Author Michael Bishop's 'Rattlesnakes and Men' is about a town where everyone owns a dangerous ophidian.

New cyberwar policy, body scanners in Los Angeles, and more of the week's top security news.

PK's grill-and-smoker combo is solidly constructed and has excellent temperature control.

Sometimes the big guys, with their massive storms and fun-for-kids-to-draw rings, get all the attention.

A neurological “functional fingerprint” allows scientists to explore the influence of genetics, environment and aging on brain connectivity.

The CEO's increasingly erratic behavior is putting Tesla at risk. And there's blame to go around.

When Trump strips a former CIA director's security clearance, the impact is more than just symbolic.

Elon Musk’s public and sometimes-controversial tweets have triggered a cascade of events in recent weeks. We discuss on the Gadget Lab podcast.

Concerned social scientists turned their analytical skills onto one of their most widely used research tools this week: Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

The notch. The biometrics. The animoji. Apple's flagship smartphone is the one everyone's trying to copy this year.

In this week's Replay column we've got a plagiarism scandal, 'Diablo III' on the Nintendo Switch, and other disruptions. Let's dive in.

Google's sister company intends to rethink how cities work, and that means adding some flexibility to how their public spaces are designed.

If the unconfirmed claims of a room temperature superconductor are real, this is _bonkers_.

SpaceX's first crew is starting training on cockpit simulators and replicas of the spacecraft that will take them to the ISS.

Just 12 percent of machine learning researchers are women—a worrying statistic for a field supposedly reshaping society.

The Note 9 comes with a spiffed up camera, more storage than you'll ever need, and a stylus that doubles as a remote control.

Your phone can measure acceleration, magnetic field, sound, location, and maybe more—which turns it into a portable data collector for science projects.

The first high-quality, complete sequence of the bread wheat genome could support the creation of the first genetically modified wheat.

For a roguelike, *Dead Cells* is highly addicting. Thank sleek design and appreciation for the past for that.

In everything from cameras to batteries, researchers are pursuing biomimicry—basically, copping nature’s secrets.

On YouTube, the personal moment has transformed from bare-bones confessional to something unabashedly public.

If you’re on the fence about folding bikes, try this one.

A new movement says that crypto-voting can purify democracy—and eventually eliminate the need for governments altogether.

It’s tempting to mock last weekend’s Unite the Right rally as an abject failure. But doing so misunderstands how the group itself has been defining success for decades.

A band of activist-entrepreneurs is building a sensor network to warn when and where air strikes will hit—a constant threat under Bashar al-Assad's regime.

New analysis from mobile security firm Lookout shows that malware authors are taking full advantage of 'Fortnite' ditching the Google Play Store.

The proposed 3.6-mile route would take fans from the metro to the parking lot, saving them from hellish Los Angeles traffic.

The Tesla CEO might have trouble winning a showdown with the federal agency, according to experts.

What can the 14-person Digital Forensics Research Lab discover about fake news on Facebook that the billion-dollar company doesn't already know?

Jon H. Chu’s posh extravaganza is a movie of communal heart and necessary firsts.

A pair of clever studies show how the development of advanced social robots is far outpacing our understanding of how they’re going to make us feel.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is banking on decentralized identity to help it find long-term relevance.

Surf's up, dude.

Social media could help monitor air pollution that physical monitors miss.

Defense Distributed sparked a controversy that has little to do with 3-D printing and everything to do with the tiny hunk of metal that makes a gun a gun.

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Femaleness, Asian-ness, even beauty—the Miss Asian Global pageant aims to celebrate qualities that are often barriers in Silicon Valley. But can it transport its contestants from sexist trope to beyond the bamboo ceiling?

The shark flick went huge, while 'Slender Man' wasted away—because not all internet movies are made alike.

In an exclusive interview, Sonos' chief product officer Nick Millington charts the company’s history and hints at where it could go in the future—like outside your house.

MoviePass' latest offer isn't for everyone, but there are other options. Here's a guide to what's right for you.

Spending on electric cars is a great way to diversify an economy built on the back of Big Oil.

Bring up to 50 people into the conversation with these group video chat apps from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and more.

WIRED asked the Russo brothers themselves to offer up character profiles.

In the spirit of Meltdown and Spectre, a new vulnerability called Foreshadow could expose Intel's secure enclave to attack.

Mario Schlosser, the CEO of Oscar Health, wants technology to cure what ails the health care industry. And now Alphabet, Google's parent company, is betting $375 million on this digital panacea.

Networking isn't inherently evil. It's how teams of drones will one day be able to survey natural disasters, rescue survivors, and deliver your burritos.

“Minnesota actually gets just about the most smoke days of any state in the US, you just don’t notice it.”

The best fitness training tool might already be on your wrist.

Researchers are using eyeliner and fake eyelashes to tease apart the complexities of the jumping spider mating ritual. Welcome to Extreme Makeover: Arachnid Edition.