There is a classic experiment that looks at the end of a falling slinky. Could you repeat this with a rubber band and a mass? No, it doesn't work—here's why. The post Let’s Physics the Bejesus Out of Rubber Bands appeared first on WIRED.

If you're looking for yet another time-travel drama, take a few episodes for a spin. Otherwise, feel free to skip. The post WIRED Pilot Program: Timeless appeared first on WIRED.

It may look like a monkey, with its prehensile tail and predilection for chewing with its mouth open—but don't be fooled. The post The Kinkajou: Like a Primate, Only With an Identity Problem appeared first on WIRED.

In bathrooms, bedrooms, and alleyways across the country, people are overdosing and dying every day. So we need to start talking about solutions. The post How America Is Battling Its Horrific Opioid Epidemic appeared first on WIRED.

Advances in radial velocity search—including a new instrument called EXPRES—could help scientists to find and weigh lots of other Earth-mass planets. The post A New Generation of Astronomers Is on the Hunt for the Next Earth appeared first on WIRED.

From the quality control room to the paint shop to the test track, here's how Porsche builds the Panamera. The post The Painstaking Process of Building a Porsche Panamera appeared first on WIRED.

Promising early episodes might not transcend their genre as magnificently as the fantasy saga does, but HBO's newest epic is off to a great start. The post Can Westworld Do for Science Fiction What Game of Thrones Did for Fantasy? appeared first on WIRED.

Kei Nomiyama captures hundreds of fireflies in mid-air. The post Dazzling Long Exposures Capture the Fireflies of Japan appeared first on WIRED.

Today's designers still think about how furniture can influence and inspire employees. Here's a handful of the latest innovations on the market. The post 9 Pieces of Weird Furniture That’ll Cure the Dullest of Offices appeared first on WIRED.

This week's best podcasts feature acrophobia while building skyscrapers, footlong parasites, and Ilana Glazer. The post Dope Queens, 70-Year Beefs, and 3 More Must-Hear Podcasts appeared first on WIRED.

Devices with these (relatively) new power connections charge differently than iPhones or older Android phones. The post The Ins and Outs of USB-C Mobile Charging appeared first on WIRED.

The anti-immigrant candidate may be the best thing to happen to bipartisan reform. The post How Trump Accidentally Unified Zuck’s Pro-Immigration Movement appeared first on WIRED.

HBO's latest show is Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's adaptation of a Michael Crichton science-fiction film. It's an ambitious, cerebral series. The post WIRED Pilot Program: Westworld appeared first on WIRED.

BlackBerry's not going anywhere. In fact, it'll be more places than it ever was before. The post BlackBerry's Not Going to Disappear appeared first on WIRED.

Here's what various piles of money will get into your living room. The post 4K HDR Televisions for Every Budget, From $500 to $130K appeared first on WIRED.

The new HBO series is based on a 1973 movie of the same name. Its latest incarnation is a vast improvement over the original. The post Westworld Isn't Great Science Fiction, But It's Great Television appeared first on WIRED.

Keita Takahashi's game <em>Alphabet</em> says it's for "1 to 26 players." I found out the hard way that it wasn't a joke. The post Katamari Damacy Creator's New Game Is Overwhelming Insanity appeared first on WIRED.

Google Apps for Work is now G Suite. That and a few new features won't change its enterprise prospects much. The post Google Work Apps Gain New Powers, But Microsoft Still Rules appeared first on WIRED.

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth but still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: FBI Finds Hackers Poking Around More Voter Registry Sites appeared first on WIRED.

A bunch of things you might consider taking on your next solo road trip to make it less of a non-stop grind. The post Buying Guide: 14 Essentials for Your Next Solo Road Trip appeared first on WIRED.

Also, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to catch Donald Trump's sex tape tweets. The post While You Were Offline: Wonder Woman Comes Out and Portland Turns on Portlandia appeared first on WIRED.

Austin gets weird in a brand new way. The post Commuter Gondolas Are Coming to America. Probably. Maybe? appeared first on WIRED.

The Ventooz is a wall-climbing, person-carrying robot. The post This Concept Drone Will Drive You Up the Wall—Literally appeared first on WIRED.

Ad-free viewing, free channel subscriptions, and game discounts are now available to Amazon Prime customers. The post 'Twitch Prime' Adds Gaming Goodies to Amazon Prime Benefits appeared first on WIRED.

