Amy Schumer's first star turn remedies the triteness of rom-coms while maintaining their structural necessities. The post Trainwreck Is a Great Rom-Com Because It’s Not a Rom-Com
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The search for intelligent alien life hasn't turned up anything yet. Maybe $100 million will get things moving. The post A Russian Tycoon Is Spending $100 Million to Hunt for Aliens appeared first on WIRED.

Alejandro González Iñárritu doubles down for the Oscar race with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. The post The Trailer You Wish Everyone Would Talk About: The Revenant appeared first on WIRED.

Scientists hope that new genetic letters, created in the lab, will endow DNA with new powers. The post Chemists Invent New Letters for Nature’s Genetic Alphabet appeared first on WIRED.

At a base price of $117,500, the Viper ACR isn’t just the thinking man’s supercar. It’s also a screaming deal. The post $117,500 for a Viper ACR? That’s a Steal appeared first on WIRED.

"I think the creative process is hurt if you’re thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions." The post Why Huge Budgets Can Ruin Movies appeared first on WIRED.

The light at the end of the tunnel may be weak, but you can still find it in this pick of this week’s happenings on the online frontier. The post While You Were Offline: Amazon Trolls Us With a Dumb Sale appeared first on WIRED.

The Soviets didn't stop at just making some of the most accurate and detailed maps of the day. The post The Soviet Military’s Eerily Detailed Guide to San Diego appeared first on WIRED.

So many hacks, so few days in the week to write alarming stories about each one. Here’s our roundup of what you have may missed this week. The post Security News This Week: Laura Poitras Is Suing the Government appeared first on WIRED.

Space Photos of the Week, July 12 – 18. The post Space Photos of the Week: Hello, Pluto, You Beautiful Thing appeared first on WIRED.

The Soviet military mapped the entire world, but few have seen the actual, physical maps—until now. The post Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers appeared first on WIRED.

When New Horizons mission scientists launched their probe nearly a decade ago, they had no idea what to expect when it reached Pluto. The post Here’s All the Pluto Science From New Horizons So Far appeared first on WIRED.

"It's remarkably tricky to get it to work on the 405. And that's my daily commute for half the week." The post A Crummy Highway Is Delaying Your Self-Driving Tesla appeared first on WIRED.

"Ludicrous Mode" will send the Model S from 0 to 60 mph in a supercar-quick 2.8 seconds. The post Tesla’s New ‘Ludicrous Mode’ Makes the Model S a Supercar appeared first on WIRED.

Japanese Prime Minister: We won't be building Zaha Hadid's $2 billion Olympic stadium. The post Japan Axes a Giant, $2B Olympic Stadium appeared first on WIRED.

Paul Rudd's long-running Conan O'Brien prank is the gift that keeps on giving. The post Paul Rudd Just Mac-Rolled Conan. Again appeared first on WIRED.

NASA released an animation of New Horizons' flyover of two of Pluto's most interesting regions: its icy mountains and frozen plains. The post Watch: Fly Over Pluto’s Icy Mountains With New Horizons appeared first on WIRED.

Tesla's announcing some kind of news this morning---more to come once we have the details---but in the meantime, we can report someone at the company is a Ludacris fan. The post I Guess Elon’s a Ludacris Fan appeared first on WIRED.

Colima in Mexico had a busy week, but might be calming down. The post It’s Been a Busy Week of Explosive Eruptions in Mexico appeared first on WIRED.

Cara Delevingne brought out her beatboxing skills on Jimmy Fallon's show and it was awesome. The post Suicide Squad’s Enchantress Is Surprisingly Good at Beatboxing appeared first on WIRED.

We have some questions about Ant-Man's insect allies. The post Let’s Nerd Out About Ants Before You See Ant-Man appeared first on WIRED.

Instead of plugging your car into a permanent station connected to the grid, you leave it wherever you like. The post The Rolling Battery That Fixes EV Charging’s Big Problems appeared first on WIRED.

Here's a lot of Conan, a lot of Comic-Con, and a little bit of everything else. Dig in, nerds! The post This Week in TV: Jennifer Lawrence’s 30-Second Swear-athon appeared first on WIRED.

Everyone knows that Ant-Man can get really small. But what happens to his mass when he is tiny? The post Ant-Man Shrinks by Stretching Into Other Dimensions appeared first on WIRED.

