With their convention fast approaching, Democrats are borrowing a social media tactic from retailers to convince voters to buy what the party is selling. The post The Democratic Convention Impersonates Nordstrom to #Engage Voters appeared first on WIRED.

In this scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a magical trap creates treasure that continuously multiplies. How long would it take to fill a room? The post Here's How Fast Harry Potter's Treasure Trap Would Kill You appeared first on WIRED.

Now you can watch the conventions and retweet sick burns about politics from the same place. The post Twitter to Stream the Republican and Democratic Conventions appeared first on WIRED.

The sea spider is a super special kind of arthropod with a tiny body and huge legs that, you guessed it, house their guts and genitals. The post Absurd Creatures: Sea Spiders Won't Bite, But They Do Have Genitals in Their Legs appeared first on WIRED.

An underwater fistfight, a cursed small town, and a Ghost Army. The post Fistfights and Cursed Towns Top This Week's 5 Best Podcasts appeared first on WIRED.

The Denny electrical substation shows how public infrastructure can bring a community together. The post We Want To Hang Out At This Electrical Substation. No, Really appeared first on WIRED.

Janet Conrad and Lindley Winslow aren't just in the same profession as Kristen Wiig's character—they're the source of some of the movie's best props. The post The MIT Physicists Who Infused Ghostbusters With Real Science appeared first on WIRED.

Lots of elite athletes take performance-enhancing supplements--but precious few actually work. The post How Olympians Choose Which Sports Supplements Are Worth It appeared first on WIRED.

Ian Wright is using turbine engines to keep electric garbage trucks on the road. The post A Tesla Co-Founder Is Making Electric Garbage Trucks With Jet Tech, and Why Not appeared first on WIRED.

Deep learning, the latest in AI technology, could clash with new regulations from the European Union, the world's single largest online market. The post Artificial Intelligence Is Setting Up the Internet for a Huge Clash With Europe appeared first on WIRED.

Fewer bucks, more bangs. The post Review: Huawei Honor 5X appeared first on WIRED.

See what happens when you photograph the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, and the White House the wrong way around. The post The Weird Nothingness Across the Street From Famous Monuments appeared first on WIRED.

"Dragonfly in Amber" is impeccably written, acted, directed, and produced. I really couldn't ask for much more. The post Outlander Finale Recap: Time Travel Never Felt So Real appeared first on WIRED.

In the world of motorsports, even things as seemingly simple as tires are worth serious protection. The post The Brutally Secretive Life of the Racing Tire appeared first on WIRED.

You get most of your music appreciation in while you're on the clock. Turn your workstation into Carnegie Hall with this hi-fi gear. The post Hi-Fi Gear That'll Turn Your Workspace Into Carnegie Hall appeared first on WIRED.

This beautiful six-string is crafted from Ekoa, a composite made of flax and industrial waste bioresin. The post Strike a Chord With This Composite Guitar That Looks Like Wood appeared first on WIRED.

About to spend three days running between stages? Don't be a Lollapaloser: Stay comfortable, hydrated, and ready to dance your face off. The post Hitting a Summer Music Festival? Pack This Survival Gear appeared first on WIRED.

Born as an experiment, this lysergic effect pedal escaped the lab to infect the musical consciousness. The post The Wah-Wah Pedal Has Been Giving Guitarists Tears for Years appeared first on WIRED.

Just how does a bomb-defusing robot kill a human being? The post Why a Killer Robot Was Likely the Only Option For Dallas Police appeared first on WIRED.

On the lone gunman in the city, and why we can’t design him out of existence. The post Violence Forces Police (and Architects) to See a City Anew appeared first on WIRED.

Federal regulators just ordered Theranos to close up shop. Here's how the company came to this point. The post The 9 Fiascos That Have Pretty Much Doomed Theranos appeared first on WIRED.

1,200 workers are spending 24 hours a day converting the underground tunnels, some of them 130 feet below the surface, into actual train tracks. The post Watch London Get Its Shiny New Crossrail Tunnels Ready for Action appeared first on WIRED.

From Beyoncé's response to more police shootings to Spice Girls' "Wannabe" becoming a gender equality song to Sulu's coming out, it was a busy week online. The post While You Were Offline: Beyoncé Calls for Action and Sulu Comes Out appeared first on WIRED.

Richard Feynman's famous diagrams embody a deep shift in thinking about how the universe is put together. The post How Richard Feynman’s Famous Diagrams Almost Saved Space appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, July 3—9, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: Crab Nebula's Got An Exploding Heart appeared first on WIRED.

It’s easy to take for granted that our spines grow straight, our hearts on the left, and our limbs in pairs. But it actually takes incredible coordination. The post Fish With Creepy Curved Backbones Could Help Explain Scoliosis appeared first on WIRED.

