Today, breeders and owners can look to genetics to produce the exact horses they want. And sometimes the difference comes down to a single gene or mutation. The post If You Want a Superstar Horse, Start by Hacking Its DNA appeared first on WIRED.

Is Sam the Sleeping Giant sneaking into your room to watch porn? Bag that slacker with these tricks. The post How to Tell if Your Roommate Is Using Your Computer appeared first on WIRED.

Psychobook, a new book out this September, is a collection of the old, beautiful, and often bizarre psychological tests used throughout history. The post The Beautiful Yet Twisted History of Psychological Testing appeared first on WIRED.

The Spanish-language broadcaster will reportedly buy the site for $135 million. The post Univision Makes Winning Bid for Gawker at Bankruptcy Auction appeared first on WIRED.

Colorado College is holding a Billy Joel symposium in October. It's got a great lineup, but we have a few ideas for additional programming. The post We've Wanted this Billy Joel Conference for the Longest Time appeared first on WIRED.

We asked transportation experts to take their (digital) shovels to NYC's subway system. The post Transit Pros Rebuild the NYC Subway—in an Online Game appeared first on WIRED.

The future of education is almost here. The post Can’t Afford Coding Camp? The Feds May Have a Loan for You appeared first on WIRED.

Most of the bids for the Shadow Brokers' supposed cache of stolen NSA code amount to beer-and-pizza money. The post No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen NSA-Linked 'Cyberweapons' appeared first on WIRED.

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star in the UFOMG thriller, from the director of last year's hit 'Sicario.' The post Aliens Ask for Real Talk in Arrival's UFOMG New Trailer appeared first on WIRED.

Athletes use terms like “iteration” and “second-gen system” to describe their equipment, and occasionally discover bugs in updates. The post It’s Not Just You: Taekwondo Looks Totally Different at Rio appeared first on WIRED.

The automaker promises to have a fleet of hundreds of fully autonomous cars in service in five years. The post Ford Says It’ll Have a Fleet of Fully Autonomous Cars in Just 5 Years appeared first on WIRED.

Nissan has finally figured out the variable compression ratio engine, and it means you get more power from less fuel. The post Nissan's Crafty Engine Ends a Century of Compromise appeared first on WIRED.

The Note 7 basically does everything well. The post Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 appeared first on WIRED.

Wide-scale disruption from warming oceans is increasing, but they could change our understanding of the climate The post Marine Heatwaves Are Spawning Unprecedented Climate Chaos appeared first on WIRED.

Unfortunately, those registration forms still won't autocomplete. The post No Excuses: Google Just Made Voting a Little Easier appeared first on WIRED.

A Twitterbot called @unchartedatlas has tweeted thousands of fictional black-and-white maps. The post This Bot Tweets a Totally Fantastical Map Every Hour appeared first on WIRED.

Baltimore's use of stingray disproportionately affects black neighborhoods, according to a new FCC complaint. The post The Baltimore PD's Race Bias Extends to High-Tech Spying, Too appeared first on WIRED.

Sage Project transforms the black and white food label into colorful, easy-to-read infographics. The post Clever App Brings the Food Label Into the Modern Age appeared first on WIRED.

It's surprisingly easy to get the two confused. The post Let’s Play 'Who Said It: Luke Cage or Nic Cage?' appeared first on WIRED.

Klaus Thymann dove into a sinkhole, trekked to a glacier, and scaled an active volcano in just 24 days. The post This Guy Went to Earth’s Most Remote Places So You Don't Have To appeared first on WIRED.

Last week, the WHO confirmed that polio had sprung up in Nigeria and paralyzed two children—a setback in the decades-long fight to eradicate the disease. The post Why It's So Hard to Tell If a Country Is Really Rid of Polio appeared first on WIRED.

Caring for children born with Zika birth defects will be tragic and expensive. The post The Price of Zika? About $4 Million Per Child appeared first on WIRED.

He may seem like just another superhero. But Cage's greatest power is actually upending our expectations for television. The post Why Netflix's Luke Cage Is the Superhero We Really Need Now appeared first on WIRED.

The blog network's legal trial and subsequent bankruptcy will have long-lasting effects on journalists and ordinary citizens alike. The post Sex, Privacy, and Videotape: Lessons of Gawker's Downfall appeared first on WIRED.

One day, years down the road, video calling might not need a special name anymore. It will just be how calling someone else works. The post Duo Is Google's Way of Making Video the Default Way to Talk appeared first on WIRED.

