This crazy watch's guts seem to float in mid-air. The post The Watch With the Magical Floating Movement appeared first on WIRED.

Give your paperbacks new life on a screen. The post How to Turn Both Paper and Digital Text Into an E-Book appeared first on WIRED.

Ask an aid worker and the paeans to tarpaulin will come pouring out. The post The Inside Story of an Aid Worker’s Secret Weapon: The Tarp appeared first on WIRED.

How Fox's resurrected paranormal sci-fi drama created our modern television landscape. The post The X-Files Is Back. Here’s How It Redefined Modern TV appeared first on WIRED.

Ross Paxton photographs tourists doing what they do best – gawking, pointing and snapping photos all across the UK. The post British People on Top of Tour Buses Look Generally Displeased appeared first on WIRED.

A designer removed all words from classic literature, leaving only punctuation marks. The post Here’s What Classic Books Look Like Without Words appeared first on WIRED.

Stop worrying and just welcome your new insect overlords. The post Just Give Up. It’s Impossible to Bug-Proof Your Home appeared first on WIRED.

SIHH—Salon International de la Haute Horologie—is an annual gathering of the highest-end watchmakers. Somehow, we rated an invitation; we're bringing you in The post Insane Timepieces from the World’s Most Exclusive Watch Show appeared first on WIRED.

Now that we have a whole new Star Wars universe to explore, rumors about the new franchise pop up all the time. We'll collect them here. The post Cantina Talk: Your Top Source for Star Wars News and Rumors appeared first on WIRED.

For the Criterion Collection edition of "Inside Llewyn Davis," the three directors talk circular film structure and defining character traits. The post Watch: Guillermo del Toro Interviews the Coen Brothers appeared first on WIRED.

Texting is an intimate way to have a conversation. But how intimate is it, exactly, when you count up all the people who could be listening in? The post Your Selfies Are Insecure. Here’s How to Encrypt Them appeared first on WIRED.

We know what a self-driving car will look like, but what about the platforms that will power it? The post Tesla Summon Hints at How the World of Self-Driving Cars Will Work appeared first on WIRED.

Almost every metropolitan subway station is on this map. The post Map Envisions What a Worldwide Subway System Would Be Like appeared first on WIRED.

As consumer drones become more capable, one new study shows, they become more of a threat. The post When Good Drones Go Bad appeared first on WIRED.

Kacper Kowalski flies and shoots solo around his home in Gdynia, Poland. The post The Stunning Nature (And Industry) of Poland From Above appeared first on WIRED.

The MythBusters made a train tanker car implode due to a pressure difference. You can do something similar at home with a soda can. The post Make Your Own Tanker Implosion With a Soda Can appeared first on WIRED.

Metafictional videogames like Pony Island and The Magic Circle want to break free of the boundaries of traditional games. The post The Best New Videogames Are All About … Videogames appeared first on WIRED.

Today's Falcon 9 tipped over after hitting its drone barge target. The post SpaceX Botched Its Landing Thanks to a Broken Sea Leg 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: Tim Cook Demands That the White House Defend Encryption appeared first on WIRED.

This week, the Internet spent a lot of time mourning David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Here are a few things you might have missed during the collective grief. The post While You Were Offline: Trump’s Musical Ode to Insanity appeared first on WIRED.

TorFlow maps Internet anonymity across the globe and across time. The post Here’s What Tor’s Data Looks Like as It Flows Around the World appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, January 10–16. The post Space Photos of the Week: A Green Pea Galaxy Gets Groovin’ appeared first on WIRED.

I have a confession to make: I never watched "Sesame Street." The post Why I’m Watching Sesame Street for the First Time Tonight appeared first on WIRED.

In this week's episode of the 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy,' writer Joseph Laycock discusses his new book on the moral panic around role playing games. The post Dungeons & Dragons Is a Lot Like Religion appeared first on WIRED.

If you're headed to Detroit and don't have all day to wander the show floor, here are the five coolest cars you've got to see. The post The Coolest Cars at This Year’s Detroit Auto Show appeared first on WIRED.

Two leading candidates for a “theory of everything,” long thought incompatible, may be two sides of the same coin. The post String Theory Might Merge With the Other Theory of Everything appeared first on WIRED.

This weekend, get ready to watch the greatest giant-robot rematch of all time, probably. The post SpaceX Rocket vs. Robot Boat, Round 4! Tune in Live to the Grudge Fight appeared first on WIRED.

