Amy Blankson, the founder and CEO of Fearless Positivity, debunks some myths we've all heard about "happiness." Is it true that you either "have" happiness or you don't? Is social media making us less happy? Does success lead to happiness?

Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series and Creative Director for Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, explains the backstories of each and every Friendship in Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate. Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate includes the addition of Kombat Pack 2 featuring new playable fighters – Mileena, Rain and Rambo – along with the previously released Mortal Kombat 11 main game, Kombat Pack 1 and Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath Expansion. Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate is now available for PS5, PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, Nintendo Switch, PC and Stadia.

Inside these walls, scientists have been trying for decades to create an unlimited source of energy, nuclear fusion. Welcome to JET, the world's biggest nuclear fusion experiment. Scientists argue that fusion could replace coal gas and nuclear fission in the energy mix alongside renewable energy, which can prove to be unreliable. If we can learn to control it, nuclear fusion could change life as we know it. But that's a big if. This video was produced as part of Digital Society, a publishing partnership between WIRED and Vontobel where all content is editorially independent. Visit Vontobel Impact for more stories on how technology is shaping the future of society: https://www.vontobel.com/en-int/about-vontobel/impact/ With thanks to the CCFE: https://ccfe.ukaea.uk #WIRED #NuclearFusion #NuclearReactor

Dr. Nehemiah Mabry, PE, knows a lot about bridges. Nehemiah is a structural engineer and an educator; and he builds bridges for a living. Dr. Mabry sits down with WIRED to talk about all different kinds of bridges from around the globe. What's the difference between a cable-stayed bridge and a suspension bridge? Are bridges in China different from bridges in the United States? Why do they decide to build one bridge over another type of bridge?

Do algorithms enhance our worst behaviors? How do algorithms influence our world views? Are social media algorithms making the world worse? Tech journalist Sinead Bovell talks with an ex-YouTube engineer, a former design ethicist from Google and an Oxford professor about the impact algorithms are having in our lives.

Olympic archer Mackenzie Brown breaks down how archery is portrayed in video games. More and more video games are featuring bows in combat, but just how close are games getting to the real thing? Watch as Mackenzie takes a look at archery from games like The Last of Us Part II, Assassin's Creed Origins, The Forest, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3 and much more.

During the Cold War, surveillance in Moscow was the most difficult kind of surveillance that the US had encountered around the globe. Moscow had its own set of rules since it was such a difficult place to work. Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez talks about some of the tactics, gadgets and disguises CIA operatives used in the field during the Cold War. Check out Jonna Mendez’s most recent book The Moscow Rules or find more information about her on her website on https://www.themasterofdisguise.com/ Moscow Rules: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541762185/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0 Archival images courtesy of the International Spy Museum (SPY) in Washington, DC, a Guinness World Record recognized nonprofit with the largest collection of spy artifacts in the world. At the Museum, you can see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: www.spymuseum.org/ Additional Archival Images Courtesy of: Clint Emerson’s Five Second Mask, also courtesy of International Spy Museum Image of Trigon courtesy of the CIA who does not endorse the contents of this production Crypto Museum: www.cryptomuseum.com Getty Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

Survivorman host Les Stroud uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about outdoor survival. How do survivalists subsist on one bug a day? How does one keep from inhaling too much smoke from a fire? How does Les prepare for a trip? How does he keep his camera batteries charged during excursions? Host and producer of Survivorman, Les Stroud is credited with creating the genre known as Survival TV. He is an award winning producer-director of several series and an author and musician and he launches Surviving Disasters with Les Stroud (March 2021) on all PBS stations along with Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest and his new children's book: Wild Outside with Annick Press.

Card Sharks host Joel McHale answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. Does Joel McHale own any lions? Did Joel leave Community? How much does he make for Card Sharks? Why does he have a knife collection? Joel answers all these questions and much more! Card Sharks Airs Sunday on ABC

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Since the invention of the microscope in 1595, advancements in imaging technology have altered the realm of what's possible when studying the inner workings of the human body. Today, scientists, engineers, and researchers at CZI are working to push the frontiers of imaging even farther in the pursuit of the ability to cure, prevent, and manage diseases.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for NI | Sometimes it seems like technology updates faster than the everyday consumer can keep up with, but our needs as a society require constant iteration to our devices. To learn more about the little things that power innovation, we met up with experts at NI to discuss lithium batteries. Little things are all around us. Come back for another episode detailing how, through incremental iterations, some of the technology we know and love came to be.