I've been using Duo for about a week, and can safely say it's one of the best video-chat apps I've ever used. The post Google Duo Is Great, But Video Chat Is Still Super Awkward appeared first on WIRED.

It’s just Monday, and already a presidential candidate and his staunchest ally in Silicon Valley have shown a basic misunderstanding of the free press. The post Trump and Thiel Really Don’t Get How the First Amendment Works appeared first on WIRED.

A group calling itself Shadow Brokers has claimed to hack the NSA-connected hackers known as Equation Group and put their stolen files up for sale. The post Hackers Claim to Auction Data They Stole From NSA-Linked Spies appeared first on WIRED.

The Obama-endorsed R&B singer breaks down the lead track from her Grammy-nominated debut album. The post Song Exploder: Andra Day Breaks Down Her Rad Mix of Doo-Wop and Hip-Hop appeared first on WIRED.

And everyone is judging you. The post Sorry, But Your Astute Election Posts Aren’t Changing Anybody’s Mind appeared first on WIRED.

On a special episode of our culture podcast, we talk about the published script for J.K. Rowling's new play, featuring the return of her beloved wizards. The post Bonus Culture Podcast: Can the Harry Potter Play Cast the Same Spell as the Books? appeared first on WIRED.

Unlike other dolphins, the river dolphin of the Amazon can turn its head, which is something to brag about. The post Dolphins Think They Belong in Rivers Now appeared first on WIRED.

Trucks, vans, and cycles customized for adventure. The post The Custom Jalopies That Move Travelers Across Continents appeared first on WIRED.

From the strictest purist's perspective, no one at the Olympics is there to "compete clean." The post Every Olympian Is Kind of a Cyborg appeared first on WIRED.

Why play golf when you can take up the sport of kings? The post Apparently China’s Billionaires Are All About Polo Now appeared first on WIRED.

The Trump campaign has embraced a controversial newcomer to the field of political data. The post A Lot of People Are Saying Trump's New Data Team Is Shady appeared first on WIRED.

Robot sewing machines, rebellious Mennonites, and Werner Herzog on FOMO. The post 5 Great Podcasts to Listen to While Watching the Olympics appeared first on WIRED.

Just sold your second company to Facebook to focus on schoolwork? Great! Turn your dreary dorm room and its twin XL beds into the lap of on-campus luxury. The post The Rich Kid’s Guide to Stocking a Million-Dollar Dorm appeared first on WIRED.

Illumina, the world's largest DNA sequencer company, is incubating some new companies in an effort to broaden the base of genome research. The post Illumina Would Like You to Sequence More DNA, Please appeared first on WIRED.

Did someone say something about a new trailer? The post Cantina Talk: We've Got Rogue One Reveals Galore appeared first on WIRED.

How do you make sure every runner runs the same distance in track events? Easy. You create different starting angular positions. The post How Do You Ensure Track Runners Go an Equal Distance? Math! appeared first on WIRED.

The movie, about the careers of African-American women during the Space Race in the 1960s, hits theaters early next year. The post Taraji P. Henson Is a NASA Math Whiz in First Hidden Figures Trailer appeared first on WIRED.

Drones are coming, and they're going to change a lot of things about how we shape our lives. So why shouldn't we change how we shape our buildings? The post It's Time for Fancy Apartments to Offer Balconies for Drone Landings appeared first on WIRED.

Santa Cruz Island is just one battleground in a larger war, as humans grapple with the threat of invaders—including themselves. The post To Save an Endangered Fox, Humans Turned Its Home Into a War Zone appeared first on WIRED.

Off to school this month? You'll need a backpack that'll last you through graduation and beyond. Here are our picks. The post Buying Guide: The 16 Best Backpacks for College appeared first on WIRED.

Right now, people care about launches and landings. In many ways, if SpaceX does everything right for long enough, very few people will care. The post Watch as SpaceX Fires (and Hopefully Lands) Another Rocket appeared first on WIRED.

How a brief experiment in car-free living could change the city for the better and for good. The post Downtown Manhattan Is the New Frontier of the Car-Free City appeared first on WIRED.

"No Man's Sky" offers perhaps the first semi-accurate presentation, in a videogame, of the crushing majesty and endlessness of our own real universe. The post The Power of No Man's Sky Is Making You Feel Insignificant 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: The DNC Hack Was Worse Than We Thought appeared first on WIRED.

Have you noticed lately that your Facebook Notifications aren't really for you? The post How to Change Those Spammy Group Notifications on Facebook appeared first on WIRED.