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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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Angry Nerd - Clicking Dislike on the Cyber-Horror Film "Unfriended"

The new horror movie “Unfriended” uses a screen-capture format to shape the film’s narrative. But guess what? Using Facebook messages, Skype calls, and Gchats to tell a story isn’t innovative, it’s LAZY! Angry Nerd explains why the cyber-horror flick deserves an IRL “dislike."




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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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"Planetary" Exclusive Clip

In this exclusive clip from the new documentary "Planetary," we learn how space travel has affected human beings on a greater scale, allowing us to view the world in which we live, with a completely new perspective.




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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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NYC’s Best & Worst Ways to Commute

What’s the best way to commute in NYC? We had five Queens residents take various modes of transportation, including Uber, a cab, the ferry, a bike, and the subway to see which one came out on top.




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Design FX - Mad Max Fury Road: Choreographing Complex Stunts & Car Chases

Shot mostly in Africa with real vehicles and complex stunts, “Mad Max: Fury Road” brings a high intensity to the post-apocalyptic franchise. Mike Seymour breaks down the complicated camerawork and VFX behind the action-adventure flick.




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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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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Best & Worst Foods for California’s Drought

California is in an unprecedented drought, but you gotta eat, right? Well, some foods use way more water than others. We chewed through a ton of data to make this bite-sized video. For you! -Brent




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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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WIRED Issue Preview – July 2015 – All Work & All Play, With Rashida Jones

WIRED presents the essential manual to finding happiness at work, with your career coach, Rashida Jones. Optimize your brain, your relationships, and your stuff to achieve a state of occupational bliss. Also this month: How Ebola survivors’ DNA could help treat other deadly viruses, billionaire VCs battle to capture massive ROI, one family’s epic quest to cure their son’s epilepsy, and more.




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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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"Geeks Who Drink" Teaser

Time to turn up and represent your inner nerd. Watch #GeeksWhoDrink on @Syfy this Thursday, starting at 11/10c.




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"Geeks Who Drink" Teaser 2

Sharpen your minds with @Syfy's latest nerdy trivia gameshow #GeeksWhoDrink. Tune in this Thursday at 11/10c.




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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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Hacking a "Smart" Sniper Rifle

Security researchers Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger can hack into TrackingPoint self-aiming rifles and make the famously accurate guns miss the intended target.




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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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Simply Perfect - Superheroes of the Culinary World | Sponsored by Patrón Tequila

San Diego chef Brian Malarkey shows us what it takes to prepare a large-scale formal dinner, served aboard an old train car, no less. Held during Comic-Con, the Patrón Secret Dining Society event brought together foodies and YouTubers like Jake Roper of Vsauce3 for a night of superhero-inspired dining. Sponsored by Patrón Tequila




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Simply Perfect - Vsauce3 on Comic-Con Cosplay, Doctor Who & Artists Alley | Sponsored by Patrón Tequila

Wonder what it’s like to attend Comic-Con? Jake Roper of the YouTube channel Vsauce3 offers an insider’s look at the people who bring the event to life, from the designers who create fan art on Artists Alley to the Doctor Who-obsessed cosplayers. Sponsored by Patrón Tequila




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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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WIRED <3 Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the NYC 'hood you've heard of but haven't met. We're proud to be part of the Downtown Alliance.




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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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Testing Out the Star Wars BB-8 Toy & More Gadget Gifts with YouTuber MKBHD

From the Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to the Star Wars Sphero BB-8 toy, Youtuber MKBHD gives a few gadgets a spin to help you figure out what to put on your wish list this holiday season.




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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.