Denial of service attacks used to just be a nuisance. But they're getting more powerful and more insidious. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Are DoS and DDoS Attacks? appeared first on WIRED.

The shoe-shaped church is meant to attract female visitors. The post This Church Is Shaped Like Cinderella’s Glass Slipper appeared first on WIRED.

Until now, streaming services have been a black box of unknown viewership data. But the Shazam of television seeks to change all that. The post Meet Symphony, the Company That Tracks Netflix’s Elusive Ratings appeared first on WIRED.

The curse of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium continues. The post Japan Refuses to Pay Zaha Hadid for Her Axed Stadium Design appeared first on WIRED.

The Department of Transportation and 18 carmakers commit to new safety and security principles, including better relations with the security community. The post Feds Prod Automakers to Play Nice With Hackers appeared first on WIRED.

Oxenfree's a short game, but there's a lot going on under the surface. The post Oxenfree Takes 4 Hours to Play, But It’s Full of Brilliance appeared first on WIRED.

The hosts give us a download from CES, including thoughts on the state of Oculus. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: What We Really Learned at CES This Year appeared first on WIRED.

Withings designed a new infrared thermometer. It costs $100, but it might be worth it. The post Withings’ New Thermometer Might Be Worth Its $100 Price Tag appeared first on WIRED.

Aaron Koblin's piece for Doug Aitken's traveling art project, Station to Station, turned a train into a light printer. Watch him explain it here. The post Video: This Rig Paints Train Tracks With Vivid Lasers appeared first on WIRED.

The sequel to the J.J. Abrams-produced 2008 hit is so top-secret, we didn't know it was coming. The post Here’s the Trailer for the Surprise ‘Cloverfield’ Sequel appeared first on WIRED.

The auto company has partnered with research firm SRI International to make an "autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid" meant to exceed human riding capabilities. The post Yamaha’s MotoBot Will Make Human Motorcyclists Look Pathetic appeared first on WIRED.

A Napa vineyard's high-tech logic control system can detect risk factors before they develop into wine-spoiling problems. The post Napa’s Fermenting Your Wine With Submarine Technology appeared first on WIRED.

As NASA chooses its next cargo haulers for the ISS, a new report says the agency might be repeating the errors of its past. The post To Cut Costs and Save Time, NASA’s Taking More Risks appeared first on WIRED.

The beautiful bearded vulture feeds almost exclusively on skeletal fragments. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Magnificent Bearded Vulture Only Eats Bone. Metal, Dude appeared first on WIRED.

The designers behind "40 Days of Dating" are back with a new project devoted to addressing apathy and selfishness. It's called 12 Kinds of Kindness. The post 12 Kinds of Kindness Is a 12-Step Program for Beating Your Selfishness appeared first on WIRED.

Space walks are always pretty worry-making, but this particular excursion comes with some extra red flags. The post Watch Two Astronauts Repair the ISS in the Dark appeared first on WIRED.

Victor Enrich is not an architect, but he makes some crazy architecture happen in his photography. The post We’re Kind of Sad This Trippy Building Doesn’t Actually Exist appeared first on WIRED.

Scan this year's nominees and you’ll see why you might as well go ahead and make a keyboard shortcut to bring back last year's #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. The post Pretty Much Only White People Got Oscar Nominations. Again. appeared first on WIRED.

The Mexican drug lord apparently spent a lot of time going through the actor's IMDB page. The post Definitely Real Texts Show What El Chapo Thinks of Sean Penn appeared first on WIRED.

The late British actor gave many indelible performances, but his parts in a blockbuster fantasy series and a "Star Trek" send-up stand above the rest. The post Remembering Alan Rickman’s Seminal Sci-Fi and Fantasy Roles appeared first on WIRED.

The new competitor for the title of "ESPN of e-sports" is... ESPN itself, as it launches a new section of its website for that purpose. The post ESPN.com E-Sports Coverage Begins Today appeared first on WIRED.

Jean-Claude Mézieres and Pierre Christin's comics series might have influenced George Lucas, and they definitely influenced director Luc Besson. The post The French Sci-Fi Comics That May Have Influenced Star Wars appeared first on WIRED.

Those looking for a sneak peek ahead at the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were in luck this week. Then again, DC fans weren't left out, either. The post Cape Watch: The First Wave of Avengers May Be on Their Way Out appeared first on WIRED.