By illustrator Helen Green, it features 29 colored pencil drawings of Bowie throughout his career. The post This Viral GIF Is a Beautiful Homage to David Bowie appeared first on WIRED.

Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett talks about the making of her song "Depreston." The post Song Exploder: Why Courtney Barnett Didn’t Give ‘Depreston’ a Chorus appeared first on WIRED.

Thanks to the arcane way the FDA deals—and doesn’t deal—with consumer and medical devices, the same FDA logo can mean wildly different things. The post An FDA Stamp on CES Gadgets Doesn’t Mean What You Think appeared first on WIRED.

David Bowie's curiosity for life infused his art and changed the world. RIP. The post Remembering David Bowie, Always One Step Ahead of the Rest of Us appeared first on WIRED.

Successful podcasts know that hourlong episodes aren't necessarily the best way to get the word out. The post To Attract New Listeners, Podcasts Need to Move Beyond Sound appeared first on WIRED.

Architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates made them, and they look like bent popsicle sticks. The post Japan’s Minimalist Version of Lego Is Actually Awesome appeared first on WIRED.

Facial recognition software is everywhere. Jacob Burche plays into people's fears about being watched in 'Face Off.' The post Strange, Dissected Portraits Play Into Our Fear of Spying appeared first on WIRED.

A pavilion in Times Square provides visitors with a moment of intimacy in the city's busiest neighborhood. The post New Times Square Kissing Booths Let You Make Out in Privacy appeared first on WIRED.

Chevrolet is introducing the 2017 Bolt, the first electric car with a range of 200 miles and a price under $30,000. The post The Chevy Bolt Costs $30K and Goes 200 Miles on a Charge appeared first on WIRED.

News of David Bowie's passing spread quickly online last night as tributes to the singer flooded social media. The post The Internet Mourns the Death of Rock Legend David Bowie appeared first on WIRED.

There are a few tricky problems to solve before we can all let go of the wheel. One of those is how autonomous cars respond to bad weather. The post The Clever Way Ford’s Self-Driving Cars Navigate in Snow appeared first on WIRED.

The true significance of the Bolt: An old-school company with immense manufacturing capacity has gotten to the 200-mile, $30K electric vehicle first. The post How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car appeared first on WIRED.

Kanye West's fake reality show audition and a lot of Twitter faux pas were exactly how you wanted to bring in 2016, right? The post While You Were Offline: Kanye West Is Not America’s Idol appeared first on WIRED.

Three years ago, a solitary mathematician released an impenetrable proof of the famous abc conjecture. At a recent conference dedicated to the work, optimism mixed with bafflement. The post A New Hope for a Perplexing Mathematical Proof appeared first on WIRED.

Each Saturday we round up the security news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED. The post Security News This Week: Hacked Toymaker VTech Now Makes Home Monitoring Tech appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, January 3–9, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: A Supermassive Black Hole Burps appeared first on WIRED.

Kurt Vonnegut is now known as a famous author, but for most of his life he lived in the shadow of his brilliant scientist brother, Bernard Vonnegut. The post Kurt Vonnegut Once Lived in the Shadow of His Brother appeared first on WIRED.

We'll get the future of transportation we deserve. The post Fly Like a Boss With the Ehang Drone Copter appeared first on WIRED.

The 4K era is barely getting underway, and the television manufacturers are already pushing the next level of tech: 8K panels with stunningly sharp images. The post 8K Televisions Arrive Soon. Here’s What to Know appeared first on WIRED.

They're inexpensive, and they print out your pictures right there on the spot. The post Video: Polaroid’s New Cameras Are Tiny, Cheap, and Cool appeared first on WIRED.

After a week of crawling through the halls and checking out all the latest products, we've picked a handful of favorites. The post Video: Our Favorite Gadgets From This Year’s CES appeared first on WIRED.

From retro tech to fitness wearables, these are the biggest trends we spotted at CES. The post The Biggest Trends of CES 2016 appeared first on WIRED.

Here at CES, we've seen the next wave of smart kitchen devices. Instead of remaining just a novelty, this stuff is starting to get really cool. The post Video: Smart Fridges Are Getting Smarter appeared first on WIRED.

We've been here all week, and we're ready to go home. But before we do, we've got a bunch of crazy gadgets to show you! The post CES 2016 Wrap-Up: All the Coolest Stuff We Saw at the Big Show appeared first on WIRED.

How did you ever get out of bed in the morning without these things? The post Video: 4 Gadgets to Make Your Life More Convenient appeared first on WIRED.

Every year at CES, WIRED's reporters compete in a blogging challenge. We have a winner. The post The Winner of WIRED’s Third CES Smartphone Thunderdome Is… appeared first on WIRED.

