The problem goes back to, you know, a small technicality: Marijuana is still illegal under federal law. The post Nobody Knows What to Do About Pesticides in Legal Marijuana appeared first on WIRED.

Time to get down with some role-playing card game action! The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 96 appeared first on WIRED.

In exploring such futures, fiction can also flesh out a looming danger not just of a war, but new technologies used within it. The post How Fiction Can Reveal the Horrors of Future Wars appeared first on WIRED.

Here's a numerical breakdown of every random, stupid, or just plain unnecessary thing that happens in this movie. The post Everything Wrong With Fantastic Four, by the Numbers appeared first on WIRED.

We have a new addition to the Absurd Creature family: a live-action show of epic proportions. The post Introducing Absurd Creatures: The Show! Now With Even More Horror appeared first on WIRED.

WIRED goes down the rabbit hole to discover the best Instagram has to offer. The post Instagram Rabbit Hole: False Teeth and Organized Mushrooms appeared first on WIRED.

Trap-jaw ants have remarkable mandibles, huge things that cock back and deploy to send attackers tumbling...or to blast the ant itself out of danger. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Ant That Blasts Itself Out of Danger With Its Face appeared first on WIRED.

Yes, one’s logo should be unique. Trump’s typography is uniquely arrogant. The post You Know What Else Sucks About Donald Trump? His Branding appeared first on WIRED.

This new baby carriage conveyance looks like it would be more at home in a NASA lab than on a shelf at REI. The post This Insane Baby Stroller Has an Auto-Adjusting Suspension appeared first on WIRED.

Tonight New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul got into an exchange about hugs during the GOP debate. Twitter turned it into smooth jazz. The post Chris Christie Mentioned Hugs, Twitter Made It a Jazz Album appeared first on WIRED.

The premise here is a little nuts: Vin Diesel saves the world from the worst witches ever. But once it sinks in, it actually sounds like a lot of fun. The post The New Vin Diesel Trailer: The Last Witch Hunter appeared first on WIRED.

According to a paper, the Nepal earthquake may have made another quake even more likely. The post Nepal’s Quake May Have Primed the Area for Another Big One appeared first on WIRED.

Warm like cashmere, made of parts you won't want to know about. The post Luxury Wool Made From … Leftover Animal Parts? appeared first on WIRED.

Stop talking to canned vegetables and watch this documentary immediately. The post The Wet Hot Doc Trailer: Hurricane of Fun appeared first on WIRED.

So the "Fantastic Four" reviews aren't great. So what? There's plenty of good superhero news to get excited about. The post Cape Watch: Hulk Smash Civil War! (We Think) appeared first on WIRED.

Crews fighting the massive Rocky Fire in northern California have dusted off the helitorch. The post The Flame-Throwing Helicopter That Fights Wildfires appeared first on WIRED.

This week's music video roundup goes from Kendrick Lamar to hypnotized dancing before you can say, "Wait, what?!" The post Audio Visuals: Rockers Turn Into Nude Videogame Characters appeared first on WIRED.

At least we know the plane's not hiding in Kazakhstan. The post Our New Best Guess for Where to Find MH370: The Indian Ocean appeared first on WIRED.

As creepy as it is cool. The post Tesla’s Whipped Up Your Latest Nightmare appeared first on WIRED.

The magical accuracy of search engine results may be the worst thing to happen to democracy since unfettered campaign donations. The post Google’s Search Algorithm Could Steal the Presidency appeared first on WIRED.

The Stagefright bug has quickly frightened cell phone manufacturers into action. The post Big Android Makers Will Now Push Monthly Security Updates appeared first on WIRED.

As technology becomes ubiquitous in our lives, these über-questions become all the more salient: Is all this tech dumbing us down, or accelerating and enriching the pace of learning? Is social media connecting us digitally but handicapping us emotionally? How is the always-on nature of our tech-fueled society shaping the minds and values of our […] The post This Month on #maketechhuman: What is tech doing to our humanity? appeared first on WIRED.

The whole west is freckled with fires, and firefighters are anxious that the money we're throwing at these fires is growing short. The post All These Fires Are Burning Through Firefighters’ Budgets appeared first on WIRED.

It's time for some Imperial Shuttle origami. Prepare for paper cuts. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 95 appeared first on WIRED.

Can’t I just drink a beer and ignore my feelings? That sentiment is exactly what Moodnotes is trying to change. The post Your Mental Health Could Use a Personal Trainer, Too appeared first on WIRED.

The $32 radio device, smaller than a cell phone, is designed to defeat the "rolling codes" security used in not only most modern cars and trucks' keyless entry systems, but also in their alarm systems and in modern garage door openers. The post This Hacker’s Tiny Device Unlocks Cars And Opens Garages appeared first on WIRED.