We’re proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web—to WIRED.com. The post Olympic Omens, Jumpin' Jupiter, and More Stories You Missed This Week appeared first on WIRED.

In the latest 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast, Stephen Baxter discusses the sequel he co-wrote to Arthur C. Clarke's "A Meeting with Medusa" novella. The post The Return of Arthur C. Clarke’s Fantastic Vision of Jupiter appeared first on WIRED.

This week: iOS 10, the no-headphone-jack thing, and Snapchat Memories. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: Opt-Insecurity appeared first on WIRED.

Scales that evaluate hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone threat based on wind speed alone ignore that the real danger comes from inland flooding. The post 150 MPH Typhoon Winds Mean Disaster, Right? Well, Not Necessarily appeared first on WIRED.

If you've logged onto Facebook over the last two days, you may well have watched someone die---possibly at the exact moment it happened. Death is now live. The post We'll Never Be Able to Look Away Again. Dallas and Minnesota Prove It appeared first on WIRED.

Y Combinator's initiative, bold and nascent though it may be, is just the latest in a long line of schemes to remake the city. The post Y Combinator’s Plan to Build a New City? Not Actually Crazy appeared first on WIRED.

Semi-autonomous trucks take to the interstate. The post The Army’s Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway to Prepare for Battle appeared first on WIRED.

Virtually all smartphones have FM chipsets inside, but you're probably locked out of using it. The post Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can't You Listen to the Radio? appeared first on WIRED.

The beta test of a new end-to-end encryption option will expand to all 900 million users by autumn. The post 'Secret Conversations:' End-to-End Encryption Comes to Facebook Messenger appeared first on WIRED.

This test flight was a chance for the captains to have some fun, and practice ahead of their upcoming technical demonstration at the Farnborough International Airshow next week. The post Grab a Barf Bag and Watch Boeing's 787-9 Fly Like a Fighter Jet appeared first on WIRED.

Sometimes the best way to get the photo you want is to totally make it up. The post This Shot of LA Scenesters Is Actually 19 Different Photos appeared first on WIRED.

The streaming age has become an era of exclusive releases, absentee artists, and a wave of raptured tracks. Remind us again why discs were so dissed? The post I Can't Believe I'm Saying This, But I Miss My CDs appeared first on WIRED.

Neuroscientists—including the study's whistleblowing authors—are saying the negative attention focused on fMRI studies is overblown. The post Don’t Be So Quick to Flush 15 Years of Brain Scan Studies appeared first on WIRED.

Shifts in how tech is financed—and how people talk about it—mean that we're about to see a much-needed boom in products aimed at the needs of women. The post Convincing the VC Bro-nopoly to Fund Female-First Companies appeared first on WIRED.

You can now use Netflix with Comcast's TV service. And that could make the set-top box the next front in the battle to keep the Internet truly neutral. The post Comcast's Netflix Deal Could Open a New Front in Net Neutrality War appeared first on WIRED.

Despite the 10 Cloverfield Lane star's onscreen flair for the eerie, her real life is more about chic eats and outdoor adventure. The post Ah, Vancouver: Land of Hipness and Mary Elizabeth Winstead appeared first on WIRED.

Humanity has itself a population problem, and the solution may just be six-legged. The post I've Been to the Future. It Tastes Like Crickets appeared first on WIRED.

New research reveals how brutally and effectively one fungus can kill mosquito larvae. The post Hey Mosquitoes: Let's See How You Like a Killer Fungus appeared first on WIRED.

Diamond Reynolds used Facebook Live to capture the aftermath of a police shooting that left her boyfriend Philando Castile dead. What else could she do? The post For Philando Castile, Social Media Was the Only 911 appeared first on WIRED.

This unassuming droptop bug offers a convincing blend of everything a car should be: It's handsome, affordable, efficient, practical, and fun. The post VW's Dune Beetle Is a City Car Raring for a Road Trip appeared first on WIRED.

Some books you want to read slowly. Patrick Rothfuss' fantasy tome isn't one of them. The post WIRED Book Club: We're Breezing Through The Name of the Wind appeared first on WIRED.

Actually unlocking your phone is so 2015. The new way is the locked way. The post With iOS 10, Your iPhone's Basically Just a Lockscreen Now appeared first on WIRED.

The web giant is rolling out the biggest-ever test of encryption designed to be resistant to a sci-fi future threat: a codebreaking quantum computer. The post Google Tests New Crypto in Chrome to Fend Off Quantum Attacks appeared first on WIRED.

We take you inside Delta's tech ops facility, where engineers tear down engines, put them back together, then run a battery of tests on them. The post A Rare Look Inside the Vault Where Rebuilt Jet Engines Prove They Can Fly appeared first on WIRED.