Spike Lee's new documentary about Jackson's early solo career brings new influences to light. The post The Best Factoids From Spike Lee’s New Michael Jackson Doc appeared first on WIRED.

A new virtual reality experience debuting at Sundance lets users experience all sides of an officer-involved shooting—including the victim's. The post New VR Film Perspective 2: The Misdemeanor Drops You in the Middle of a Police Shooting appeared first on WIRED.

Heavy snow and plowing patterns create "sneckdowns"—a traffic calming device many would like to see made permanent. The post The Urban Design Lesson Hidden in Blizzard 2016 appeared first on WIRED.

Pawel Zaluska captures the whimsical magic of soap bubbles crystalizing in mere moments. The post The Entrancing Beauty of Freezing Soap Bubbles appeared first on WIRED.

Neurologist Phil Kennedy set out to build the ultimate brain-computer interface. In the process he almost lost his mind. The post The Neurologist Who Hacked His Brain—And Almost Lost His Mind appeared first on WIRED.

Sony will merge Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment into a single company, Sony Interactive Entertainment, on April 1. The post Sony Interactive Entertainment Merges PlayStation Biz Units appeared first on WIRED.

Judging from Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Taika Waititi will bring a much-needed new style to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The post Taika Waititi, the Next Thor Director, Is an Indie Film Powerhouse appeared first on WIRED.

In some cases, the snow accumulation from the snow storm Jonas must be melted. How much power would it take to melt the snow on the roads? The post Melting Blizzard 2016’s Snow Would Take a Lot of Energy appeared first on WIRED.

Plastic shopping bags are remarkable feats of engineering, and consumers have taken them for granted this whole time. The post Throwing This Out Here: Plastic Bags Are Amazing and You Should Appreciate Them More appeared first on WIRED.

Sam Barlow, creator of the lauded live-action mystery game, shows a heavily redacted proposal for 'Her Story 2' on Twitter. The post Heavily Redacted Tweet Teases a Her Story Sequel appeared first on WIRED.

Pranksters are passing a link to "crashsafari.com" around social media, which immediately crashes iPhones and iPads. The post Hack Brief: Don’t Be Trolled by This iPhone-Crashing Link Meme appeared first on WIRED.

Jonathan Blow's new game The Witness is a taxing puzzle game that, so far, is stingy with answers. The post The Witness Is Driving Me Insane appeared first on WIRED.

The German Aeronautics Center lands a drone on a speeding Audi, but analysts aren't sure why. The post There May Actually Be a Good Reason to Teach Drones to Land on Cars appeared first on WIRED.

Chicago just released OpenGrid, a new online tool that makes browsing public data way easier than before. The post Conquer Chicago’s Mountain of Data With This Powerful Tool appeared first on WIRED.

Record Industry produces millions of records a year in the Netherlands. Photographer Alastair Wiper spent a day capturing the music-making magic. The post The Vinyl Record Factory That Makes Your Niche Music Dreams Come True appeared first on WIRED.

If ExxonMobil gets in trouble for contributing to climate change, the charge won't be crimes against humanity. It'll be for lying to its own investors. The post If Exxon’s Punished for Climate Change, It’ll Be for Lying to Investors appeared first on WIRED.

This ain't your kid's Razor scooter. The post It’s Too Bad Electric Scooters Are So Lame, Because They May Be the Future appeared first on WIRED.

From iconic actresses to sci-fi excursions, there's plenty of promising fare heading to shelves (or e-readers) this year. The post The 10 Most Promising Books Coming in 2016 appeared first on WIRED.

The secret to making an artificial intelligence more convincing? Program it to kibbitz. The post To Make AI More Human, Teach It to Chitchat appeared first on WIRED.

Fancasting allows people to imagine a world where anyone can play any role. The post The Subversive and Cathartic Act of ‘Fancasting’ Movies appeared first on WIRED.

A blizzard of word salad threatened to engulf us this week; thankfully, feline lookalikes and Twitter stories provided a much-needed distraction. The post While You Were Offline: Sarah Palin Delivers a Mildly Coherent Endorsement appeared first on WIRED.

The most divisive movie at the film festival (so far) wins through calculated weirdness. The post Sundance: Swiss Army Man Is a 95-Minute Viral Video appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, January 17–23, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: A Galaxy Breakin’ All the Rules appeared first on WIRED.

