Minnesota has been trying to get its famously nice drivers to zipper merge for more than five years. The post Nice Minnesotans Don't Get the Cruelly Efficient Zipper Merge appeared first on WIRED.

Director Morgan Neville tells the story of Yo-Yo Ma's universal compositions. The post How Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Got Its Spectacular Sound appeared first on WIRED.

Bjarke Ingels twists fiberglass blocks into an "unzipped wall." Swiss firm Archilogic has created a virtual version. The post Step Inside Bjarke Ingels’ Whimsical Canyon of Fiberglass appeared first on WIRED.

You share the planet with creatures that can smell veins, see colors you can’t imagine, and communicate through their feet. The post The Weirdest Senses Animals Have That You Don't appeared first on WIRED.

For a $180 fitness tracker, the comfy Gear Fit2 is loaded with features. The post Review: Samsung Gear Fit2 appeared first on WIRED.

With a state-of-the-art helmet and an airframe packed with intelligent sensors, augmented reality is a major part of the F-35 fighter jet. The post It’s a Good Thing the F-35’s $400K Helmet Is Stupid Cool appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer Devin Yalkin spends a day with the Evesham Township to see how they've adjusted to wearing body cams. The post For One Police Force, Body Cams Are Critical—Not Annoying appeared first on WIRED.

At the Venice Architecture Biennale, Australia is on a S.O.P. (Save Our Pools) mission. The post Of Course Australia Brings a Pool to an Architecture Exhibit appeared first on WIRED.

Tesla's new, cheaper Model S is actually part of a long-running plan to keep revenue flowing in. The post Tesla’s Plan to Rule the Auto Industry? In-App Purchases appeared first on WIRED.

Back in the 1980s, three Mississippi kids set out to remake an Indiana Jones movie. Here are the storyboards and costume sketches they used to do it. The post See How Three Kids Remade Raiders of the Lost Ark Shot for Shot appeared first on WIRED.

If you know anything about NASA, you know that missions just don't get launched that fast. The post The Unknown Lab of Millennials Fast-Tracking NASA’s Missions appeared first on WIRED.

A conversation with the stolen-data wholesaler selling 800 million stolen passwords, and plaguing the security teams of LinkedIn, Twitter, and Tumblr. The post An Interview With the Hacker Probably Selling Your Password Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

City lawmakers just passed veto-proof rules that would inflict big fines on short-term rental sites like Airbnb for listing unregistered properties. The post Airbnb Is None Too Pleased About San Francisco’s New Crackdown appeared first on WIRED.

Oh. It. Is. On. The post Obama Endorsement Yields Clinton's Most 🔥🔥🔥 Tweet Yet appeared first on WIRED.

With MotoMods, you can make your phone into absolutely anything you want. The post Motorola's Newest Phone Is Rugged and Super-Thin (Oh, and Modular) appeared first on WIRED.

Rise of Iron is coming exclusively to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and will take players to the frost-covered Plaguelands. The post Destiny: Rise of Iron Expansion Release Date Revealed appeared first on WIRED.

Lenovo's new phone marks the first time Tango's ever been integrated into a device meant for humans, not developers. The post Lenovo Builds the First of a Whole New Breed of Smartphone appeared first on WIRED.

Carbon dioxide is a problem. And everyone knows the best thing to do with problems is bury them deep in the ground and forget they ever existed. The post A Power Plant in Iceland Has Turned Its CO Into Stone appeared first on WIRED.

Here's how the director worked with Industrial Light & Magic to make an Azeroth that would play on the big screen and make gamers feel like they were home. The post Duncan Jones Insists You'll Get Warcraft Even if You Haven't Played the Games appeared first on WIRED.

Zelda, Dishonored, The Last Guardian, Gears of War... Can we play everything E3 has to offer? The post Game|Life Podcast: The Games We're Psyched To Play at E3 appeared first on WIRED.

Tens of millions of Twitter accounts may have been compromised. Get on the two-factor authentication train. The post Time to Lock Up Your Twitter Account With Two-Factor appeared first on WIRED.

Today the government is launching a new clandestine satellite. The post Backyard Detectives Out-Spy the Spies Orbiting Above appeared first on WIRED.

In Silicon Valley-speak, "on demand" means requesting a service---laundry, a ride, a massage---right now. Now it could mean "whenever you want." The post Uber Is Now Letting Passengers Schedule Rides in Advance appeared first on WIRED.

Tesla will introduce a Model S with a less powerful 60 kilowatt-hour battery pack, at a base price of $66,000. The post Tesla's Cheaper Model S Is a Taste of the Model 3 appeared first on WIRED.

