A surprising number of insects look so much like leaves and sticks that it doesn't seem possible. The post What Gives With Insects Pretending to Be Sticks and Leaves? appeared first on WIRED.

Now that everyone knows what a Fitbit looks like, the company wants to make Fitbits that don't look like anything. The post Inside Fitbit's Quest to Make Fitness Trackers Invisible appeared first on WIRED.

Jim Rokos thinks dyslexics are highly creative problem solvers who think in ways that make for killer designs. And he's putting on an exhibit to prove it. The post Dyslexic Designers Just Think Different—Maybe Even Better appeared first on WIRED.

Things have been relatively quiet on the galactic front recently. But there are still a few bits of Star Wars news you might've missed. Catch up here. The post Cantina Talk: What Does 'Rogue One' Mean? Now We Know appeared first on WIRED.

Legalist is an online service that lets you pump money in lawsuits. But that's not a new thing. And it doesn't make you the new Peter Thiel. The post You Too Can Invest In Lawsuits. But Not Quite Like Peter Thiel appeared first on WIRED.

In an excerpt from the upcoming book The Tetris Effect, we learn how a children's toy in a Moscow shop inspired the game that changed the world. The post How One Man Dreamed Up Tetris, the Game That Shook the World appeared first on WIRED.

This week, listen to burbling mudpots, a shape-shifting badger, and why high school wrestling was instrumental in a DEA investigation. The post Magic Portals, the Sounds of Yellowstone, and 3 More Must-Hear Podcast Tales appeared first on WIRED.

Don't look now, but routers have gotten a major makeover. The post Routers Are Pretty Now, Because They Have to Be appeared first on WIRED.

From '80s cloak-and-dagger tales to throwback thrillers to identity-switching action flicks, these movies will blow your face...OFF! The post 5 Movies You Should Watch on HBO Go Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

Astronaut Megan McArthur spent 16 days aboard the underwater Aquarius Reef Base, conducting research in an environment that simulates space exploration. The post This Aquanaut Is Defining the Next Era of Spaceflight appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer Max Conrad traveled all the way from Germany for a twister hunt. The post Forget the Pool. This Guy Chased Tornadoes All Summer appeared first on WIRED.

One of the coolest things you missed if you weren't at Comic-Con International is finally online. Watch it here. The post Here's What Thor Was Doing During Captain America: Civil War appeared first on WIRED.

Jerry Hayes is on a quest to save the bees. So when Monsanto began investigating a way to help, he joined them---and kicked up a swarm of controversy. The post One Scientist’s Crazy Bet to Save the Bees: Join Monsanto appeared first on WIRED.

This year marks the 25th birthday of the Super NES, a revolutionary game console that America's parents initially thought was a money-grabbing scam. The post Parents Didn’t Just Dislike Super Nintendo 25 Years Ago—They Thought It Was a Scam appeared first on WIRED.

Using two helicopters, a 250-foot-wide banner, and a stack of 4K projectors, Branding By Air and MTV established a Guinness world record. The post A Chopper Just Projected Video Onto a Giant Screen Towed by Another Chopper appeared first on WIRED.

The annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is a fierce car competition, but also a place to see and be seen. The post Meet the Swankiest People of America’s Swankiest Car Competition appeared first on WIRED.

Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is among the last station in the US to ditch its noisy mechanical flip board for a quieter digital departures screen. The post Say Bye to Those Awesomely Clackety Train Station Displays appeared first on WIRED.

The versatile 5D Mark IV has plenty of useful upgrades compared to its well-loved predecessor. The post Canon's 5D Mark IV Is Here, With 4K Capability and Improved Autofocus appeared first on WIRED.

The Tridika works like a self-driving car you can literally park alongside your apartment and use as an additional room. The post Forget Self-Driving Cars. Let's Make Self-Driving Living Rooms appeared first on WIRED.

The subtle mechanics of densely packed cells may help explain why some cancerous tumors stay put while others break off and spread through the body. The post The Mystery of How Cancer Cells Barrel Through Your Body appeared first on WIRED.

Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which deserve your attention nonetheless. The post Security News This Week: Hillary Clinton Didn't Delete Her Emails, She Super Deleted Them appeared first on WIRED.

School is starting up again. It's going about as well as you'd expect. The post This Week in National Affairs: It's Back to School, and It's Ugly appeared first on WIRED.

How to spend a few billion on railroads like an old-timey tycoon. The post The Feds Just Gave Amtrak $2.4 Billion. This Is Why It Needs the Money appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, August 21 — 27, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Star Ain't No Angel appeared first on WIRED.

Leonard Nimoy's son started making a film with his father about Spock. After the elder Nimoy passed away, the documentary became a movie about his legacy. The post How Adam Nimoy Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Spock appeared first on WIRED.

