WIRED's Peter Rubin entered a thunderdome of wordplay warfare and came out with schticker shock. This is a field guide to the weapons he deployed.

Rumor has it that oysters were the fuel behind Casanova’s fire, but are these slimy mollusks actually aphrodisiacs? WIRED cracks into the science behind the old wives’ tale.

Boeing is putting its newest plane, the 737 MAX, through a grueling series of test flights. Onboard, instead of seats and a meal service, a team of engineers captures data on its performance, and eats snacks from a cooler.

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.

Panelists from the White House Frontiers Conference discuss the new frontiers of space, science, medicine, transportation, and cities. And their must haves for frontier expeditions.

We speak with the Juno mission's lead scientist to find out what lies under Jupiter's poles.

US Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ways that recently signed UN climate agreement will spur innovations in renewable energy across the globe, including terror hotspots.

China has built the world's largest radio telescope and they're using it to observe outer space.

Subway commuters traveling between San Francisco and Oakland got tired of looking each other in eye. So, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency redesigned their train cars to give commuters more space.

The mudskipper is a fish marvelously adapted to terrestrial life. From it's powerful fin-feet to its googly eyes perched on top of its head, it's made for boogying across terra firma.

Daydream View, the first mobile headset of Google's new virtual-reality platform, is rock-solid VR at low cost.

Two sonic branding experts explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable sounds.

Poop rules everything around the dung beetle, including its sex life.

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

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.

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

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.

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

A few of WIRED's favorite gifts to make any outdoor outing more fun.

A few of WIRED's favorite gear and gadgets for homebodies.

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings.

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

Revisit WIRED's favorite Absurd Creatures of 2016 – the magnificent sex, food and fighting obsessed rhino beetle, the fish-bashing kingfisher bird and the aptly named peanut-head bugs.

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.

Korean automaker Hyundai is demonstrating a prototype autonomous version of its Ioniq hatchback at CES. The car could make self-driving affordable enough for us all.

The former phone maker is taking its software expertise to the world of self-driving cars.

WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment Alex Davies lays out the five biggest disruptions coming to the world of transport.

WIRED predicts the biggest trends for the year ahead. In this segment, Matt Simon looks at how the drug crisis in the US is being reframed as a health problem instead of a criminal one.

In a world where cars drive themselves, the steering wheel must go way beyond 10 and 2.

Last year was the hottest year since scientists started keeping records in the 19th century. It's no fluke---because it's humanity's fault.

As rLoop’s virtual and physical worlds come together, the team is met with various challenges – all while trying to build something that’s never technologically been done before.

Women from Silicon Valley joined the thousands that marched on Washington DC to protest the Trump Administration. WIRED joins a group of women in tech on their journey to the Capitol to fight for science, climate change action, immigration rights and equality.

Meet the lumpsucker, the tiny fish that sucks at swimming but is great at suctioning.

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the coffee plant and made the data public. That means we're about to see a coffee renaissance.

Swedish robotics enthusiast Simone Giertz is known for her inventive contraptions that may or may not work as intended. Simone takes us through her workshop and gives an extended look at some of her most outlandish machines.

Squid use a remarkable array of skin patterns to communicate. How? It's all a matter of getting inside their heads.

Here’s how the VFX team behind ‘Doctor Strange’ made the movie’s astral forms.