Dominic Wilcox is an inventor who's helping new generation of kids become inventors, too. The post This Guy Turns Kids’ Fanciful Inventions Into Real Products appeared first on WIRED.

If the powers that be want to make Flint's water safe, they will have to replace all the city's lead plumbing. The post Here’s How Hard It Will Be to Unpoison Flint’s Water appeared first on WIRED.

When a culture writer gets waylaid on his way to Sundance, these are the movies that pique his interest from afar. The post The 6 Hottest Sundance Movies I Didn’t Get to See appeared first on WIRED.

In the case of the Epomis beetle, prey becomes predator. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: This Toad Isn’t Eating a Bug. The Bug Is Eating It appeared first on WIRED.

Lars Mortensen documents the ever-expanding construction in India, from the high rises to the slums. The post Striking Photos of India’s Rapid, Chaotic Urbanization appeared first on WIRED.

Say goodbye to Java in the browser—not an insecure moment too soon. The post Goodbye Applets: Another Cruddy Piece of Web Tech Is Finally Going Away appeared first on WIRED.

Chomp is ostensibly for kids---but then, the appeal of seeing your face superimposed on a dinosaur's body is pretty universal. The post Addictive App Called Chomp Gets You to Laugh at Your Own Face appeared first on WIRED.

Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky is more than a great read—it's an survey of ideas that might not be that far off. The post The Books That Made an Epic New Sci-Fi Novel So Plausible appeared first on WIRED.

Adam Summers is uploading CT scans of fish into an online database, for science. The post Print an Army of Giant, Articulated Fish From This 3-D Database appeared first on WIRED.

"Song of the Deep" is a new Metroid-ish undersea action game from the maker of Sunset Overdrive that will be published by the game retailer. The post GameStop Will Publish Insomniac’s New ‘Metroidvania’ appeared first on WIRED.

When you're haunted by a duplicate account or impersonator, prepare to find more questions than answers. The post The Mysteries of Getting Instagram to Delete Fake Accounts appeared first on WIRED.

Urban Engines now offers companies and transit agencies the ability to test and compare different choices in the virtual world. The post Transit Agencies Can Now Test New Routes in a Virtual World appeared first on WIRED.

From the ever-expanding MCU to DC supervillains, we've got all the news that's fit to print. Or at least to publish electronically. The post Cape Watch: Marvel Is Officially the Show That Never Ends appeared first on WIRED.

After years of criticism, Barbie finally looks more like real women. The post Like Real People, Barbie Now Comes in Different Sizes appeared first on WIRED.

The PureBoost X has a floating arch that acts like an extra-sturdy sock. It's designed to accommodate the unique range of motion observed in women's feet. The post Only Women Get to Wear Adidas’ Wild New Shoe appeared first on WIRED.

The nation's hacker-in-chief took up the ironic task at the Enigma Conference in San Francisco. The post NSA Hacker Chief Explains How to Keep Him Out of Your System appeared first on WIRED.

One geographer used data to create visualizations of every congressional district across the 50 states. Some look truly ridiculous. The post Gerrymandering Is Even More Infuriating When You Can Actually See It appeared first on WIRED.

Charlie Ross has auctioned off thousands of rare vehicles in his career, even though he's no car lover. The post The Fancy Art of Auctioning Million-Dollar Classic Cars appeared first on WIRED.

The disease is sparking panic because of a possible link to microcephaly. But so far, medical advice has boiled down to this: Don’t get pregnant. The post Zika Virus May Push South America to Loosen Abortion Bans appeared first on WIRED.

Some designs, by way of their ubiquity, have the unusual quality of being at times invisible and at others powerfully evocative of a time or place. The post Every Swede in the ’90s Knew the Dots Design. Now It’s Back appeared first on WIRED.

The surreal landscapes in David Maisel look almost alien. But they're actually sites of mining, agriculture and construction located in central Spain. The post Sweeping Aerial Shots of Spain Look Like Alien Terrain appeared first on WIRED.

The University of Southern California will establish its own publishing label, to bring its innovative student and faculty videogames directly to players. The post The US’ Top Game Design School Will Now Publish Its Own Games appeared first on WIRED.

A fun drone you can fly using just your phone. The post Review: Parrot Bebop 2 appeared first on WIRED.

The first full trailer for the stop-motion studio's new feature is here, and it's glorious. The post Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings Looks Utterly Stunning appeared first on WIRED.

Today embattled drug testing startup Theranos received a letter from federal regulators citing serious problems in the company's California laboratory. The post Federal Regulators Say a Theranos Lab Has Serious Problems appeared first on WIRED.