It's Women's Equality Day. Celebrate with a feel-good feminist binge-watching session. The post It's Women's Equality Day, So Watch These 10 Movies About Badass Women appeared first on WIRED.

It feels like we say this kind of thing too often, but this past week online was kind of awful. Catch up here. The post While You Were Offline: Are You Aware of Hillary Clinton's 'Vagenda'? appeared first on WIRED.

Catch up with a sweeping drug trade epic, a supernatural anime series, and plenty of dinosaurs before they depart the streaming service library. The post 12 Things You Need to Watch Before They Leave Netflix appeared first on WIRED.

We’re proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web—to WIRED.com. The post Your Kids Eat Way Too Much Sugar, and the Week's Other Revelations appeared first on WIRED.

Cut features, delays, and other weirdness on this episode of WIRED's gaming podcast. The post Game|Life Podcast: No Man's Sky, Deus Ex and Other Controversies appeared first on WIRED.

Tests can keep Zika out of the blood supply, but they also give false positives. Enter Intercept: the pathogen reduction tech we've all been waiting for. The post Testing for Zika Isn't the Only Way to Keep the Blood Supply Safe appeared first on WIRED.

This week: WhatsApp privacy changes, the sale of Instapaper to Pinterest, and we say so long to our good friend Joe. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: Privacy on the High Seas appeared first on WIRED.

As cars that drive themselves evolve and spread over the coming years, here's a guide for understanding what's left for you to do. The post Everyone Wants a Level 5 Self-Driving Car—Here's What That Means appeared first on WIRED.

Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft have signed the White House Equal Pay Pledge. But now comes the real work. The post On Women's Equality Day, More Tech Companies Promise Change appeared first on WIRED.

The Startup Visa failed in Congress. A new rule is the Obama Administration's last chance to pave the way for immigrant entrepreneurs. The post White House Proposes a New Immigration Rule for Entrepreneurs appeared first on WIRED.

Signs of warming appear as early as 1830 say researchers, whose analysis will help build accurate baseline of temperature before influence of human activity. The post Human-Induced Climate Change Has Been Going On Longer Than You Think appeared first on WIRED.

MIT is studying waste to understand everything from heroin use to antibiotic-resistant bacteria—and all with the help of a sewer-slurping robot named Luigi. The post Meet Luigi the PoopBot. He’s Here to Scrape Your Sewers appeared first on WIRED.

The 10 zip codes donating the most money to the Clinton campaign are located in just three metropolitan areas: New York, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. The post Where Are Trump’s and Clinton’s Biggest Donations Coming From? We Made a Map appeared first on WIRED.

There are great films out there, and people who want to see them. But in a year of endless pop-cultural distractions, movies have never felt less important. The post Could This Be the Year Movies Stopped Mattering? appeared first on WIRED.

For 25 years in the U.S., albums came out on Tuesday. Last year, in the face of piracy and declining sales, that changed to Friday. Did the move help? The post Why Dropping Music on Friday Is Pivotal (Hint: It's Not Sales) appeared first on WIRED.

Disasters happen. Emergency access to Wi-Fi is critical, for affected people and first responders. But you have to do it right. The post How (and Why) to Safely Open Your Wi-Fi Network During a Disaster appeared first on WIRED.

Welcome to the country's premier bomber, ballistic missile, and security forces competition. The post The Air Force Runs a Bomb-Building Competition. Cuz ‘MERICA appeared first on WIRED.

The long, tumultuous nightmare that is updating a 100-year-old subway system. The post Why It's Taking Fooorever to Get Countdown Clocks in NYC's Subway appeared first on WIRED.

It's just like boxed wine! But more delicious. The post Hopsy's Mini Keg Only Spits Out Delicious Local Microbrews appeared first on WIRED.

Dmitry Kozienenko tricks the eye into seeing floating objects, false shadows, and more. The post Furniture That Doubles as a Wild Optical Illusion? Yes Please appeared first on WIRED.

The alt-right is just a way for people to pretend they aren't white supremacists. After today, they are mainstream. The post The Alt-Right’s Dark Army of Racist Trolls Just Had a Great Day appeared first on WIRED.

Facebook wants to teach computers to see, so it's giving away its AI research for free. The post Facebook Gives Away Machine Vision Tools of the Future appeared first on WIRED.

In the latest 'Song Exploder' podcast Tom Fec (aka Tobacco), who composed the theme for HBO's 'Silicon Valley,' breaks down a track from his fourth album. The post Song Exploder: The Guy Behind Silicon Valley's Theme Still Records on Cassette appeared first on WIRED.

You may never have read a terms and conditions update before, but you'll want to this time. The post How to Stop WhatsApp From Giving Facebook Your Phone Number appeared first on WIRED.

Even the grumpiest among us are won over by the book's breathtaking final act---despite it leaving us hanging. The post WIRED Book Club: Too Like the Lightning Is Teasing Us, and We Love It appeared first on WIRED.