spirit by doing what they do best—smashing stuff, in this case a box of chocolates, a vase of roses, and a bottle of wine.




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What's Inside - Kitty Chow

It keeps your cats healthy and happy, but what’s really inside cat food? From soy flour to sulfates to ground-up meat byproducts it’s nothing but the cat’s meow for the little carnivores.




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Taking a 'Dronie'

Using one of Horizon Hobby's filmmaking drones to take an aerial selfie.




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What's Inside - Jell-O

It’s as American as apple pie and twice as wobbly, but what’s really inside Jell-O? Aside from collagen, the translucent gelatin sweet treat features collagen, sugar, artificial flavoring, and, oh yeah, chopped-up pig and cow hides soaked in acid.




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The Last Mile: Inside San Quentin's Tech Incubator

There’s a tech incubator popping up, but it’s not in Silicon Valley—it’s inside San Quentin State Prison. The Last Mile program teaches inmates entrepreneurship skills with the goal that each participant founds a socially conscious, tech-forward company. Award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner goes inside the innovative non-profit and follows inmates as they work to craft a business plan, pitch their ideas in front of venture capitalists, and then, transition back into society.




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Varys and Tyrion On 'The War to Come'

Varys and Tyrion On 'The War to Come'




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Newest Sex Toy Designs with Jimmyjane's Ethan Imboden

Designer and JimmyJane Founder Ethan Imboden at The 2015 Adult Novelty Expo, Las Vegas




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Split Screen - Silicon Valley's Gender Gap

Peter and Kelli Rubin love TV, movies, and games but don’t always see eye to eye—and the return of Mike Judge's HBO satire is no exception.




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Nerf's new challenge

Nerf is aiming its new shooters at girls. But do kids care about the marketing?




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3-D Mapping The World's Coral -- to Save It

Coral reefs are under threat, but measuring the loss has been difficult. To get a better and faster picture of coral health, researchers developed a new incredibly accurate 3D mapping system. Music - "I Still Really Love You" By Abjo (http://abjo.bandcamp.com/)




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I Made an Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' In My Office

WIRED senior writer Andy Greenberg puts new homemade gunsmithing tools to the test as he tries three ways of building an untraceable AR-15 semi-automatic rifle---a so-called "ghost gun"---while skirting all gun control laws.




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What's Inside - Sriracha

There’s a reason Sriracha is more popular than its fiery competitors. Featuring a mix of red jalapeño chile peppers, flavor profiles that ignite all five senses, and vinegar for an extended shelf-life, we break down the ingredients that make up the rooster sauce.




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What's Inside - Fireworks

Fireworks are as synonymous with the Fourth of July as hot dogs and barbecues, but what makes the decorative flashes of light burn so bright? A mix of charcoal, potassium nitrate, and sulfur, among many other ingredients.




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NASA's Simulator Puts All Eyes on Pluto

Watch New Horizons' historic flyby from the space probe's perspective




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New Horizons' First Close Look at Pluto

After billions of miles and nearly a decade in space New Horizons flew as close to Pluto as it ever will. The probe is already sending back the first beautiful images of the mysterious dwarf planet.




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Fly Over Pluto's Mountains

Fly over Pluto's beautiful mountains and the plains of its "heart" in this amazing NASA animation built with some of the first close-up images from the New Horizons probe.




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Henry's Premiere

A look at Oculus Story Studio's first virtual reality short film, "Henry" an animated porcupine who loves hugs.




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Earth's Selfie Satellite

NASA's DSCOVR satellite is sending back some of the most amazing images of earth ever seen, including the moon passing over our planet, beamed back from a million miles away. DSCOVR isn't just out there making pretty pictures, it's also an advanced warning system for potentially dangerous space weather.




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The Ludicrously Fast Tesla Model S P90D | Zero to 60 at Supercar Speeds

The Tesla P90D is the fastest Tesla on the market. WIRED associate editor Alex Davies gets behind the wheel to test out "ludicrous mode" which uses both of the car's electric motors for acceleration speeds normally only experienced in supercars from the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini.




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Ferris Bueller's Ferrari

You may know it as the gorgeous car Ferris Bueller and his friends drive around Chicago but to car fans it's the Ferrari 250GT California Spyder short wheelbase model, the one with the super-rare headlight covers.




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Here's All the New Stuff From Apple's Big iPhone Event

Apple presented new a Watch partnership, its new iPad Pro and Pencil stylus, a new Apple TV and of course, the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus with 3D Touch, 4K video and Live Photo features.




