Coming up on Absurd Creature 100, we look back at the ones that made us suspect that the universe is inherently evil. The post Absurd Creature of the Week Turns 100! Meet Our Favorites appeared first on WIRED.

After more than a year of research and development, Uber is rolling out the first-ever redesign of its driver app. Here's the story of how it came together. The post Inside Uber’s Mission to Give Its Drivers the Ultimate App appeared first on WIRED.

Videogames have a dearth of good Americana. Firewatch, out in February, might change that. The post Wilderness Game Firewatch Finally Gets a Release Date appeared first on WIRED.

Home is where your Star Wars VHS is. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 163 appeared first on WIRED.

Jeroen Hofman documents police, firemen and military training in sites staged to look like real life. The post Visit the ‘Playgrounds’ Where the Dutch Prep for Disasters appeared first on WIRED.

Using DNA for criminal investigations is great---until it turns an innocent person into a suspect. The post Your Relative’s DNA Could Turn You Into a Suspect appeared first on WIRED.

The coffee company's Green Apron Delivery program rolls out in the Empire State Building. The post Starting Today, Starbucks Delivers (To One Building) appeared first on WIRED.

Behold: It's a trailer for a Marvel show on Netflix with actual footage of the upcoming season! The post New Daredevil Trailer Shows Off Elektra, Punisher appeared first on WIRED.

Last night's Season 6 premiere turned the zombie volume up to 11 thanks to a showdown with one of the largest packs of walkers in the show's history. The post The Walking Dead Came Back with Even More Zombies This Season appeared first on WIRED.

Chris Pratt starred in the third highest-grossing movie of all time. But to everyday New Yorkers, he's just some guy with a nice wife. The post In New York City No One Cares About Chris Pratt appeared first on WIRED.

FireChat wants to build a city-wide mesh network that will give people free messaging. The post This App Is Building a Giant Network for Free Messaging appeared first on WIRED.

With 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' Ridley Scott cemented his place as one of the best sci-fi filmmakers of all time. And he’ll be the first to tell you so. The post Ridley Scott Likes Alien as Much as You Do appeared first on WIRED.

A new study and accompanying interactive map show where locked in sea level rise is going to flood. The post Map Shows Where Sea Level Rise Will Drown American Cities appeared first on WIRED.

Moving past the thumbs-up raises two big questions: Why seven reactions, and why these seven, specifically? The post The Surprisingly Complex Design of Facebook’s New Emoji appeared first on WIRED.

The White House has denied the FBI's pleas for an encryption backdoor. But don't forget that feds can still sneak in through the window. The post Cops Don’t Need a Crypto Backdoor to Get Into Your iPhone appeared first on WIRED.

LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up near a steel factory in the 1980s. When she got older, she went back to document the changes in her family and her hometown. The post LaToya Ruby Frazier’s 12-Year Project Captures a Dying Town appeared first on WIRED.

Microsoft has released the final trailer for the Xbox One game. The post Halo 5: Guardians Launch Trailer Arrives, With Muse appeared first on WIRED.

Learn to prototype like a Facebook designer. The post Facebook Just Put All Its Free Design Tools In One Place appeared first on WIRED.

Science fiction is one step closer to reality. The post Scientists Can Now Predict Intelligence From Brain Activity appeared first on WIRED.

But they do have fleas. The post These Adorable Owls Will Not Kill You With Plague appeared first on WIRED.

A federal bill would make it illegal to fly drones near wildfires and other natural disasters. The post Drones Could Soon Be Banned From Flying Near Wildfires appeared first on WIRED.

How IDEO gave a nuclear energy company a modern, techno-optimist branding. The post The Nuclear Waste Startup Aiming to Rebrand Atomic Energy appeared first on WIRED.

Garbage in, garbage out when it comes to big data analysis of language and culture. The post The Pitfalls of Using Google Ngram to Study Language appeared first on WIRED.

Laura Buckman photographed a paranormal event in the small city of Lewisville. There were mediums, priests, and even a wedding. The post This Texan Supernatural Expo Is Everything You’d Imagine appeared first on WIRED.

New, unclassified maps from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency show how the Arctic is heating up--literally and geopolitically. The post Spy Agency Maps Show How the Arctic is Heating Up appeared first on WIRED.