During the Cold War, surveillance in Moscow was the most difficult kind of surveillance that the US had encountered around the globe. There are lots of was to collect intelligence, and cameras were former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez's favorite. Jonna talks about all the different photography methods US spies used during the Cold War, from carrier pigeons holding tiny cameras to a variety of different spy cameras that could be hidden in pens, ties and pocketbooks. Check out Jonna Mendez’s most recent book The Moscow Rules or find more information about her on her website on https://www.themasterofdisguise.com/ Moscow Rules: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541762185/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0 Archival images courtesy of the International Spy Museum (SPY) in Washington, DC, a Guinness World Record recognized nonprofit with the largest collection of spy artifacts in the world. At the Museum, you can see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: http://www.spymuseum.org/ Additional Archival Images Courtesy of: Images of Tolkachev are courtesy of a family friend, from The Billion Dollar Spy. You can find out more about the book here: https://www.davidehoffman.com/ Image of Matchbox Camera courtesy of the CIA, who does not endorse the contents of this production Interspectral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoG3unoSTVcR64o8vGb1SEQ Getty Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

Actor and D&D Dungeon Master Joe Manganiello uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about Dungeons & Dragons. ARCHENEMY is In Theaters, On Digital and On Demand December 11

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | When social isolation began, Cameo founder Steven Galanis thought his company’s days were numbered, when in reality the opposite occurred. Discover how Galanis is managing record-breaking growth in the midst of a global pandemic in conversation with Guy Raz.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Guy Raz speaks to Sal Khan, founder of the non-profit educational organization Khan Academy, about adapting to meet the needs of both students and employees during the pandemic.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Guy Raz speaks to Coltrane Curtis and Lisa Chu, founders of the marketing agency Team Epiphany, about keeping the momentum going when the world came screeching to a halt. How do you keep employees on track and supported when the office is gone? And what does it mean to be flexible during the pandemic?

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | How do you not only sustain, but grow your business during the pandemic? Guy Raz and Tilane Jones, president of the distribution company ARRAY, discuss the future of work and staying flexible to meet the needs of consumers.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy and Portal from Facebook | Tech Expert Gurpreet Sarin Explains the Technology Behind Smart Cameras with a Grandmother, Pam

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy and Portal from Facebook | Tech Expert Gurpreet Sarin Explains How to Multi-Task at Home During the Holidays

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy and Portal from Facebook | Tech Expert Gurpreet Sarin Talks Augmented Reality with Elementary Schooler Uschi

Questlove answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. What's Questlove's real name? What's in his hair? Where does Questlove buy cheesecake? What kind of drums does he play? Questlove answers all these questions and much more. SOUL releases November 20 to Disney+

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for NI | For so much of history, once-in-a-century breakthroughs in technology have soaked up much of the spotlight. But large scale change is truly the culmination of the efforts of thousands of scientists and engineers. To learn more about the little things that take us from an idea to a technological revolution, we met up with experts at NI to discuss the development of MEMs devices.

In this episode of Game Over(analyzed), Associated Researcher of Media Culture Lars Schmeink breaks down how cyberpunk is portrayed in modern video games. Most people recognize the cyberpunk aesthetic from movies like Blade Runner and The Matrix, but there are plenty of video games that fit into this subgenre as well. Lars talks about how the cybernetic enhancements from games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution relate to both real-life and cyberpunk fiction. Lars Schmeink is an Associated Researcher of Media Culture with Hans-Bredow-Institut. Lars is co-editor of "The Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture” (https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Cyberpunk-Culture-1st-Edition/McFarlane-Schmeink-Murphy/p/book/9780815351931).

