Think you're tough? Try scaling a 300-foot cliff. The post The Barren Desert That’s a Survival Camp for Soldiers appeared first on WIRED.

How the 21st Century Cures Act is set to shape patients' access to cellular therapies, for better and for worse. The post With 21st Century Cures Act, the Future of Regenerative Medicine Is "Inject and See" appeared first on WIRED.

The key update with this release of Kensington's much-loved trackball is its enhanced wirelessness. The post Review: Kensington Expert Mouse Wireless Trackball appeared first on WIRED.

Bitcoin hasn't freed currency from the grip of governments just yet. But cross-border commerce may be the blockchain's killer app in the here-and-now. The post Stellar Emerges From Shadow of Bitcoin to Find a Home Overseas appeared first on WIRED.

If you're an avid fan of regional microbreweries, it's like having the ability to tap a keg 3,000 miles away. The post Review: PicoBrew Pico appeared first on WIRED.

Pen-to-paper digital capturing tools have been around for a little while now, but they still seem like magic. The post Review: Wacom Bamboo Slate appeared first on WIRED.

Everyone's favorite supercomputer takes off its cybercrime training wheels. The post IBM’s Watson Now Fights Cybercrime in the Real World appeared first on WIRED.

Photography Mapped is for anyone intimidated by the knobs, dials, and settings on DSLR cameras. The post Learn How To Use A DSLR Camera, With This Nifty Web Tool appeared first on WIRED.

$25 million in prizes for advances is life science, fundamental physics, and mathematics were awarded December 5 in Silicon Valley. The post Hollywood Lends Some of its Shine to Science at the 2017 Breakthrough Prizes appeared first on WIRED.

Thanks to the bureaucratic obstacles erected by the Army's environmental review, a completed Dakota Access pipeline will likely remain a pipe dream for now. The post Standing Rock Protesters Now Have an Unlikely Ally: Time appeared first on WIRED.

It's a light-guided, tissue-engineered stingray made out of a rat's heart cells, a breast implant, and a little gold. The post These Tiny Cyborg Stingrays Are Made Out of Rat Parts appeared first on WIRED.

You've got things wrong about spiders. The post Let the Jumping Spiders Leap Into Your Heart (Metaphorically) appeared first on WIRED.

Obama's presidential commission on cybersecurity wants consumer product security ratings and a new generation of government hackers. Will Trump listen? The post Obama Has a Plan to Fix Cybersecurity, But Its Success Depends on Trump appeared first on WIRED.

Oculus Rift is late to the motion control party, but its solution is the absolute best so far. The post Review: Oculus Touch appeared first on WIRED.

Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 4 adventure is a wonderful tale of a boy, his giant creature, and a fascinating world. The post The Last Guardian Is Finally Here—and Yes, It Was Worth the Wait appeared first on WIRED.

Escaping deadly traps by solving silly puzzles has never been this much fun (outside of a real-life escape room, that is). The post I Expect You to Die Is the Most Fun I've Ever Had in VR appeared first on WIRED.

This week's podcast roundup has everything: hot air balloons, blood-letting, and a trunk full of truffles. The post Cyborg Rights, Truffle Dealers, and 3 More Must-Hear Podcasts appeared first on WIRED.

Recording your voice and storing it on a server sounds alarming---OK, it is alarming---but there's a good reason why Amazon Echo and Google Home do it. The post Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But What Happens to That Data? appeared first on WIRED.

More fancy shed than Four Seasons, the Lillestrøm Bicycle Hotel lets commuters pay a small monthly fee to safely store bicycles indoors. The post It's a Fancy Hotel, Only, You Know, for Bicycles appeared first on WIRED.

Uber is trying to move way beyond ride-sharing. The post Uber Buys a Mysterious Startup to Make Itself an AI Company appeared first on WIRED.

More photos. More stories. One incredible new display. The post Say Hello to WIRED’s Stunning Photo Site appeared first on WIRED.

WIRED Logo Click to share this story on Facebook Click to share this story on Twitter Click to email this story Click to comment on this story. (will open new tab) © 2016 Christoph Niemann For years, Christoph Niemann spent every Sunday conducting a drawing experiment. The artist, whose illustrations have appeared in dozens of […] The post In Sunday Sketching, Christoph Niemann Tells the Brutal Truth About the Creative Process appeared first on WIRED.

Scientific topics, like love triangles or bank heists, are all about drama, emotions, and humans---and that's what chords and chromatics are all about. The post How One Composer Turns Science Into Serious Drama appeared first on WIRED.

