A new model incorporates protein, drug, and clinical data to better predict which genes are most likely make proteins that drugs can bind to. The post Supercomputers Are Stocking Next Generation Drug Pipelines appeared first on WIRED.

The strange story of Amir Taaki---Bitcoin coder, anti-ISIS revolutionary, and British terrorism defendant. The post How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in Syria appeared first on WIRED.

When it came to big-screen horror adaptations, the Reagan decade wasn't always kind to the author. But Hollywood has only gotten Pennywiser with age. The post With the First Trailer for It, Stephen King Reclaims the '80s appeared first on WIRED.

The reboot of the automaker's self-driving system gets going. The post Tesla Finally Makes Its New Autopilot as Good as the Old One appeared first on WIRED.

Puffer, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, can explore places too risky for bigger, more expensive rovers. The post NASA’s Shapeshifting Origami Robot Squeezes Where Others Can’t appeared first on WIRED.

The Final Four plays out in Arizona this weekend, but you can watch it in VR. The post Intel's Got a Plan to Dominate VR. First Stop? March Madness appeared first on WIRED.

In Facebook groups sharing posts focusing on language learning, early English students are turning to Trump-speak to learn basic vocabulary and concepts. The post Trump's Speeches Are Helping People Learn English. Really appeared first on WIRED.

Gear VR games should get a lot easier to navigate, thanks to a new controller and an overhauled Oculus app. The post Gear VR Just Took a Huge Leap Forward (Thanks to Oculus) appeared first on WIRED.

The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus put everything that was great about the Note 7 in a slicker, non-explosive package. The post Samsung's Sweet Galaxy S8 Will Make You Forget All About the Note 7 appeared first on WIRED.

Before takeoff, NASA test pilots brave a battery of training and testing on the ground. The post Flight Lab: Watch as I Flunk NASA's Brutal Test Pilot Training Course appeared first on WIRED.

The root of so many high-profile data leaks are the insecure databases that underpin the internet. The post If You Want to Stop Big Data Breaches, Start With Databases appeared first on WIRED.

A truly unconventional game challenges <em>and</em> delights; this does both by allowing you to be literally anything you want. The post Everything, a Must-Play Game Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before appeared first on WIRED.

Sure, there are some cool new features, but the big message is that Windows wants to do more things natively. The post Windows 'Creator's Update' Has Come to Kill Your Apps appeared first on WIRED.

Imagine if the House Science Committee held other branches of science to account like they did climate science. The post Some Other Scientific Theories the GOP Should Debate appeared first on WIRED.

As a civil war over the future of bitcoin simmers, a new kind of blockchain offers a more peaceful way to bring democratic rule to cryptocurrency. The post A Plan to Save Blockchain Democracy From Bitcoin's Civil War appeared first on WIRED.

Starship Technologies' cooler-sized robot starts slinging the 'za. The post This Delivery Robot Isn’t Just Charming. It’s Stuffed With Pizza appeared first on WIRED.

Ultimate Ears has a new smaller Boom speaker that ticks many of the same boxes as its larger cousin, but costs half as much. The post You've Never Seen a Bluetooth Speaker Cuter Than the UE Wonderboom appeared first on WIRED.

The region is poised for more renewable energy and less coal. The post Trump Can Scrub the Clean Power Plan, But the West Will Stay Green appeared first on WIRED.

The company that changed retail forever by bringing everything to your door wants to convince you it's innovative to drive to them. The post Amazon's Time-Saving Trick for Groceries: You Drive to Us appeared first on WIRED.

Tinder Online encourages users to temper their snap judgements with some genuine connections. The post Tinder's New Desktop App Pushes You to Actually Talk to People appeared first on WIRED.

It all goes back to HAL 9000. The post Ridley Scott Reveals the Origin of His Androids in the Alien Saga appeared first on WIRED.

It's a bird… it's a plane… it's a great way to spend your couch time! The post The 11 Best Comic Book Movies You Can Stream Right Now, From Superman to Deadpool appeared first on WIRED.

24-hour ephemeral videos, silly filters, funny masks. These are the tools for the way we talk next. The post Facebook Camera Means Snapping Is Officially the Future appeared first on WIRED.

An organ-on-chip model of the female reproductive tract includes a miniature ovary, uterus, fallopian tube, cervix, and liver. The post Scientists Build a Menstrual Biochip That Does Everything But Bleed appeared first on WIRED.

No, seriously. The post Those Terrifying Skull Crawlers in Kong Were Inspired by … Pokémon’s Cubone appeared first on WIRED.

