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The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for Women | Sponsored Content

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Blogger Christen Rochon breaks down her top three picks for the lucky lady in your life. Brought to you by eBay




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3 Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Tech Guy in Your Life | Sponsored Content

Still stumped on what to get your guy for Valentine’s Day? Check out three techie-approved gifts, perfect for any guy on your list. Brought to you by eBay




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WIRED Lab - Meet the NASA Scientist Who Tracks Dangerous Asteroids in Earth’s Orbit

As a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marina Brozovic studies and measures near-earth asteroids—you know, the ones that can potentially cause catastrophic damage. Watch as Brozovic explains how her team tracks the orbit of these large masses and how NASA would prepare if one were to come barreling towards earth.




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Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump Is Just a Sore Loser

About what you said last night ...




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Bentley Gives the World Its First Ultra-Luxury SUV

The Bentley Bentayga sets a new standard of opulence for millionaires and billionaires who demand gobs of power, acres of leather, and the ability to tower over plebeians while fording rivers or scaling dunes.




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Design FX - How Designers Created a Nazi-Run World in “The Man in the High Castle”

Amazon Studios’ “The Man in the High Castle” take places in an alternate history, set in a post-WWII world where the Axis powers ended up victorious. To create the look of a United States run by Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, Zoic Studios was tasked with creating difficult visual effects and environment work. Find out how they did it.




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App Pack | The Best Mobile Apps for Skiing and Snowboarding

Hit the slopes with these apps that give you snow forecasts, buddy tracking, and resort maps all at your fingertips.




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Space Is Hard | The Gear of Exoplanet Exploration

When humans touch down on an exoplanet they'll need some new tools—like NASA's prototype mining robot and the Z-2 suit made for Martian hiking trips.




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Space Is Hard | How NASA Will Science Its Food and Drink for Interplanetary Travel

Growing food in space is hard. Keeping a limited supply of water clean and drinkable is no easy task either. Here's how NASA is going to science meals for interplanetary travel.




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Data Attack - Do You Have a Normal Sex Life?

The average person will kiss 21.5 people in their lifetime. And while guys lose their virginities at 16.8 years old, women will hold out a little longer until 17.2 years old. Find out how you stack up between the sheets as we run through the stats of an average sex life, as told with sex dolls.




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Design FX - It Took 5 Actors to Create "Deadpool's" Colossus

And one was nearly 7 feet tall.




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Forget Filters - 19th Century Tintype Photography Still Rules

Filters are fun and yes, quick. But as an Oakland tintype portrait photographer proves filters can't come close to the original craft developed in the mid 1800's. It'll cost you around $60 to get your portrait done, that's a bit more than a filter pack, but so worth it.




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Welcome to the Robot Hotel - Please See the Velociraptor for Check-In

Tired of having to talk to hotel staff? Welcome to the automated future at Japan's robot hotel.




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WIRED Lab - Top Gun for Astronauts: The Legendary T-38 Jet

Two NASA astronauts take us on a tour of the T-38 plane, which can fly faster than the speed of sound and has been used to train astronauts since 1961.




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App Pack | All You Need for a Festive St. Patrick's Day

St. Paddy’s Day gives anyone a great excuse to wear green and go drink beer. These apps are just the thing you need to celebrate the foremost patron saint of Ireland.




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Inside the Factory Where Acura Builds the NSX Supercar

Acura's NSX hybrid supercar is capable of a blistering 191 mph but to make a car this fast, you have to build it slowly and precisely.




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WIRED by Design - Writer and Director Jeff Nichols on Finding a Point of View

Jeff Nichols at WIRED by Design, 2014. In partnership with Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA. To learn more visit: live.wired.com




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Absurd Creatures | The Pygmy Seahorse Is Pretty Much the Where’s Waldo of the Sea

The pygmy seahorse is cute, that much is clear. It’s got amazing camo. Also clear. But the big mystery: How on Earth it changes to so perfectly match its surroundings.




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Review: Apple’s iPhone SE Is a Small Victory

Not everyone loves big phones. In fact Apple sold 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015. Now you can buy that small phone without having to sacrifice on performance. The iPhoneSE is small, much more affordable and packed with power.




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App Pack | 5 DIY Apps for Mastering Your Weekend Projects

Doing some home improvement, but you're hoping to avoid a trip to urgent care? These apps will help you with those DIY projects.




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Meet the Model 3, Tesla's Most Important Car

The $35,000 TESLA Model 3 is finally here. It is sleek, quick, more affordable and it's the most important car that Tesla has built.




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Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People

WhatsApp just made the scope of the Apple-FBI encryption battle look kinda small. WIRED's senior staff writer, Cade Metz, breaks down exactly why this is a big deal.




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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer

Trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.




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Meet the Itsy-Bitsy Spider With a Bear Trap for a Mouth

Trap-jaw spiders may be tiny but their unusual jaws pack a serious and lightning fast punch. Researchers using high-speed cameras recently discovered how speedy and lethal the spiders' bite can be.




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Absurd Creatures | This Fly Is So Horrifying We Had to Put Cute Baby Goats in This Video

Fair warning. This video is about the botfly's horrific larvae, which grow and feed in human flesh. Don't say we didn't warn you.