Videogames are machines masquerading as worlds. By breaking and manipulating those machines, speedrunners help us see how the world works. The post Why Videogame Speedruns Are So Fascinating to Watch appeared first on WIRED.

A new website from the V&A is a brilliant way to distract yourself. The post Design-A-Wig is Your New Favorite Way To Waste Time appeared first on WIRED.

The auto giant becomes the first in Detroit to extend an olive branch to car hackers. The post GM Asks Friendly Hackers to Report Its Cars’ Security Flaws appeared first on WIRED.

Investigating true-crime stories has been one of online sleuths' favorite pastimes for a while now. Netflix's new show takes it to the next level. The post Making a Murderer Gives the Internet Its Hottest Case Yet appeared first on WIRED.

With two new products unveiled at this week’s CES, Misfit is holding true to its mantra of making wearables “you’re not embarrassed to wear.” The post Misfit’s Wearables Hide Their Tech Behind Cool Minimalism appeared first on WIRED.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization exists to detect and thus deter testing of new nuclear weapons. Absent power to actually do that, the CTBTO has to prove its worth in other ways. So it’s courting scientists. The post The Hunt for Secret Nuclear Tests Digs Up Scientific Gold appeared first on WIRED.

Figs play host to a battle between two remarkable insects: a pollinator wasp and its enemy, a parasitic wasp with a metal-reinforced drill for a bum. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Wasp With a Metal-Reinforced Needle on Its Behind appeared first on WIRED.

The things Americans eat have a huge impact on climate change, and new nutrition guidelines don't help. The post New US Diet Guidelines Say Yes to Meat, Screw the Climate appeared first on WIRED.

New information uncovered by a researcher makes Juniper's decision to use the Dual_EC algorithm even more questionable. The post New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions About the Company appeared first on WIRED.

Welcome to Nascar on ice. Racing at speeds of up to 60 mph, locals put their cars (and the frozen lakes) to the test in this wild sport. The post Inside the Wild, Raging World of Ice Car Racing in Minnesota appeared first on WIRED.

It's the last day WIRED is at CES 2016, and we've still got a lot of ground to cover. Follow along as we touch, photograph, and criticize everything we can. The post CES Liveblog: Taming the Massive Swarm of Gadgets appeared first on WIRED.

New books delve into Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, and The Legend of Zelda from two distinct angles that intersect beautifully. The post Two New Books Get You Inside the Mind of Nintendo’s Game Master appeared first on WIRED.

The smarts of smart kitchen appliances reached a new high at this year's show. The post Looking for CES’s Most Cutting-Edge Tech? It’s in the Fridge appeared first on WIRED.

Every year, we go to CES in Las Vegas. And every year, we find a handful of awesome products that leave us in awe. These are the best things from CES 2016. The post Best of CES 2016: Our Favorite Gadgets From This Year’s Show appeared first on WIRED.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo revealed an ambitious new plan to transform Penn Station into a new transportation hub called the Empire Station Complex. The post NYC’s Nightmarish Penn Station Is Finally Getting a Makeover appeared first on WIRED.

The images are so sharp that they look like moving printed photographs. The post 8K TVs Are Coming to Market, and Your Eyeballs Aren’t Ready appeared first on WIRED.

American Panorama is a series of interactive maps that lets you explore American history. The post American Panorama Is an Interactive Atlas for the 21st Century appeared first on WIRED.

Last week, we heard about Bowe Bergdahl's first year in captivity. This week, we learned what he did to endure the next four years. The post Serial Recap, Episode 4: Bergdahl’s Captors Were Beyond Brutal appeared first on WIRED.

On Wednesday, ProPublica became the first major media outlet to launch a version of its site that runs as a "hidden service" on the Tor network. The post ProPublica Launches the Dark Web’s First Major News Site appeared first on WIRED.

The Netflix/Marvel collaboration drops March 18. The post Daredevil Is Returning Before Batman v Superman. Plan Accordingly appeared first on WIRED.

Bromo and Soputan have both been active so far in 2016, while Guatemala's Fuego started the year impressively. The post Indonesian Volcanoes Celebrate the New Year With Impressive Eruptions appeared first on WIRED.

Typographers not only enjoy drawing certain letters more than others, they are also, it turns out, more than happy to discuss their predilections. The post 15 Typographers Introduce Us to Their Favorite Letterforms appeared first on WIRED.

Looking back on the previous seasons of MythBusters, here are five great physics demos. The post 5 of the Greatest Physics Demos From the MythBusters appeared first on WIRED.

Welcome to 2016. It's shaping up to be a year of antiheroes and massive superhero vs. superhero face-offs. The post Cape Watch: 2016 Might Be the Year of the Robot Armor Billionaires appeared first on WIRED.