Science experiments don't always provide the data needed to definitively answer a question. Such is the nature of science. The post In Science, You Can't Always Get What You Want appeared first on WIRED.

Fresh air so good they bottle it. The post The Island Where Chinese Tourists Flee to Escape the Smog appeared first on WIRED.

The mystery involves alleged murder, buried gold, and a hedge maze. Got seven hours to mainline the new show? The post The Creators of Serial Are Back With a Binge-Ready New Podcast appeared first on WIRED.

From cutting delays to cutting edge autopilot, the computers are coming to help. The post AI Wields the Power to Make Flying Safer—and Maybe Even Pleasant appeared first on WIRED.

Watches last forever. Gadgets don't. Where does that leave luxury smartwatches? The post Even Switzerland Is Obsessed With Smartwatches Now appeared first on WIRED.

Satellite companies have mountains of data. Some of them analyze in-house, while others sell their data. Who will dominate the new space information economy? The post The Race to Rule the High-Flying Business of Satellite Imagery appeared first on WIRED.

Get ready to say good-bye to your online privacy. Not that you ever really had it anyway. The post VPNs Won't Save You from Congress' Internet Privacy Giveaway appeared first on WIRED.

In the middle of the debate over what—and who—makes America great, an Iranian American comic mixes patriotism with punch lines. The post Joking While Muslim in Trump's America appeared first on WIRED.

If you want to mock snowflake liberals, you have to be able to take it when a stranger tells you to (praise Jesus) f-off. The post Chonda Pierce on Being a Conservative Comedian appeared first on WIRED.

Playing nice with a president so contemptuous of the media is going to be challenging for journalists. Bee has resolved to play not-nice. The post Samantha Bee's Full-Frontal Assault on the Trump Regime appeared first on WIRED.

Comedy is now politics. Politics is comedy. And with our new president, not all of it is exactly funny. The post Inside the Anger-Fueled World of Comedy in the Trump Age appeared first on WIRED.

Exploring the president's pathological self-consciousness through the timeless magic of dick jokes. The post How Your (Liberal Elite) Comedy Gets Made appeared first on WIRED.

As politics merges with pop culture, it changes how comedians approach their work. The post When Kanye Met Donald: A Late-Night Story appeared first on WIRED.

Trump is embracing the cult of innovation in government. But as he learned last week, moving fast and breaking things doesn't always work in Washington. The post Innovation Can Fix Government, Sure. Either That or Break It appeared first on WIRED.

The embattled ridesharing giant gets back on the road in Tempe, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. The post Uber Redeploys Its Self-Driving Cars After a Wreck in Arizona appeared first on WIRED.

Congressional phone lines are often busy. Voicemail is often full. Stance will keep calling until your message gets through. The post Want Congress to Protect Your Privacy? A Clever App Makes the Call for You appeared first on WIRED.

Kambalny, the southernmost volcano in Kamchatka, erupted unexpectedly over the weekend, sending ash up over the Pacific Ocean. The post A Russian Volcano Just Erupted for the First Time in Centuries appeared first on WIRED.

By hijacking the DNA of a human cell, they showed it's possible to program it like a simple computer. The post Scientists Hack a Human Cell and Reprogram It Like a Computer appeared first on WIRED.

Who left the lights out? The post The New Justice League Trailer Packs In Everything Wrong with DC's Dark Movie Universe appeared first on WIRED.

The stentor is one of the strangest, most mysterious organisms on Earth, and it just might be swimming in a pond near you. The post Stentors: The Tiny Giants That Ink Like Squid and Regenerate Like Wolverine appeared first on WIRED.

Spanish architect David Romero is resurrecting Frank Lloyd Wright's lost buildings one hyper-realistic rendering at a time. The post Beautiful Renderings Resurrect Frank Lloyd Wright's Demolished Buildings appeared first on WIRED.

We know where this season is going—let's pump the brakes on all these mini-cliffhangers and just get to the catharsis. The post The Walking Dead Recap Season 7 Episode 15: Can People Just Start Fighting Already, Please? appeared first on WIRED.

The gig economy isn't just for website designers and juice cleanse diet diehards anymore. The post Social Media Influencers Finally Come to ... Medicine appeared first on WIRED.

Even amid controversy over effectiveness and dangers, the spring-loaded electrified Taser remains pretty much the only option. The post The Eternal Search for a Gun That Doesn't Kill appeared first on WIRED.

Internet giants have vacuumed up the world's AI talent, but they still need more. Now they're trying to cultivate it in-house. The post I Took the AI Class Facebookers Are Literally Sprinting to Get Into appeared first on WIRED.