We'll talk about the different types—kinetic energy, electrical potential energy, etc.—and different sources, from fossil fuels to solar.

For a game that’s so embedded in the common consciousness, I’ve never actually played it—until now. And it’s just as wonderful now as I imagine it was in 1997.

Poll wonks and epidemiologists need to be more transparent. And we need to stop being suckers.

It may not be the prettiest—or cheapest—version of Sony's new console, but here are three reasons why it's superior to the digital-only option.

Uber and Lyft led a ballot measure that exempts them from AB 5. But millions of janitors, retail workers, and others are still covered by the statute.

The artificial intelligence programs can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients.

Yes, you could spend a few hundred dollars on a new console. Or you could hook your PC up to your TV with an HDMI cable.

Who gets priority when Covid-19 shots are in short supply? Network theorists have a counterintuitive answer: Start with the social butterflies.

The fast food chain is radically rethinking what the Golden Arches experience looks like, from a new loyalty program to more high-tech drive-thrus.

The iPhone 12 Mini does everything its bulkier sibling can do, just in a smaller package.

Apple's biggest phone to date has a larger image sensor that can take excellent photos, especially at night.

The latest Xbox will spoil you for older consoles, but to get the most out of it you might need a new TV.

In non-election news, Microgaster godzilla dives to find a caterpillar, forces it to the surface, and injects it with a baby that eats the host from the inside out.

Better indoor ventilation systems could make people safer and healthier—and not just because they’d slow down the coronavirus.

On this week’s Get WIRED podcast, three WIRED writers talk about what's next for election security, tech policy, and online conspiracies.

Trump’s aggressive policy scored only modest successes. Analysts say the US needs a more nuanced approach if it wants to out-compete Beijing.

Unlike most domestic animals, the goldfish is purely decorative.

In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information, which seems impossible by definition.

Each of the big three offers a wealth of options to limit screen time, find lost devices, and more.

From privacy to big tech monopolies, here’s an early look at what might actually happen in tech policy under a divided government.

Donald Trump has not yet conceded the presidential race, and may not any time soon. But there's no evidence whatsoever of a “stolen” election.

From growing hybrid flowers to catching pesky wasps, these tricks will turn you into a pro.

Plus: Ransomware hits Capcom, the US seizes Iranian domains, and more of the week’s top security news.

American ginseng is imperiled by overharvesting. Locals are racing to preserve the plant—and its economic potential, through “forest farming.”

Hear us out: Paying with a smartphone is actually more secure and more efficient than using a credit card.

Take your mind off cable news and plunk down with a new, discounted gaming mouse or tablet.

Xero's Z-Trail sandals are the shoes I've been seeking—literally—for my entire life.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

In Neal Pollack's sci-fi novel, young people voyage out in search of the ultimate party—only to find the Red Planet is ruled by a real estate developer.

It's the meme that gave Americans everything—except vote counts.

Physicians have seen this recovery symptom before, but they still don’t know why so many coronavirus survivors are being affected.

Plus: The 2000 election, the fate of 3D printers, and a spiritual journey.

There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research, which aims to build energy storage into the very devices and vehicles they power.

This week, we discuss the impending arrival of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, and how they’ll change the video game landscape.

It's taken years, but we finally have a streaming TV interface that makes things easier instead of more siloed and difficult.

Sure it's gross, but human mastery over its chemistry allowed the success of agriculture—and the rise of civilization.

A hacker identified only as Individual X had been sitting on a cryptocurrency gold mine for seven years before the IRS came knocking.

His legal ploys and lying tweets showcase the authoritarian worldview of his entire presidency: If you’re not with him, you don’t count.

Were all those state and national surveys worth the time? In this election, at least, his prediction would have been more accurate without them.

On Tuesday, several states passed ballot measures to relax drug laws. That's not just a criminal justice victory.

After more than a decade, researchers have confirmed their suspicions about the source of the phenomena.

Radish is technically a chihuahua (but I’m not convinced). And after a year of misery, she was everything I needed.

Peat fires smolder in the ground for months, suddenly emerging as surface wildfires. New simulations reveal their strange life, death, and reanimation.

Manufacturing, mining, and delivery firms, among others, are exploring building their own high-speed wireless networks with the new standard.

They say art mimics life, and that definitely applies to the often garish aesthetics of gaming hardware, from the 1977 Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 5.

The popular encrypted messaging app now lets you automatically make chats vanish after a week, but look out for a few caveats.

Ballot measures were approved in California to restrict commercial use of user data and in Michigan to require warrants for searches of electronic information.

Pollsters spent four years preparing to better capture Trump support and avoid a repeat of 2016. Somehow, they missed it again.

Following a well-funded campaign, California voters approved Proposition 22—allowing gig economy companies to keep treating workers as independent contractors.

Social media offered one way to make sense of election night with other people—but it also plays into some of our worst impulses.