50,000 fans turned out to walk among hundreds of historic race cars, meet racing legends, and watch three days of nothing but Porsches barreling around one of the country's toughest circuits. The post Porsche Rennsport Is Like Comic-Con for Auto Buffs appeared first on WIRED.

A major advance reveals deep connections between the classes of problems that computers can—and can’t—possibly do. The post Major Advance Reveals the Limits of Computation appeared first on WIRED.

Check out Austin Grossman's videogame-inspired short story here. The post Read the Sci-Fi Story ‘Fresh Prince of Gamma World’ Here appeared first on WIRED.

Nothing goes with a mood ring like a lightsaber. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 161 appeared first on WIRED.

Time for an auditory treat, courtesy of Michael Giacchino. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 160 appeared first on WIRED.

In the new 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast author David Wong discusses his latest book and its focus on the dark side of social networks. The post Social Media Could Inspire Horrors—Or Maybe Superpowers appeared first on WIRED.

Each Saturday we round up the security stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which deserve your attention nonetheless. The post Security News This Week: The US Won’t Force Companies to Build It Backdoors—For Now appeared first on WIRED.

If there's a running theme to this week's roundup internet things, it's strong women and the reactions to them from the world. Here's what happened. The post While You Were Offline: Who Run the Web? Girls! appeared first on WIRED.

Loving the fact we love stuff. (Plus, zombies.) The post Fandom Eats Itself at New York Comic Con appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, October 4 - 10. The post Space Photos of the Week: A Beautiful Blue Nebula Says Good Night appeared first on WIRED.

Star Wars: Battlefront is, first and foremost, a Star Wars game. I'm not yet sure if this is a liability or a triumph. The post Star Wars Battlefront Is No Generic Shoot-Em-Up Game appeared first on WIRED.

The historic car marque is spinning off from Fiat Chrysler and will be valued around $10 billion. The post Ferrari Files for Its Own IPO, Valued at $10 Billion appeared first on WIRED.

To figure out how "cheat mode" alters fuel economy and performance, Consumer Reports hacked its way into a 2015 Jetta TDI and 2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDI. The post How VW’s Cheat Mode Hurts Performance and Fuel Economy appeared first on WIRED.

There are a lot of things in this trailer you need to see, but here's the one on which you absolutely have to set your gaze: Sailor Channing. The post The New Coen Brothers Movie Trailer: Hail, Caesar! appeared first on WIRED.

Laura Hudson joins Chris Kohler and Matt Peckham to wrestle with The Stanley Parable creator's latest game. The post Game|Life Podcast: We Can’t Stop Thinking About Beginner’s Guide appeared first on WIRED.

The conviction of Matthew Keys on hacking charges this week has renewed focus on a controversial law that many say prosecutors are using incorrectly to inflate cases. The post Matthew Keys’ Hacking Conviction May Not Survive an Appeal appeared first on WIRED.

There have been a lot of movies made recently about the Apple founder. This is the one you should see. The post Steve Jobs Is the Apple Film You’ve Been Waiting For appeared first on WIRED.

Robert Rodriguez directed the video for Demi Lovato's new track "Confident"—and we gotta say, he went all in. The post This Robert Rodriguez Music Video Beats Machete Kills appeared first on WIRED.

From Karl the Fog to God Himself, here are the residents of the natural world you should be following on Twitter. The post Forces of Nature to Follow if You’re Stuck at Your Desk appeared first on WIRED.

Don’t be fooled: Pixar is as much a research firm as it is an animation studio. The post Perfecting Pixar’s Movies Takes a Crazy Amount of Research appeared first on WIRED.

A lab at the University of California Irvine trying to figure out how to regrow lost limbs by studying the axolotl. The post Absurd Creatures: This Salamander Could Teach Humans How to Regrow Limbs appeared first on WIRED.

This trailer starts out looking like any old Austen adaptation, but swiftly flips to the Bennet sisters slicing their way through a zombie hoard. Naturally. The post Austen Purists Will Gasp at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer and associate photo editor Christie Hemm Klok takes us down the Instagram Rabbit Hole this week. The post Instagram Rabbit Hole: Mom Power and Spooky Forests appeared first on WIRED.

Here's an exclusive look at the new book 'The Art of the Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien. The post See the Sketches J.R.R. Tolkien Used to Build Middle-Earth appeared first on WIRED.