And just like at DC, and maybe even at Star Wars, I promise you it will end in tears.

As the agency considers sending people to the moon and Mars, it’s taking a fresh look at the research on cancer risk and recalculating acceptable thresholds.

Players in Stardew Valley and other titles are experiencing a kind of gender euphoria—and it’s helping them be themselves.

Baby Olivia weighed 1 pound, 10 ounces. Her doctors faced a stressful paradox: giving her the healing power of a parent's touch, while keeping the virus out.

From a bouquet of flowers to sex tech, you can save on gifts for your special someone.

Long, long ago, a human modified a conch shell to belt out a tune. Here's how scientists resurrected its triumphant sound.

Balancing a studio’s desire to create a challenging game and casual players’ demands for something lighter can be tough. Control did it very well.

After an update in December, the app began infecting Android devices, bombarding users with ads on their default browser.

Curated video game ecosystems pose an uncertain future for those outside the blockbuster bubble.

Covid-19 has upended churchgoing in the US. Like so much else with the pandemic, the impacts are not felt equally.

The audio app hosted discussions on sensitive topics such as Taiwan and Uighurs before it was removed from the App Store. Some users have found workarounds.

Share playlists, listen with friends remotely, and stay connected with these tips.

CD Projekt Red's list of woes gets longer, as hackers claim to have stolen the source code for their most popular games.

Don’t use an iTunes gift card to purchase doses of the vaccine online.

Teaching my high school class remotely hasn't been easy. But it has taught me a lot about how to use interactive tools to keep their attention.

Using a camera shooting 300,000 frames per second, researchers catch the amphipod snapping its extraordinarily powerful claw.

The maker of electric vehicles said it had invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin and plans to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for its cars.

“When the planes didn't attack, a silence fell over the crew. Why didn't they finish the job?”

When galleries and museums closed, artists found new ways to present their work. Now they're looking ahead to what their craft will look like after the pandemic.

Apple’s flagship noise-canceling headphones have a premium build and a premium price tag, but they also sound better than the rest.

The attacker upped sodium hydroxide levels in the Oldsmar, Florida, water supply to extremely dangerous levels.

After a year of quarantine, we could all use help relearning how to connect to people in a healthy way.

They talk about something called state vectors. What the heck are those, and would it really work?

This glowing microneedle test could catalyze a transition from blood-based diagnostics to a stick-on patch.

What will films look like because of Covid-19? The same as during any other traumatic event. Some good, some bad, some brilliant.

A workplace has its own informal cardinal directions: elevatorward, kitchenward, bathroomward. It's a map we share.

A warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could become the first Amazon union in the US. But it won’t happen overnight.

As potentially more dangerous variants of Covid-19 spread, scientists are taking a crack at giving them clearer names that’ll help in the fight.

Car companies have had to reduce output, pause production, and even idle shifts and entire factories.

Dance and robotics rarely overlap. But if they did, it could make robots seem less like industrial contrivances, and more like empathetic beings.

Micrometeorites fill every corner of our planet. Matthew Genge is using these shards of interplanetary space to understand Earth and its place in the solar system.

Running out of storage for that new game or work files you need to download? Here’s how to make some room.

Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers might make TV viewers feel like they should have a controller in their hand.

Disillusioned after Biden was sworn in, conspiracy theorists could now be swayed back to reality by conservatives and family members—or toward darker fringes.

Everyone has an opinion on their wireless carrier, but the “best” option for you isn’t the best option for someone else. Here’s how to decide.

Plus: Smartmatic lawsuits, a fake WhatsApp, and more of the week’s top security news.

In order to curb the industry's prolific carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made.

Yeah, there's a big football game this weekend, but we're more excited about these OLED TV and soundbar deals.

A new bill directly targets the most egregious excesses of online platform immunity.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

The director Mike Cahill loves ambiguity—and he used to be good at it.

Ken Liu's new short story is about a mother and father who get harassed online when they advocate for gun control following their daughter's murder.

It’s ridiculous that I May Destroy You wasn’t nominated. But if Michaela Coel won't get an award, at least give one to Baby Yoda.

Plus: The shelf life of a tech executive, innovation in the Covid era, and a green new emailer.

This week, we discuss Elon Musk's drop-in and how the platform is weathering its growing pains.

For this Danish photographer, documenting the birds’ migration through the autumn dusk takes patience—and a fast shutter speed.

Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine can be delivered in a single dose, but it’s also slightly less effective. Who should get it?

WIRED has found dozens of far-right and white supremacist figures monetizing their livestreams through “donation management services” Streamlabs and StreamElements.

Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok have all taken action against the hacker community in recent days.