Nearly 9 out of 10 wiretaps in America today now target drug suspects. The post Two Charts Show How the Drug War Drives US Domestic Spying appeared first on WIRED.

Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s retro-facing sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, hit bookshelves this week. The story of its discovery—it was actually Lee’s first draft of Mockingbird—and publication reads like a novel of its own, and the whole affair has been mired in controversy. But now it’s here, along with the reviews and the disillusioning discovery that Atticus […] The post Book Designers Judge Go Set a Watchman by Its Cover appeared first on WIRED.

Here's who to follow if you can't get enough of the coming climate apocalypse. The post Cli-Fi—That’s Climate Fiction—Is the New Sci-Fi appeared first on WIRED.

That funny little buzz you hear in the forest may not just be the hum of summer insects. In the near future it could be a small fleet of drones, coming to replant and restore forests that have been stripped of trees by industrial-scale deforestation. It’s all part of an ambitious plan by BioCarbon Engineering, a […] The post Re-Planting a Forest, One Drone at a Time appeared first on WIRED.

A new national monument is smack dab in the middle of the route to a long-promised nuclear waste repository. What now? The post The Plan for Storing US Nuclear Waste Just Hit a Roadblock appeared first on WIRED.

It might've seemed like a weird choice, but Marvel's latest film is a lot of fun. The post Ant-Man Is Marvel’s Weirdest Movie, and That’s a Good Thing appeared first on WIRED.

If you don't think a game about watching clips of a woman talking into a camera can be gripping, Her Story will change your mind. The post Her Story Is a Game Made of Video Clips, and I’m Obsessed appeared first on WIRED.

Florian Freier spies on Germany's surveillance state, and his computer spies on him. The post Spying on the Spies—With Google Maps appeared first on WIRED.

The clip is brief, but it will make you want to believe. The post Oh Hey, Here’s Some Footage From the New X-Files appeared first on WIRED.

If you're offended by the idea of a Bentley SUV, it's probably because when you think of the iconic British brand, this is what you have in mind. The post A 1954 Bentley to Make You Weep Over Today’s SUVs appeared first on WIRED.

What's more satisfying after a workout than a triumphant click? The post This Fitness Tracker Is a Selfie Button for Some Reason appeared first on WIRED.

If you ever go places or have things delivered at home, the Highway Trust Fund is critical and directly impacts your life. The post Oh Good, We’re Out of Money to Fix Our Roads—Again appeared first on WIRED.

The New Horizons team released another amazing closeup of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. The post Charon Has an Outie in New Horizons’ Latest Closeup appeared first on WIRED.

The round-the-world journey in a solar-powered plane is on pause until next year, on account of some fried batteries. The post That Solar Plane Fried Its Batteries, But It’s Not Done Yet appeared first on WIRED.

Here are the highlights of today's Emmy nominations. (Tatiana Maslany finally got her nod!) The post Emmy Voters Love Game of Thrones as Much as You Do appeared first on WIRED.

Debris from a Russian satellite threatened the ISS this morning, forcing the astronauts into the Soyuz vehicle. The post ISS Crew Prepares to Evacuate in Real-Life Gravity Scare appeared first on WIRED.

Check out Deadpool, Ajax, and Angel Dust in action in these new photos from the movie. The post Here Are Not-Leaked, Hi-Res Images From the Deadpool Movie appeared first on WIRED.

Listen to selections from composer Henry Jackman's chiptune-esque score here. The post Listen to a Sample of the Arcade-Ready Pixels Score appeared first on WIRED.

New government export restrictions on software could unintentionally make the Internet a more dangerous place for all of us. You have 5 days to help change that. The post You Need to Speak Up For Internet Security. Right Now. appeared first on WIRED.

Think the superhero movie news is over because Comic-Con is? Think again. The post Cape Watch: Turns Out, Life Goes on After Comic-Con appeared first on WIRED.

A wavy platform in the Chinese village of Ludian is both an aesthetic boon and a social gathering spot. The post A Swooping Lookout Restores Community After a Devastating Earthquake appeared first on WIRED.

We've got a beautiful—and maybe slightly scary—lineup of music videos for you this week. Enjoy! The post Audio Visuals: Zombies Go Surfing and Rihanna Kills Hannibal Lecter appeared first on WIRED.