The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art. The post Using Math to Repair a 650-Year-Old Masterpiece appeared first on WIRED.

Don't even argue with us. The post The Definitive Ranking of Tim Burton Movies—From Miss Peregrine on Up appeared first on WIRED.

Plans to redevelop New York City's Penn Station have loomed for decades. Now it's really happening. The post NYC’s Ugliest Train Station Will Soon Look Like This appeared first on WIRED.

We're proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web—to WIRED.com. The post Everyone's Going to Mars! And the Week's Other Big News appeared first on WIRED.

A new earthquake swarm at Iceland's Katla has become intense enough for officials to raise the alert status at the ice-capped volcano. The post Earthquake Swarm at Iceland's Katla Volcano Raises Alert Status to Yellow appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, September 25 — October 1, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Binary Star Will Outshine You Twice appeared first on WIRED.

Researchers show how they can reverse engineer and even fully reconstruct someone else's machine learning engine---using machine learning. The post How to Steal an AI appeared first on WIRED.

In this special edition of the WIRED Culture podcast, Cheo Hodari Coker talks about what it's like to work with Marvel and what makes superhero TV special. The post The Secrets of Luke Cage, Straight From Its Showrunner appeared first on WIRED.

Nintendo's plug-and-play NES Classic, with 30 built-in games, plays as good as it looks. And it looks awesome. The post NES Classic Hands-On: This Tiny Console Is 8 Bits of Awesome appeared first on WIRED.

The cold truth on a half shell. The post The Weird History of Oysters as Aphrodisiacs appeared first on WIRED.

For a guy who has polling issues with women and a reputation for bad impulse control, this was an awfully strange strategy---if it was a strategy at all. The post Trump's Overnight Twitter Tirade Sums Up His Weaknesses appeared first on WIRED.

October 1st is the beginning of California's water year. Here's how the state's water situation is currently looking. The post Happy Droughtiversary, California! appeared first on WIRED.

The third installment of the Marvel television universe is finally here. With a stellar cast and a killer soundtrack, it's this weekend's must-binge show. The post WIRED Pilot Program: Luke Cage appeared first on WIRED.

Donald Trump is pushing a debunked conspiracy theory that Google is biased toward Hillary Clinton. But just for argument's sake, what if Google were? The post Google Is Ripe for Trump's Sore-Loser Conspiracy Theories appeared first on WIRED.

The surface of the Abyss Horizon table looks like a bathymetric map of the ocean floor, rendered in 3-D The post A Cross Section of the Sea Floor, Recreated in a Coffee Table appeared first on WIRED.

Most people would flee from a creature this big. George Stoyle saw a photo op. The post Get Up Close and Not at All Personal With an Enormous Jellyfish appeared first on WIRED.

In what must be a sign from the comic book heavens, next month some of the best releases of the year are all arriving on the same day. The post 5 Comics You Must Read Next Month appeared first on WIRED.

If you've already invested in Moment's iPhone lens attachments, the company is working on a way to let you use them with Apple's new dual-camera iPhone. The post Moment Will Let You Add a Third Lens to the iPhone 7 Plus appeared first on WIRED.

Research suggests that consumers whose personal data has been compromised remain satisfied with and loyal to companies that have experienced a data breach. The post Turns Out Consumers Stay Loyal to Companies After Hacks appeared first on WIRED.

Time to break out the tissues, space fans. The post An Ode to the Rosetta Spacecraft as It Flings Itself Into a Comet appeared first on WIRED.

Director Mira Nair's movie about a young chess champion from a Ugandan slum is more art house than Mouse House. Inside one exec's quest to get it made. The post The Inside Story Behind Disney's 'Radical' Queen of Katwe appeared first on WIRED.

Garance Doré created the template for what became known as street style blogging, opening high fashion to the masses and usurping the fashion establishment she documented. The post How Garance Doré and the Street Style Revolution Upended Fashion With a Camera and a Blog appeared first on WIRED.

Google's not trying to take on Apple. It's trying to make sure Google is everywhere the Internet is. The post Google's Going to Change the Gadget Game, But Not Like You Think appeared first on WIRED.

Self-driving cars will mean an end to traffic stops and chases, push-button arrests---and new tricks for terrorists. The post Autonomous Vehicles Will Mean the End of Traffic Stops appeared first on WIRED.

The investigations begins, as do the renewed calls for technology that could prevent train crashes. The post The Hoboken Train Crash: Here’s What Comes Next appeared first on WIRED.