One push of a button and 140,000 Tesla owners get a new user interface, improved Autopilot, and some clever new abilities. WIRED takes Tesla's new system for a spin.

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

Virtual Reality is the next frontier in entertainment, but it’s so new that the rules are still being written. No one knows the best way to develop, advertise, or create yet – and that’s what makes it so exciting.

Adam Summers is on a mission to scan all 33,000 species of ray-finned fish—and upload all of that data for anyone to make amazing 3D images, just like we did.

Google enters the phone fray with the Pixel, a premium Android smartphone with all the features of an iPhone plus Google Assistant and a headphone jack.

Jaimie Alexander hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about herself.

Chameleons are deceptively great hunters, with a tongue that can snipe prey in a split-second.

Like WIRED, our 44th president is a relentless optimist. President Barack Obama focuses on the future and the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome to move forward.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss how artificial intelligence might up-end economies and how societies can adapt.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama discusses what he’d like to see technology solve in government with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.

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.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss ethical concerns around artificial intelligence used in self-driving cars.

POTUS is a Trekkie! WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the original Star Trek series and what it reveals about our common humanity.

WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama, WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito discuss the challenges of cyber security in the age of artificial intelligence.

President and WIRED guest editor Barack Obama discusses the future of artificial intelligence with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.

Get to know the biggest, most chillest rodent on Earth (all 175 pounds of it).

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

Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have built a robot that can smoke cigarettes just like a human to better understand lung diseases. You're welcome, smoking lab rats.

A WIRED exclusive look at how Facebook will beam the internet with Aquila, a stratospheric solar-powered drone equipped with millimeter wave communications technology.

The new Macbook Pro is great, but it isn't worth rushing to the Apple store to drop $1,800 if you don't need a new computer this minute. Here's why.

Reggie Watts answers the Internet's most searched questions about himself. REGGIE WATTS: SPATIAL premieres on Netflix Dec 6

Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes the accents of some of Hollywood's biggest names. How accurate were they really?

Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, just released its sunglasses with built-in cameras. They're tough to get, but fun to use and they just might be the first face computer you'll actually want to wear.

Two Lockheed Martin helicopters, with help from a pair of drones, join forces to fight fires and save lives.

America has a new president who is, how should we say, unpredictable. There’s no telling how the NSA and the surveillance state will evolve in the next four years. So, if you’re worried about keeping your private communications private, here’s what to do.

If you overcooked your pan-seared salmon, you may be tempted to blame it on the type of salmon you bought, but none of that matters if you understand the chemistry of how this colorful fish cooks.

In August the DEA announced plans to ban Kratom, a herbal substance used to treat pain, anxiety and in some cases opioid addiction. A group of tenacious users got the agency to back down and extend public comment until December 1st. Now a tough decision lies before the DEA.

Former "Top Gear" and current "The Grand Tour" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May put their driving skills to the ultimate test...by racing toy cars.

You love crispy chicken skin but you always dry the breast out, right? Here's the solution using a little science.

Oculus Touch controllers are here – finally putting our hands in the same virtual space as our heads. Touch was years and scores of prototypes in the making. Watch to see how the form and function came together.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses teamwork every day to accomplish incredible scientific feats.

Office Christmas Party stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.

The Port of Los Angeles is one of the busiest ports in the country, and only gets busier during the holidays. With more global shipping now that ever, new technologies are emerging that can mend choke points in the process.

Family photos can be stressful. Let WIRED come to the rescue.

The Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finds Eddie Redmayne performing a mating ritual in front of a massive computer-generated beast. Using a combination of puppets and CGI, a slew of effects houses were able to craft convincing monsters to populate J.K. Rowling's imaginative world.

Office Christmas Party stars Kate McKinnon and Vanessa Bayer hang with WIRED to answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.

You wish you liked eggnog more than you do, right? Well, with this recipe and a few science tricks, you'll make eggnog that is not only delicious but brilliantly boozy too.

Produced for Atlassian by the WIRED Brand Lab. The process of team work is all around us. From construction, to music, to food, the greatest achievements are born out of teams. On its surface, collaboration is a seemingly simple process, but there is much more underneath. WIRED teams up with the experts and uses science to showcase the mechanics behind working as a team.

Visual Effects house Prologue has worked on some of the biggest movie franchises around. The different teams at Prologue deftly work together to bring some of their most familiar assets over to the virtual space.

Family occasions are stressful especially around the holidays.Google's Chade-Meng Tan shares some mindfulness tricks that'll keep you sane.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" stars Felicity Jones, Donnie Yen, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn and Alan Tudyk answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves.

There's a lot of bad logic out there. WIRED's Jason Tanz explains how to spot and fight the dumbest arguments online.

"Passengers" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.

Hyundai, the car manufacturer, is getting into other forms of mobility and work with its two new exo-skeletons.

2016 was the year that self-driving vehicles really took off. WIRED looks back at how much transportation is being changed by autonomous cars, trucks, and drones.

From gene editing and gravitational waves and the zika virus these were the top science stories of 2016.

2016 was the year a lot changed in gear. We lost headphone jacks on iPhones, got Snap's Spectacles and artificial intelligence is now powering a lot of our gadgets.

2016 was the year of retro-mania fueled Pokemon Go and Stranger Things and the beginning of a more diverse television future. Here are WIRED's top stories from the world of movies, music and TV.

2016 was a wild year in transportation ¬– from self-driving cars to smarter cities – WIRED looks back at some of the biggest stories about getting around.

Designers tackled some of the most pressing issues of our time in 2016. From equality to climate change, here are WIRED's most inspirational design stories of the year.