What do other cities have that NYC doesn't? Well, Europe's great food halls, Sydney's robust ferry system, and Moscow's elegant train stations for starters. New York city-based architects Vishaan Chakrabarti and Gregg Pasquarelli analyze how urban metropolis from around the world stack up against the city that never sleeps.

Sous vide machines can make tasty fare but the technique often leaves meat gray and unappetizing. WIRED's Adam Rogers fires up the $159 Sansaire Sear home blowtorch to add a little sizzle to a steak.

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.

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.

See the chicken walker get demolished in slow-motion as we bring the Ewok log smash to life, using thousands of Lego pieces.

It took 1,058 pieces of Lego and three hours of build time to create a replica of an Imperial AT-ST. Go behind the scenes to see how it all came together.

Most consider them pesky critters, but Dr. Alper Bozkurt of North Carolina State University thinks that cockroaches have the potential to save human lives. By hacking their antennae and transforming them into remote-controlled creatures, he believes we can use the cyber roaches as a mobile search and rescue team to help find survivors during natural disasters.

Brazilian scientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis is leading the frontier on mind-controlled exoskeletons that can translate thoughts into physical movement. Go inside his lab and find out how he’s helping paraplegics control aid-enabling devices just by thinking.

It took three hours to build the 1,137-piece AT-AT Lego replica—watch the Rebels take it down in 0.12 seconds in an epic fall on icy Hoth.

“We beat the hell out of each other for weeks.” James Bond stars, Dave Bautista and 007 himself, Daniel Craig, explain how they ended up with a fractured nose and an emergency knee surgery by not holding back during the fight sequences in the new “Spectre” film.

In Star Wars Episode III the TIE starfighter suffered a devastating blow from asteroid impact. Watch a slo-mo Lego replica of the crushing scene.

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.

It took two crashes and 1,559 Lego pieces to re-create the X-Wing fighter facing off against the Death Star. See how we pulled it off.

Watch a flaming LEGO X-Wing smash into the Death Star as we re-create the Rebels’ fatal attack.

Sea lions are incredible and unusual swimmers. One day engineers could use the sea lion’s secrets to create super-maneuverable, super-stealthy vehicles that’ll better navigate dangers like underwater minefields.

Sure, they’re pesky critters but termites can teach architects a thing or two when it comes building design. When creating giant mounds the insects build channels within them to help with ventilation. See how architects are attempting to replicate that process to create better heating and air conditioning systems in giant skyscrapers.

Watch all 1,329 Lego pieces of a replica Star Wars Millennium Falcon plunge into the desert planet Jakku.

Dan Meis explains the challenges of building an iconic building in the back yard of Rome's Colosseum, and how the enduring life of the classic arena should provide a lesson for the future of stadium design.

It was already partially assembled, but it still took more than three hours to put together this Star Wars Lego Death Star. See how it all came together.

It took 3,449 pieces to put together this Star Wars Lego Death Star. Watch it get destroyed in seconds with a baseball bat!

Do you or love music? Does someone on your gift list? Then you probably need some nice headphones. Here's how to pick the right pair and fit them for the best sound.

An epic mash-up of all our crazy Star Wars Lego Destruction videos!

In order to cast a light on a global issue like climate change, the team behind the new film Racing Extinction turned a standard Tesla Model S into a “mobile projection vehicle.” See what mods they made, and follow along at www.facebook.com/racingextinction

Find out how camera lenses take after moths by mimicking the way they absorb and hold in light.

This is the first annual Drone World Expo, 75 exhibitors and over 2,000 drone pros in the San Jose Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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.

Not sure what to get your tech-head friends for the holidays? YouTube star MKBHD reviews the Fitbit ChargeHR, Verizon’s Droid Turbo 2, and the Bose SoundLink mini speaker so you can get the right gadget for the right guy or gal.

Find out how Pixar raised the CGI bar for ultra-realistic environments and landscapes in “The Good Dinosaur.”

As Star Wars fans have grown up, so have their lightsabers. Forget cheap plastic toys, these sabers are bespoke laser blades that light up, buzz, and are made for Jedi dueling.

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.

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.

Outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood unsuspecting fans find out what it’s like to get force-choked by Darth Vader.

Love white sand beaches? Thank the bizarre parrotfish which eats coral and poops out sand. Oh, it also sleeps in a pile of snot.

Music wars, television scandals, movie masterpieces and major disappointments, 2015 had it all. Have a look at our biggest entertainment stories from the last year.

No foreign data while traveling abroad? No problem. From navigating map apps in offline mode, to saving digital copies of your important travel documents, this episode of Good As Gold has you covered. Use these tips from travel vlogger Peter Bragiel (pdrop) to survive abroad when your data doesn’t follow you.

It's not all twinkly lights, wrapped presents, and Yule logs. Uncover the darker side of Christmas from the 83 million trees that get chopped down to the $616.9 billion spent in November and December.

2015 showed that the Internet is a dangerous place. Whether it’s your cellular-connected car or personal details on an adulterous dating website, no one seems safe anymore.

It was a good year for finding stuff out and our favorite science stories all revealed something about the universe.

For companies and consumers, 2015 was a big year for practical design. Wired tells you why.

Getting from A to B has never been more exciting than it was in 2015. We've got the best transportation stories of the year for you.

the NFL made no secret of its desire to bring American football to a new international stage.

Come time for Super Bowl 100 in the year 2066, football will likely bear little resemblance to the sport we now know.

LG's Signature Fridge and Samsung's Family Hub Refrigerator concepts are a glimpse of the future of connected, touchscreen and app-controlled refrigerators that might even order their own groceries.

4K is so 2015. This year LG will begin selling an 8K television. We don't know what it will cost yet or what you might be able to play on it, but it's pretty cool.

WIRED executive editor Joe Brown checks out a temperature regulating coffee cup, a connected flowerpot, a remote pet food dispenser and a very loud speaker that doubles as a beverage cooler.

Print those selfies immediately! Polaroid's Snap camera is perfect for any party and it costs less than $100.

Perhaps the most audacious product on display at CES 2016 is Ehang's concept autonomous single-occupancy drone, the 184. The $200,000 to $300,000 helicopter will offer rides up to 23 minutes at the push of a smartphone app button.

CES is a seemingly endless bonanza of product debuts. Everything from cars and drones to headphones and televisions is on display and in mind-boggling quantities. These products are WIRED's favorites.

Drones, throwback gadgets and the ever growing world of connected Internet of Things gear topped WIRED's CES 2016 trends.

Robot museum guides, bitcoin ATMS, and levitation trains – no this isn’t a sci-fi movie, its a travel guide. In this episode of Good As Gold, we give tech-lovers the thing they’ve been missing: tech-centric travel recommendations. Get a closer look at two of the most advanced cities in the world with the help of travel pros Claire Marshall and Peter Bragiel.