More than 20 years after it first made us believers, the creepiest show of the ’90s is back, and it's convinced the truth is still out there. The post The X-Files Is Back—And Now It Has Smartphones! 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: Now California Wants to Ban Encrypted Phones, Too appeared first on WIRED.

Author Tim Powers is a master of the secret history genre. Here's how he dreams up his wild tales. The post How to Construct the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory appeared first on WIRED.

Bizarre quantum bonds connect distinct moments in time, suggesting that quantum links—not space-time—constitute the fundamental structure of the universe. The post Quantum Links in Time and Space May Form the Universe’s Foundation appeared first on WIRED.

Today, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin accomplished a first among firsts: It launched and brought back to Earth the same New Shepard rocket that it landed for the first time back in November. The post Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Took Off and Landed—Again appeared first on WIRED.

Houses Stark, Targaryen, and Lannister have some rebuilding to do when season six starts in April. The post New Game Of Thrones Teasers Set Up an Epic Family Feud appeared first on WIRED.

She's not as into VR as we are, apparently. The post Hey, Chelsea Handler Visited Us For Her New Netflix Show appeared first on WIRED.

We don't know everything about Planet Nine, but we know enough for some estimation questions. The post Could You Live on Planet Nine? appeared first on WIRED.

When snowfall is measured in feet instead of inches, New York calls on its beastly "Darth Vader" snow plow. The post This Huge Train Plow Is Called Darth Vader. It Murders Snow appeared first on WIRED.

Chris plays an easy game and Jake plays a brutally difficult one on this episode of WIRED's gaming podcast. The post Game|Life Podcast: Some Like It Brutally Difficult appeared first on WIRED.

There's a ton of fan service in the blockbuster. But the reappearance of a holographic board game just might be the best. The post The Untold Story Behind The Force Awakens’ Best Easter Egg appeared first on WIRED.

It's pronounced "hoo-gah." The post Blizzard 2016 Got You Down? Embrace the Danish Concept of Hygge appeared first on WIRED.

Gunung Egon's increasing unrest is prompting evacuations, while volcanoes in Mexico and Russia continue to erupt. The post Volcanic Unrest in Indonesia Is Forcing Evacuations appeared first on WIRED.

Light travels at a very high speed, making it difficult to measure. Here are three historic methods to measure the speed of light. The post How to Measure the Speed of Light With Lanterns, Wheels, and Planets appeared first on WIRED.

Want to talk about cars? Let's talk about cars. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: Let’s Talk About Robot Cars and Mustaches appeared first on WIRED.

750 artists redesigned the covers of classic books. Now 50 of them are going on tour. The post Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age appeared first on WIRED.

Darkest Dungeon is an ultra-hard role-playing game that excels at creating stories about strength in adversity. It crafts heroes but you're not one of them. The post Playing Darkest Dungeon Makes You a Middle Manager, Not a Hero appeared first on WIRED.

The film festival's new app lets almost everyone get a taste of the virtual-reality experiences heading to Park City. The post You Can Watch Sundance’s VR Films Right on Your Smartphone appeared first on WIRED.

Paper Airplanes: The Collections of Harry Smith features 251 photographs of paper airplanes, all found on the streets of New York City. The post Beautiful Beatnik-Era Paper Planes From the Streets of NYC appeared first on WIRED.

A festival line-up without boldface names leaves more room for the weird stuff to shine. The post There Are No Big Movies at Sundance—And That’s a Good Thing appeared first on WIRED.

This weekend could turn DC into a waterbed beneath blankets of snow. The post DC’s Coming Snowstorm Could Cause Massive Flooding appeared first on WIRED.

Toyota's working with satellite antenna-provider Kymeta to improve how we access data on the road. The post Toyota Eyes Satellite Antennas for Data-Hungry Connected Cars appeared first on WIRED.

The new CW show expands DC Comics' most interesting TV universe. The post With Legends of Tomorrow, the Arrowverse Gets Even Better appeared first on WIRED.

The most entertaining Twitter story of the day, courtesy of writer and one-time MTV host Dave Holmes. The post This is Why You Don’t Con Smart People Who Do Improv appeared first on WIRED.

More than 20 years after the cult hit's debut, Agents Mulder and Scully are back for a second go-around. The post X-Files’ Creator Tells Us What to Expect From the Show’s Return appeared first on WIRED.

New legislation introduced simultaneously in sixteen states ought to send a message to federal legislators that Americans need privacy reforms. The post 5 Things Congress Should Learn From New State Privacy Bills appeared first on WIRED.