A supervising sound editor on the movie has taken the wraps off the extensive list of minor voiceover roles—including Silent Bob himself. The post Turns Out Even Kevin Smith Had Lines in The Force Awakens appeared first on WIRED.

The sweeping technology being used by Anaheim police picks up tracking data from every phone for miles--in this case, the miles around Disneyland. The post California Police Used Stingrays in Planes to Spy on Phones appeared first on WIRED.

When Kanye went on a rampage, Twitter found itself in a great position. The post Finally, a Twitter Moment That Matters: Kanye Goes on a Rampage appeared first on WIRED.

Our very own Managing Art Director performs his song “If You Won’t Break My Heart, I Don’t Stand a Chance”

The city's commissioner of consumer affairs has sent subpoenas to four sellers of the vulnerable devices demanding answers on their security practices. The post NYC Launches Investigation Into Hackable Baby Monitors appeared first on WIRED.

Dreams of Dalí, a new VR experience up at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, takes you inside a surrealist desertscape dreamland. The post Oculus Rift Takes You Inside the Wild Mind of Salvador Dalí appeared first on WIRED.

Existing off-the-shelf components are all you need to spy like the NSA, says a UC Berkeley researcher. The post How to Make Your Own NSA Bulk Surveillance System appeared first on WIRED.

At the first Super Bowl, ushers tore tickets. At Super Bowl 50, they scanned them. At Super Bowl 100, fans were retina-scanned on the way in. The post Imagining Football’s Future Through the Super Bowl of 2066 appeared first on WIRED.

Memoire is a typeface that degrades with every use. The post The ‘Memoire’ Typeface Changes Like a Memory as You Use It appeared first on WIRED.

Blue Origin just relaunched the New Shepard rocket. Here is an analysis of the acceleration both for the launch and the landing. The post How Fast Did Blue Origin’s Rocket Accelerate on Launch? appeared first on WIRED.

Areca Roe delves into the wild world of unique pets, capturing everything from pythons to pot-bellied pigs. The post Pigs, Pythons, and Other Animals People Call Their Pets appeared first on WIRED.

The NBA's reigning MVP might be the first post-sports sports hero. The post The Unprecedented, Unstoppable Fandom of Steph Curry appeared first on WIRED.

New York's MTA plans to try out a design that's been used all over the planet to reduce crowding and delays. The post NYC’s Finally Trying a Subway Design That Cuts Crowding and Delays appeared first on WIRED.

Legal and tech experts argue a New York or California ban on smartphone encryption would be a futile and possibly unconstitutional "logistical nightmare." The post Proposed State Bans on Phone Encryption Make Zero Sense appeared first on WIRED.

Scientists are compiling a picture of the shadow of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and it could reveal general relatively breaking down. The post The Death of General Relativity Lurks in a Black Hole’s Shadow appeared first on WIRED.

A great movie, Netflix and Amazon moving into the acquisition game, and the Oscars' lack of diversity may have all been factors in the record-setting deal. The post How The Birth of a Nation Became Sundance’s Biggest Sale Ever appeared first on WIRED.

Good luck unseeing this one. The post Run the Jewels Has Officially Killed the Cat Video appeared first on WIRED.

'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan' coming this summer from Bayonetta maker Platinum Games. The post Your First Look at a Frantic New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game appeared first on WIRED.

Snow removal has undergone something of a renaissance in the past decade, and the future is brine. The post The Secret to Snow Removal Is Pickle Juice and Cheese Brine appeared first on WIRED.

Spoiler: The robot did a pretty good job, and hit its deadline. The post We Asked a Robot to Write an Obit for AI Pioneer Marvin Minsky appeared first on WIRED.

Wiktoria Wojciechowska's quirky images capture the rainy-day cyclists in Hangzhou and Beijing. The post Ghostly Portraits of Cyclists Rushing Through the Rain in China appeared first on WIRED.

The company's new program, called Quill, allows an illustrator to create work directly in VR—and then turns the drawings into animations. The post Oculus’ New Tool Lets You Animate Films Inside of VR appeared first on WIRED.

The New York City museum is the latest institution to be digitized by Google. The post You Can Now Wander the Guggenheim Right on Your Computer appeared first on WIRED.

New features from Amazon and Apple protect you from yourself, by shifting the light on your screen. The post Amazon and Apple Want to Save Your Sleep by Tweaking Screen Colors appeared first on WIRED.

New calculations shows there is just a 0.01 percent chance that recent run of global heat records could have happened due to natural climate variations. The post Please Stop Saying Humans Aren’t Causing Climate Change appeared first on WIRED.