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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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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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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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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'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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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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What It's Like to Pull 4 G's in a Stunt Jet

Hitching a ride with the pilots of the Breitling Jet Team made me feel like chewed gum being slowly, ruthlessly pulled apart. I want to do it again.




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Microsoft's Surface Pro 4: A Hybrid on Its Way to Greatness

The laptop-tablet hybrid is clearly the future of Windows mobility, so it makes sense that Microsoft is trying to corner the market.




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Guillermo del Toro's Top 5 Horror Films

The "Crimson Peak" director lists his favorite scary movies of all time and talks about his own encounters with ghosts.




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Absurd Creatures | Bats Are Totally Awesome. Trust Me, I'm a Vampire

Bats are awesome. They're the only mammals that truly fly, they have echolocation and, scientists have recently discovered, tiny hairs that helps them fly by feel.




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A New List App Takes You Inside Celebrities'... Lists

Actor B.J. Novak has a new app for making lists of anything you want. But the real fun is in browsing the lists of celebrities like Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, and Snoop Dogg.




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Gear Review | WIRED's Creative Team Tests Apple's iPad Pro and Pencil

Apple's new iPad Pro is designed for professional creative work, so we put it to the test. A WIRED photographer, designer and video producer tried using the tablet and Apple's new Pencil stylus to retouch images, draw and edit video.




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What's Inside - What’s Inside a Flu Shot?

Each year the World Health Organization determines which of the thousands of influenza variants are most likely to circulate. Flu vaccines then use these variants at the starting point when developing the annual flu shot. Find out what’s inside the influenza-warding shot.




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9 MIT Media Lab Innovations that Changed the Future

From touchscreens to E ink and GPS to Guitar Hero, some of today’s most popular technologies all originated from the same place: the MIT Media Lab. To celebrate its 30th anniversary current and former directors count down the nine most influential innovations to come out of the future-forward lab.




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Coravin's Wine Gadget Lets You Drink One Glass Now, Save the Rest

The $330 Coravin Wine System beats a corkscrew any day and makes sipping and saving wine easy. It slides thorough the cork and fills the bottle with an inert gas as you pour, so leftover wine won't spoil.




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Want To Make Artisanal Ice At Home? Here's How

Forget going the bar for beautiful, crystal clear ice. You can now make artisanal ice cubes at home with the $80 Studio Neat Ice Kit. A perfect gift for any aspiring mixologist.




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Data Attack - Everything You Didn't Know About Star Wars, Explained with Action Figures

What's Darth Vader's death count? How many Lego sets has the franchise sold? Which nation accepts Star Wars collectable coins as real currency? Find out everything you didn’t know about the epic franchise, as told by Star Wars action figures.




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You'll Never Believe How We Got You to Click on This Video

Clickbait isn't art, it's a science. Click and find out how it works.




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Absurd Creatures | This Fish Makes Hawaii's Beaches in an ... Interesting Way

Love white sand beaches? Thank the bizarre parrotfish which eats coral and poops out sand. Oh, it also sleeps in a pile of snot.




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Wired's Top Five Entertainment Stories Of 2015

Music wars, television scandals, movie masterpieces and major disappointments, 2015 had it all. Have a look at our biggest entertainment stories from the last year.




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Wired's Top Five Gadgets Of 2015

It's been a good year for gear heads, so we've put together our top 5 gadgets of 2015.




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Wired's Top Five Security Stories Of 2015

2015 showed that the Internet is a dangerous place. Whether it’s your cellular-connected car or personal details on an adulterous dating website, no one seems safe anymore.




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Wired's Top Five Science Stories of 2015

It was a good year for finding stuff out and our favorite science stories all revealed something about the universe.




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Wired's Top Five Transportation Stories

Getting from A to B has never been more exciting than it was in 2015. We've got the best transportation stories of the year for you.




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CES 2016 - Polaroid's New Super-Cute, Super-Affordable Printing Camera

Print those selfies immediately! Polaroid's Snap camera is perfect for any party and it costs less than $100.




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CES 2016 - WIRED's Favorite Gadgets of CES

CES is a seemingly endless bonanza of product debuts. Everything from cars and drones to headphones and televisions is on display and in mind-boggling quantities. These products are WIRED's favorites.




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CES 2016 - WIRED's Top Gadget Trends from CES

Drones, throwback gadgets and the ever growing world of connected Internet of Things gear topped WIRED's CES 2016 trends.