This week's superhero movie news is an odd combo of cooky villains and crazier casting. Catch up on all of it here. The post Cape Watch: Jeff Goldblum Wants to Be a Hedonistic Marvel Villain appeared first on WIRED.

Boredom isn't such a bad thing. Put down your phone and let yourself be bored. Here are some things your kids can do this summer. The post It’s Tougher to Be Bored Than Ever Before. And That’s No Good appeared first on WIRED.

Some day, a self-driving car will face a dilemma: avoid hitting one person, hit someone else. And its only ethical guide will be its own AI. The post Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—But Also Take Them appeared first on WIRED.

As the comedy classic turns 30, we roll back the odometer and determine which characters deserve an "Oh, yeaaah", and which deserve to be danke-shamed. The post (Almost) All the Ferris Bueller's Day Off Characters, Ranked by Coolness appeared first on WIRED.

“Value is not based on the quality of material, but on creative and distinctive use instead,” says Alejandro Aravena, director of the 2016 Venice Biennale The post The World's Biggest Architecture Exhibit is Decorated with 100 Tons of Trash appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer Tom Fowlks spent four years documenting the Panama Canal expansion that wraps up this month. The post Epic Photos of the New Panama Canal Will Make You Feel Teeny appeared first on WIRED.

Shell spilled nearly 90,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico last month, and you probably didn't even hear about it. The post Bet You Didn't Hear Shell Spilled a Bunch of Oil in the Gulf appeared first on WIRED.

The team-communication software has become a boss-sanctioned way to be social at the office—and beyond. The post Finally, Slack Is Living Up to Its Name appeared first on WIRED.

Lorrie Cranor thought she dropped a call. The reality was much worse. The post How Even the FTC's Lead Technologist Can Get Hacked appeared first on WIRED.

The physical world defeats our bots because it's been designed by and for humans The post We've Given Bots Brains. Next, Give Them Hands appeared first on WIRED.

Where the kicks are custom and the python rules the jungle. The post Go Inside the Workshop of the Custom Sneaker King appeared first on WIRED.

Thirty-two years ago today, the first film hit theaters. To honor the anniversary, check out these featurettes about the team in the upcoming reboot. The post Celebrate Ghostbusters Day By Getting to Know the New Team appeared first on WIRED.

The limited edition All Star Modern HTM was created by the three most influential designers at Nike. The post The Holy Trinity of Nike Design Made a New Shoe—for Converse appeared first on WIRED.

Lights! Camera! Legal action! The post Gawker vs Thiel: The Movie appeared first on WIRED.

Ubisoft is releasing the followup to the open-world hacking game on November 15 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, with flowers in its hair. The post Watch Dogs 2 is Going to San Francisco This November appeared first on WIRED.

It's our first week chatting about Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, and we're a little confused---which is great. The post WIRED Book Club: Getting Up to Speed With the Challenging Ancillary Justice appeared first on WIRED.

The McLaren Special Operations Carbon Series LT is a special version of the 675LT Spider supercar. The post McLaren's 675LT Supercar Somehow Gets Even MOAR Carbon Fiber appeared first on WIRED.

On this week's WIRED Culture podcast we're talking about turning off the screens and opening up some books. The post Culture Podcast: Turn Off Game of Thrones and Grab a Book Not About Thrones appeared first on WIRED.

It's going to be a bumpy ride. The post At Victory Rally, Clinton Asks Sanders Supporters to Climb Aboard appeared first on WIRED.

Will environmentalists embrace genetic modification if it can save an island full of endangered species? The post Save the Galapagos With GMO Rats. What Could Go Wrong? appeared first on WIRED.

Need a modern love story in your life? This Amazon original series might be just what you need to binge. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Catastrophe appeared first on WIRED.

The 24-ton Armadillo Vault uses no glue, no mortar, no hidden substructure to ensure it doesn't collapse. Instead, it usest really smart architecture. The post 24 Tons of Towering Stone, Held Together With Compression appeared first on WIRED.

Hong Kong was once flooded with the ambient glow of colorful neon lights. But the city's iconic signage is starting to disappear. The post Hong Kong’s Last Neon Lights Still Look Totally Blade Runner appeared first on WIRED.

Not all hashing is created equal. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Is Password Hashing? appeared first on WIRED.

A new exhibit shows off the undersea creatures who populate one of the most mysterious, poorly understood parts of the ocean. The post Unraveling the Mystery of the Ocean's Twilight Zone appeared first on WIRED.