Maize is one of the most widely grown grains in the world. The way that much of it is processed has contributed to making millions of people sick over the past 500 years. Dr. Bill Schindler talks about how our modern approach to corn prioritizes convenience and profit over safety and nutrition. Early farmers discovered a process called nixtamalization that allows the human body access to corn's nutrition, but many of the modern ways that corn is delivered to us skips this process. Find more information on Dr. Schindler, his research, classes, and recipes: http://www.eatlikeahuman.com https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/eastern-shore-food-lab/index.php https://twitter.com/drbillschindler?lang=en Additional Footage Courtesy of CIMMYT https://www.cimmyt.org/

Alex and Mollie Damon from the YouTube channel "Star Wars Explained" answer Twitter's burning questions about the Star Wars universe. If they could meet one character from the Star Wars universe and ask them a question, what would it be? Are all human-looking characters in Star Wars the same species? In what order should a newcomer watch the movies? Why can't the Mandalorian take off his mask in front of people? Alex and Mollie answer all these questions and much more! Check out Alex and Mollie Damon's YouTube channel Star Wars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWarsExplained Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain Follow Mollie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MollieDamon

Dua Lipa answers the internet's most searched questions about herself. What's Dua Lipa's real name (SPOILERS! It's Dua Lipa!)? What was Dua's first song? What kind of accent does she have? Does she speak Spanish? Does she support Liverpool? Is she a fan of anime? Dua Lipa answers all these questions and much more!

What kind of impact have The Try Guys had on the internet? WIRED combs the web for data about Keith, Ned, Zach, and Eugene. What happens when you Google "The Try Guys"? What words are associated with them? Who's the most popular Try Guy?

Zara Larsson answers the internet's most searched questions about herself. What's Zara Larsson's vocal range? What was Zara's first song? Is she related to Brie Larson? What's her zodiac sign? Zara answers all these questions and much, much more.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qatar Foundation | The face of education is changing faster than ever before with so much technology at our fingertips. Some educators are particularly excited about the promise of virtual reality creating transformative learning opportunities. In this WIRED guide, we reached out to experts at Qatar Foundation to get the full scope of what’s possible with VR.

Yo-yo champion Harrison Lee explains yo-yo tricks in 26 levels of difficulty. Starting with tricks using an unresponsive yo-yo, Harrison progresses until he's popping the yo-yo into the air, and dancing the string in and out of the yo-yo's axle.

2020 was quite the year. Rachel Brosnahan and Natasha Leggero from "Yearly Departed" answer 50 of the most googled questions about the year 2020. What were some of the most googled questions from this tumultuous year? Was 2020 the hottest year on record? Was 2020 a recession? Who won the NBA Finals MVP? Rachel and Natasha answer all these questions (well, the best they can) and much more. Yearly Departed is out on Amazon 12/30

Retail architect Sterling Plenert designs restaurants, and his job got quite a bit more challenging when tasked with designing eateries with COVID restrictions. Sterling explains what the restrictions are and how he designs restaurants within those guidelines. He also looks towards the future of NYC dining and envisions a version of New York with permanent outdoor eating. We'd also like to acknowledge the other members of the CallisonRTKL team who envisioned how outdoor dining will change New York: Tyler Blazer, Jim Browning, Laura Camejo, Sahil Dagli, Lee Hagen, Erin Langan, Nikita Malviya, Renée Schoonbeek, and Gloria Serra Coch

Star Wars: Squadrons is a game about becoming a pilot in the Star Wars universe. There's plenty of iconic starfighters featured in the game, and developers Ian Frazier and Shadi Mallak sit down with WIRED to break down each and every one of them. How did the developers take these legendary designs and translate them to a video game? Ian and Shadi explain exactly how they did it.

In this episode of Game Over(analyzed), military historian Mike Loades breaks down how medieval weapons and armor are portrayed in modern video games. Watch as Mike takes a look at armor and weapons from games like Dark Souls, Mordhau, The Witcher 3, For Honor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and more. Just how realistic are these games?