Researchers can sequence DNA from airplane toilets to trace resistance genes and potential pathogens. The post Airplane Poop Could Help Track Global Disease Outbreaks appeared first on WIRED.

The best data medical researchers have on radiation risk comes from long-term studies of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But they might not be enough. The post How Hiroshima Survivors Are Leaving A Legacy For Science appeared first on WIRED.

VR is still in its early stages, but a look back in history, from Vaudeville to journalism, may help us predict how the technology will find its footing. The post How VR Filmmakers Can Make Classics in Their All-New Medium appeared first on WIRED.

Actor Michael B. Jordan is on a hot streak right now—and not just because he's playing the Human Torch. The post Michael B. Jordan, aka the Human Torch, Is So Hot Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

Dina Litovsky captures every grimace and wince of getting tattooed. The post Get Inked Vicariously Through These Tattoo Portraits appeared first on WIRED.

I've played plenty of crazy-difficult platformers that reduced my hands to arthritic claws, but N++ trumps them all. The post N++ Is the Hardest Platform Game You’ll Play This Year appeared first on WIRED.

Researchers found security holes in Tesla Model S cars that would allow them, with physical access to the car, start it with a software command and drive it away. They could also plant a remote-access Trojan on the car's network while they had physical access, then later remotely cut its engine while someone else was driving. Tesla has distributed an over-the-air firmware patch to all Model S cars on the road. The post Researchers Hacked a Model S, But Tesla’s Already Released a Patch appeared first on WIRED.

Is the Lexus hoverboard really frictionless? Does it interact with the ground? The post Is Lexus’ Crazy Hoverboard Really Frictionless? appeared first on WIRED.

A parasite wasp somehow mind-controls spiders into building a special web to protect it. The post This Wasp Mind-Controls Spiders Into Building It Cozy Webs appeared first on WIRED.

You can download the six-track mixtape from SoundCloud. The post Chance the Rapper and Lil B Just Dropped a Free Mixtape appeared first on WIRED.

Chrysler just dropped $2.5 million on a revamped dynamometer, one that can properly test all-wheel drive and 4x4 vehicles packing up to 650 horsepower. The post Chrysler Has a New Way to Test Cars Packing Big Horsepower appeared first on WIRED.

Virtual reality movies are getting a film festival of their own. The post There’s a New VR Film Fest, and It May Be Headed Your Way appeared first on WIRED.

There is no shortcut to learning physics. It takes lots of work and difficult times. In the end, it's worth it. The post Learning Physics Is Tough. Get Used to It appeared first on WIRED.

The new trailer makes the HBO drama look like it'll be just as bleak in Season 2. The post The Ruin Your Day With Sad Trailer: The Leftovers Season 2 appeared first on WIRED.

Like Instagram filters, but on steroids. The post This Twitter Bot Turns Your Pictures Into Pixelated Glitch Art appeared first on WIRED.

Your hellish commute has never looked so pretty. A new set of animated maps plots the commutes of 3.3 million Bay Area residents commuting to 110,000 destinations. The post Animated Maps Illustrate the Hell of Bay Area Commuting appeared first on WIRED.

An examination has confirmed that the airplane part that washed up on the shores of the island of Réunion last week came from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014. The post Here’s the Full Statement on MH370 From the Malaysian Prime Minister appeared first on WIRED.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed the flaperon, identified last week as part of a Boeing 777, came from the jet that vanished while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The post Yes, That Debris Is From MH370 appeared first on WIRED.

We're feeling a little nostalgic on this week's podcast. Find out why here. The post Entertainment Podcast: It’s the Wettest Hottest American Summer Yet! appeared first on WIRED.

Art AIDS America, an exhibition recently opened at the Tacoma Art Museum, looks at how AIDS inserted itself into the art world's conversation, leading to some very personal, local, and activist works. The post A Sobering Look at How AIDS Changed Art in America appeared first on WIRED.

Get ready to sit back and enjoy Lee Daniels' and Danny Strong's re-imagining of 'King Lear' with three sons and a whole lot of bling. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Empire appeared first on WIRED.

Celebrate National Underwear Day with the smooth sounds of Sy Snootles. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 94 appeared first on WIRED.

Motorcycles do not float. They are not waterproof. The post Here’s How That Nut Surfed on a Motorcycle appeared first on WIRED.

Alexandra Lethbridge makes photos of objects from Earth and space. The question is which is which? The post There’s a Fine Line Between Gift-Shop Rocks and Meteorites appeared first on WIRED.