Bucharest-born photographer Ioana Cîrlig documents the decline of former factory towns across the country.

The electric relay makes all kinds of household devices possible, but they don't get much love. Until now!

Those films are made for theaters—and they'll stay that way.

Press a button on this wrist-worn wearable to raise or lower your body temperature.

It can pay your tolls and display Amber Alerts and track your location. But at several hundred bucks a pop, maybe your EZ-Pass will do for now.

Alphabet's DeepMind artificial intelligence unit is mining data from Veterans Administration patient records, looking for clues to acute kidney injury.

Netflix’s choose-your-own-adventure content will find its audience—first through novelty, then because creators will tease ever more fireworks out of the form.

Body size and food consumption might not be the be-all, end-all of health and well-being. So why are we so obsessed with how we look and what we eat?

Weedmaps doesn’t sell pot itself. It's just a tech platform that provides visibility for those who do—apparently, whether or not they follow state rules.

Nearly 200 US colleges are offering around $15 million per year in scholarships, and university teams can earn millions more in tournament prizes.

It takes a master demagogue to weaponize unstable individuals and aim them at political enemies.

Whether you’re hacking a Roomba into a home-­security droid or assembling your own robocreation, outfit your workbench with these essentials.

From military medical tents to the drafting table, the versatile X-acto knife always makes the cut.

AI has its uses, of course. But Google’s multiple-choice attempt at linguistic outsourcing in our inboxes? That's a real horror.

Whether you’re a casual scribbler or seasoned illustrator, the iPad Pro, paired with its Pencil, can be a serious artistic tool.

The web’s founders fully expected some form of digital payment to be integral to its functioning. But nearly three decades later, we're still waiting.

Did you know human salivary glands pump out about a quart—a Big Gulp!—a day?

Instagram is full of serene, beautiful, caftan-clad mothers. But nothing on the platform really focuses on the visceral ravages experienced by a postpartum body.

Last week was busy, but everyone had an opinion on those photos of the president with some burgers.

Elon Musk prepares for lean times, news from CES and the Detroit Auto Show, and more in the future of cars.

A total lunar eclipse known by any other name ... is still a total lunar eclipse.

Sharing is caring. But it's worth checking if your streaming accounts have picked up any suspicious stragglers along the way

Subatomic particles streaming through the atmosphere could have fatally irradiated ancient megafauna like the megalodon monster shark.

It's not all fact-checking physics and rubbing elbows with celebs, it turns out.

Trump dominated security headlines this week, but there's plenty of other news to catch up on.

Scientists don’t know why a spot in space exploded. They still haven’t figured out black holes, either.

There are some exciting sales this cold weekend from REI, Apple, Samsung, and more.

From new breast shields to hands-free pumps, breast pumping technology just keeps getting better and better.

Shareholders are suing Elon Musk over that "taking Tesla private" tweet, and just got the right to subpoena Banks and Grimes.

WIRED’s Peter Rubin joins the Gadget Lab podcast to talk about his experience wearing Nike’s newest self-adjusting sneakers. Plus: Nitasha Tiku weighs in on mandatory arbitration at tech companies.

CEO Elon Musk says the layoffs will help the electric car maker as it leans into the tough job of building mass-market cars.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company's Cortana digital assistant should be available on smart speakers made by rivals like Amazon and Google.

An economist studying pay records as part of an ongoing lawsuit found the software company paid women 14 percent less annually than men doing similar jobs.

An explosive new report from Buzzfeed News makes the impeachment of Donald Trump not just possible, but likely.

A new study shows that doctors wrote more prescriptions, and more people overdosed on opioids, in counties where drug companies spent more money.

Photographer Kevin Frayer goes behind the scenes at the massive Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China’s Heilongjiang Province.

Also: hey, why do Star Wars games keep getting canceled?

Breville's smart oven makes a foolproof, restaurant-quality Neapolitan-style pizza, and sits on your countertop.

A company that wants to slap logos on the night sky is raising tricky questions about what belongs in space.

There's one big question at the core of writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's new movie: Who gets to be a hero?

India's government has proposed rules that would require encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp to decrypt data, threatening the security of users globally.

The Trump administration has presented its Missile Defense Review, and yes, there are lasers.

Insects are touted as a major new source of protein, but scaling up Big Cricket could mean new problems—such as what to do with all their "frass."

Fitness is what’s driving smartwatches.

More than 30 years after the original manga began, the anime series and feature films are more popular than ever.

Ad-hoc systems and haphazard databases made the Trump administration’s cruel border separation policies somehow even worse.

Also: Steve Carell is making a Space Force show for Netflix, and Apple is teaming up with Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray.

Sure, you need big muscles to win the Lunar Impact event in Dwayne Johnson's new reality show. But you won't get anywhere without friction.

The people want their cars big and gas-powered. The automakers are happy to provide.

Even if your knife skills are solid, a food processor is still faster and more convenient for bigger projects.