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Moog’s DIY Kit Is a Fantastic Crash Course for Synth Noobs

The Werkstatt-01 from Moog Music is a synthesizer you build yourself. It's also a valuable tool for learning how these mystical analog machines work. It'll cost you around $200.




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How to Get Out of the Worst Traps in Movie History - NSFW

Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier and actor Anton Yelchin play a game with WIRED. We asked them how they’d get out of trapped situations depicted in other films. It gets pretty crude, so this is NSFW.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - How to Make VR Porn | OOO with Brent Rose

It’s been reported that porn will be one of the biggest content offerings driving demand for VR. But what actually goes into making the porn experience full dimensional and real for the viewer? Brent Rose goes on set of a VR porn production shoot to find out how porn is evolving with new technology. Special thanks to KinkVR.com




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Absurd Creatures| The Nudibranch Says, ‘Hey, I’m Super Colorful. So No Touchy'

Look at the nudibranch. Beautiful, right? That's its way of saying it will mess you up. You see, the nudibranch packs a punch–in a very unusual way




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Stanford Is About to Have the Dopest Map Collection on Earth

Some would call David Rumsey a cartophile, while others may put it more bluntly and say he’s obsessed. Over 30 years he’s personally accumulated over 150,000 maps and he's just donated them all to Stanford University.




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The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World's Most Secretive Startup

The world's hottest startup isn't located in Silicon Valley–it's in suburban Florida. WIRED explores what Magic Leap's mind-bending technology tells us about the future of virtual reality.




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Where the Sounds From the World's Favorite Movies Are Born

WIRED gets a tour from veteran Foley artist John Roesch of the Skywalker's custom built soundstage. Roesch reveals some of the strangest audio props that were used in films like 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' 'Back to the Future' and 'Braveheart’.




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Rolls-Royce's New Droptop Roof Is Gorgeous and Silent

The droptop on the new Dawn is the epitome of Rolls-Royce: a robustly engineered system that feels as though it’s not even there.




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Designers Reimagine the Task Light—And It’s Gorgeous

You probably don’t give your lamp much thought when you switch it on. But the San Francisco design firm Box Clever recently spent two years thinking about a lamp perfect for designers.




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Visit a Roiling Deep-Sea Vent in Glorious VR

The promise of virtual reality is that it can transport you to places you’d prefer not to go, like the roiling vents at the bottom of the deepest oceans, where crushing pressures and searing heat make an environment fit only for robots.




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Absurd Creatures | The World’s Silkiest Anteater Is Not–I Repeat, Not–Stoned

The silky anteater isn't high. It's just tired, because this proficient nocturnal hunter has no business being up during the day.




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The 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Is an Off-Road Monster

If you thought the civilian version of the Ford F-150 was a bit much, it’s time you met its ripping off-road cousin, the Raptor.




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The Nostalgist: A Sci-fi Short Based on a Story From the Author of Robopocalypse

In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail.




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Stormtrooper Figures vs. Actual Lasers!

To celebrate Star Wars Day, we brought members of the Empire to FABberz NYC to see how they would fare against a real working laser. May the 4th be with you!




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The SFMOMA’s New App Will Forever Change How You Enjoy Museums

The renovated SFMOMA is now one of the most considered gallery spaces in the world. But it's not just the museum that got a redesign. The SFMOMA has also reimagined the audio tour experience with it’s new app.




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Absurd Creatures | Hail Hydra, the Incredible Critter That May Be Immortal

The hydra's got kind of a jellyfish thing going on, with tentacles it uses to snag prey. But this tiny freshwater creature regenerates itself over and over again.




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Seniors React to Driverless Cars

WIRED takes ten seniors for a ride in a self-driving shuttle around UCSD's campus. How do they feel about this cutting edge technology? Directed and produced by Jared Neumark Shot by Benji Dell Sound by Kara Johnson Edited by Josh VanBurskirk Special thanks to Serving Seniors and Varden Labs




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The Age of the Hyperloop Has Arrived. Well, for the Most Part

Hyperloop One successfully tested its propulsion system in the Nevada desert. It's an important step, but the journey to making the Hyperloop a reality has just begun.




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The Largest Plane in the World Stops Traffic in Australia

The Antonov An-225 is the biggest plane in the world. It's such a sight that 20,000 people flocked to the Perth airport in Australia to see this thing land.




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Apple Stores Are Getting a Full Makeover

Apple's new flagship San Francisco store is a redesign of the brand's shopping experience. Giant glass doors bring the outdoors inside to the new tree-lined Genius Grove where Creative Pros assist with music and photography apps and accessories.




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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.




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Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Trailer

Werner Herzog's (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) new film examines the technologically connected world we have built.




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Absurd Creatures | This Bearcat (Yeah, It's Real) Smells Like Popcorn

The binturong has a prehensile tail, crazy feet, and excretes a scent that smells like popcorn. Just call it Orville Smellenbacher.




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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.




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Duncan Jones Made Warcraft For Both Gamers and Movie Buffs

For gamers, World of Warcraft represents a massive universe in which they’ve spent many hours. But for many moviegoers, WoW’s Azeroth is a completely foreign place they know nothing about. So for his new movie, Warcraft, director Duncan Jones—a gamer himself—had to create a world that would bring in new fans and make long-time WoW players feel like they were coming home. In this interview with WIRED, he explains how he worked with Industrial Light & Magic to make that happen.