And by "big deal" we mean "probably quite expensive and time-consuming." The post Cantina Talk: Those Rogue One Reshoots Were Kind of a Big Deal appeared first on WIRED.

What to buy for the back-to-land, cooler-than-thou, anti-establishment hipster in your life? The post 18 Boho-Chic Gifts for the Hipster in Your Life appeared first on WIRED.

Not even Dory got this close. The post Dive Into the Serene, Magical World of the Humpback Whale appeared first on WIRED.

OpenAI's hope is that its new tool can drive the development of machines with the same kind of flexible brain power humans have. The post In OpenAI's Universe, Computers Learn to Use Apps Like Humans Do appeared first on WIRED.

Bioluminescent organisms have evolved dozens of times over the course of life's history. Recent studies are narrowing in on the complicated biochemistry needed to illuminate the dark. The post The Mysterious Machinery of Creatures That Glow in the Deep appeared first on WIRED.

Tricking people into downloading malicious mobile apps is a con as old as time itself (or at least as old as smartphones). Don't fall for it. The post Never Ever (Ever) Download Android Apps Outside of Google Play appeared first on WIRED.

This user-programmable bot for children makes playtime educational. The post Review: Ozobot Evo appeared first on WIRED.

2017—aka the year of our Star-Lord—can't come soon enough. The post The New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer Is Groot Stuff appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, November 28 — December 2, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: Mosey on Down to the Star Bar appeared first on WIRED.

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: A Botnet Takes Down Nearly a Million German Routers appeared first on WIRED.

Antarctic researchers test their ideas about how humans could live on Mars. But these windows into life on the red planet could be closing. The post A Warming Earth Is Making It Harder to Study Mars appeared first on WIRED.

To save these animals' lives, I propose the Ramakera: a robotic rhinoceros designed to monitor and protect the herd from poachers. The post Let's Fight Poaching With Robotic Rhinos appeared first on WIRED.

Running for fitness isn't an activity. It's a lifestyle. The post 17 Great Gifts for the Runner in Your Life appeared first on WIRED.

Shawn Otto's new book explores ways that citizens can fight back against a creeping tide of anti-science nonsense. The post We're Losing the War on Science appeared first on WIRED.

Also, Count Von Count has a Twitter account. Hey, that rhymed! The post While You Were Offline: Australian Kids Just Schooled Man-Kid Martin Shkreli appeared first on WIRED.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and General Motors CEO Mary Barra will advise the president-elect on job creation in an economy driven by tech. The post Trump Taps IBM and GM Chiefs in First-Ever Sign He Gets Tech Matters appeared first on WIRED.

The sun is setting on 2016, so we're peeking forward into 2017. The post The Future appeared first on WIRED.

We're proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web—to WIRED.com. The post Defending Awful Christmas Films, and the Week's Other Pleas appeared first on WIRED.

Chilean officials raised the alert status around Cerro Hudson after earthquakes near the same source of the 2011 eruption. The post Dozens of Earthquakes Rattle a Chilean Volcano, Raising Alerts appeared first on WIRED.

Synthesizers, fiddles, and a player piano that can't get enough Radiohead. The post How Westworld's Music Became Equal Parts Groundhog Day and MTV appeared first on WIRED.

'Looking Good: A Visual Guide to the Nun's Habit' is a fascinating work of reference on a subject to which you've almost certainly never paid much mind. The post Nun Fashion Is Way More Fascinating Than You Realize appeared first on WIRED.

Need some distraction from all the holiday hubbub? Find a quiet corner and read these comics. The post 5 Comics You Must Read This Month appeared first on WIRED.

Opinion: The way bees choose their nests offers important lessons about how humans elect presidents. The post Why Did Donald Trump Get Elected? Ask the Bees appeared first on WIRED.

Mola is the first structural modeling kit you'll want to snap a selfie with, regardless of your major. The post The Gorgeous Mola Modeling Kit Will Make a Real Engineer Out of You appeared first on WIRED.

"Decisions" is a four-minute video that makes the terror of a deadly crash frighteningly intimate. The post Horrifying VR Film Puts You Inside a Drunk Driving Crash appeared first on WIRED.

Blue Crow Media makes maps that celebrate and organize a city's architecture. The post Explore a Lovely Map of Berlin’s 20th Century Architecture appeared first on WIRED.

A little extra effort for a whole lot of pay-off. The post The Fail-Safe Science of Delicious Crispy Chicken appeared first on WIRED.