As co-founder and CTO at Slack, Cal Henderson oversees the messaging platform's world-class engineering team and sets the technical vision for the company. Join Henderson at WIRED Smarter as he discusses how to stay connected with your colleagues while working during the pandemic. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast? Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively. Adrienne Crosier is a biologist and manager of the cheetah reproductive and research program at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. SCBI plays a leading role in the Smithsonian’s global efforts to save wildlife species from extinction and train future generations of conservationists. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation You can find Dr. Chris Raynor on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNgMVaiBmD2W701dALL9Iw Cheetah x-rays courtesy of Cheetah.org: https://cheetah.org/ Cheetah anatomy illustrations courtesy of Jun Huang and Jun's Anatomy: https://www.junsanatomy.com/ Human/cheetah concept illustrations by Max Wittert IG: @maxwittert | Twitter: @waxmittert Additional images from Getty and Alamy The Oldschool PC Font sourced from VileR at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qatar Foundation | This year, the coronavirus pandemic has put educational institutions to the test globally. From fully remote to hybrid learning, parents and teachers have exhausted every possible option to keep students on track, but is stress making it biologically impossible? For this WIRED guide, we met up with experts from Qatar Foundation to learn how stress may hinder a student’s ability to learn if they don’t prioritize practicing resilience and self-care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been terrible for female entrepreneurs. Women are more likely to be furloughed and are 47 per cent more likely to have lost or quit their job. The International Monetary Fund has warned that Covid-19 threatens to roll back the last 30 years of economic gains for women. And it’s a similar outlook for women entrepreneurs. If nothing changes, we are facing dire consequences for our global economy. In this panel from WIRED Smarter 2020, multi-award winning author, Elizabeth Uviebinené, Michelle Kennedy, founder and CEO of Peanut, one of the fastest-growing apps and social networks for women and Cherie Blair, the Founder of The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women share what can be done to fix this for the next generation of women entrepreneurs. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

The way that we produce and consume dairy today is nothing like it's been for thousands of years. It has resulted in nutritionally inferior foods. The cows are fed differently, the milk is treated differently and we even eat it differently. The key to unlocking dairy's potential lies in its past. Dr. Bill Schindler talks about dairy fermentation and how modern processes like pasteurization and homogenization can degrade the nutrients naturally present in milk. Find more information on Dr. Schindler, his research, classes, and recipes: http://www.eatlikeahuman.com https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/eastern-shore-food-lab/index.php @drbillschindler

Having handed over the leadership of Ocado Technology in April 2018, Paul Clarke now leads the Office of the CTO whose mission includes exploring opportunities to use Ocado's technologies and competencies to disrupt other sectors, research activities and the technology vision and future-proofing of the business. Join Clarke at WIRED Smarter as he discusses the future of grocery shopping. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Dr. Jennifer Doudna, the coinventor of CRISPR, and Dr. Melissa Moore, Chief Scientific Officer of Moderna, discuss the rapid progress of developing a Covid vaccine using groundbreaking techniques, and what lies ahead for medical science research.

The pandemic has turned the business of travel upside down. Leaders from JetBlue, Deem, and Booking.com discuss the industry's future.

The office is now at home. Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, and Bret Taylor, President and COO of Salesforce, discuss the shifting paradigm of what it means to go to the office.

Ash Carter, former Secretary of Defense, discusses the AI policies that will shape the tech and defense industries.

Christopher Krebs, former Director of Cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the real threats to voting, from disinformation to intimidation to foreign interference.

CES is quite a bit different this year. For the first time ever, CES is entirely virtual, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to talk about. Senior Writer Lauren Goode talks with WIRED staff about the newest tech from the show, including TCL's rollable phones, shower head speakers, UV phone chargers, Samsung's microLED televisions, the future of ARM processors and much more.

Kate Raworth is an economist focused on making economics fit for the 21st century and the author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. Join Raworth at WIRED Live as she describes how doughnut economics impacts businesses. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Wizards of the Coast game designer and editor Matt Tabak uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about Magic: The Gathering. Why does everyone "hate" mono-white? If you attack with a 2/2 creature and are blocked by a 2/2 creature, which creature gets destroyed? What happens if your hand has no lands and you can't play any cards? What's the weirdest, most obscure MTG rule that Matt knows of? Matt answers all these questions and much more.

Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey is a globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. Join him at WIRED Smarter where he spoke about how businesses everywhere can challenge the traditional diversity and inclusion narrative to fit a model they can actually use. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for City National Bank | As part of a series of one-on-one conversations with business leaders, City National Bank CEO Kelly Coffey and Angela Benton, founder and CEO of consumer data company Streamlytics, discuss the optimism, communication, and empathy critical to success as business leaders. Explore more of the series with City National Bank Member FDIC. *This was shot in accordance with the Covid-19 guidelines set as of the date of filming.