New England is home to some really, really weird caterpillars. Samuel Jaffe wants to photograph them all. The post How Are Caterpillars So Cute Yet So Creepy, I Mean Really appeared first on WIRED.

Kazakhstani officials says they have an explanation for a mysterious epidemic of sleeping sickness: carbon monoxide drifting out of a nearby uranium mine. The post The Mystery of the Kazakhstani Sleeping Sickness appeared first on WIRED.

Smashing protons together since 2009, physicists at the LHC announced that they discovered a particle called the pentaquark on Tuesday. The post Pentaquarks Have Physicists Psyched—And Baffled appeared first on WIRED.

Behold this hi-def wonder made from iron, bronze, and heart pine wood. The post This Turntable for Audio and Design Snobs Weighs 100 Pounds appeared first on WIRED.

Nintendo's late president should best be remembered for realizing his dream of bringing videogames to everyone. The post Thanks to Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata, We’re All Gamers Now appeared first on WIRED.

The diving bell spider is an architectural mastermind. Before you call me crazy, just hear me out. The post This Bizarre Pavilion Was Inspired by an Underwater Spider appeared first on WIRED.

The 2.7 RS is considered one of the purest Porsche race and road cars ever made. The post The 1973 Porsche You Really Should’ve Bought 10 Years Ago appeared first on WIRED.

New, colorful imagery shows the diversity of ice covering Pluto's surface. The post The Many Ices of Pluto’s Surface, in Living Color appeared first on WIRED.

In the last decade, Pluto has grown from mere pixels seen through a telescope into a real place. Watch its incredible transformation here. The post Watch: Everything We Know About Pluto in One GIF appeared first on WIRED.

More than 70 have been arrested in the takedown of one of the most active underground cybercrime web forums. The post Dozens Nabbed in Takedown of Cybercrime Forum Darkode appeared first on WIRED.

Maybe you still haven't figured out how to say the name of Pluto's largest moon. Let me help. It's pronounced "WOW." The post Charon Comes Into Focus in New Horizons’ Latest Photos appeared first on WIRED.

Check out the first image of Pluto taken during New Horizons historic flyby. The post New Horizons Sent Home a Picture of Pluto’s Mountain Ranges appeared first on WIRED.

Before today, Hydra was square. Now we can finally see its shape---if only in a few pixels. The post Everybody, Meet Hydra, Pluto’s Outermost Moon appeared first on WIRED.

If what Peyton Reed says is true, we know where a very special easter egg might be lurking. The post Ant-Man’s Director Has a Micro-Sized Spoiler for You appeared first on WIRED.

Stephen Colbert is not happy with how Neil deGrasse Tyson treats Pluto. Watch their exchange about the dwarf planet here. The post Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells Colbert He’d Prefer a Bigger Pluto appeared first on WIRED.

Reify turns sound waves into 3-D printed sculptures that play the sound back with an augmented reality app. The post What Songs Look Like as 3-D Printed Sculptures appeared first on WIRED.

The wireless-speaker maker is releasing a minimalist Play:1 in pure white and absolute black. The post A Simple Design Change Makes These Sonos Speakers Way More Versatile appeared first on WIRED.

Saddle up for one of the most surprisingly great legal dramas of our time. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: The Good Wife appeared first on WIRED.

A helium shortage is causing headaches and canceled experiments for scientists, and a few new ideas for how to keep buying the profoundly useful element. The post The Feds Created a Helium Problem That’s Screwing Science appeared first on WIRED.

Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has three steps for creating more of an indie game market in Japan. The post Sony’s Top Game Dev on How Japan Can Take Its Indies Global appeared first on WIRED.

Thierry Bornier spends hours waiting for the perfect photo of terraced rice paddies in southern China. The post China’s Stunning Terraced Rice Paddies Woke Up Like This appeared first on WIRED.

While technology has put dazzling conveniences and insane riches into the hands of many, such benefits are not evenly distributed around the world—and tech innovation, so the argument goes, is also contributing to the ever-widening gulf between the rich and poor. “The tech community works under the assumption that if you build great things it […] The post Jon Gosier: How ‘Equity Crowdfunding’ Can Help Spread Global Wealth appeared first on WIRED.

On Tuesday evening, New Horizons sent mission operations a digital handshake to confirm that it safely made it past Pluto. The post It’s Alive! New Horizons Has Survived Its Date With Pluto appeared first on WIRED.

Fans of the show aren't taking the dive in quality very well, judging from this flyer seen on the street in NYC. The post We’re Not The Only Ones Looking For Answers on True Detective appeared first on WIRED.

If Pluto suddenly disappeared, would we notice the effects here on Earth? The post What If Pluto Suddenly Disappeared? appeared first on WIRED.

One of New Horizons' top astronomers clears up---kinda---how to pronounce the name of Pluto's largest moon. The post Really, Here’s How You Pronounce “Charon”—Probably appeared first on WIRED.

Photographers and amateurs alike took to the streets of NYC for the last Manhattanhenge of the year. The post 5 Awesome Instagram Photos from Manhattanhenge appeared first on WIRED.

New Horizons is set to answer lots of questions, but the deepest mystery of all is one of linguistics. How the hell do you actually pronounce Charon? The post Seriously, How Do You Pronounce “Charon?” appeared first on WIRED.

Pluto might not technically be a planet, but it has some great place-names that come from both Greek mythology and a newer canon of geeky greats. The post The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto’s Place Names appeared first on WIRED.

After a long series of black-and-white photos from New Horizons' LORRI camera, NASA has finally released some spectacular images with added color from the Ralph camera. The post NASA Releases Stunning Color Images of Pluto and Charon appeared first on WIRED.

Not everyone is looking forward to the age of autonomy. One potential loser? Local governments. The post Self-Driving Cars May End the Fines That Fill City Coffers appeared first on WIRED.

Flying on the wings of bugs. The post United Airlines Pays Man a Million Miles for Reporting Bug appeared first on WIRED.

Pan around a gorgeous 360-degree video version of Warcraft's Stormwind. The post Soar Over Warcraft’s Metropolis in Crazy Wraparound 3-D appeared first on WIRED.

This morning New Horizons flew by Pluto, and everyone celebrated something that nobody witnessed. The post The Anxiety and Revelry of Flying Past Pluto in the Dark appeared first on WIRED.

Hot damn, it’s great to hear that theme song again. After a three-month break, Gravity Falls is back. The post Gravity Falls GIF and a Graf: This Better Suit My Fanfic appeared first on WIRED.

Cheese making used to belong to artisanal masters of the craft. Today, your camembert is more likely to bear the imprint of a microbiologist. The post Microbiologists Hold the Secrets to Making Perfect Cheese appeared first on WIRED.

This morning, NASA released the first photos New Horizons was able to capture of Pluto's surface. The post New Horizons Returns First-Ever Photo of Pluto’s Surface appeared first on WIRED.

Safe + Sound uses bone conduction to play tunes through wearers' cheekbones, instead of directly into their eardrums, so they can still detect ambient noise. The post Concept Headphones That Won’t Get You Killed While Biking appeared first on WIRED.

Danish studio Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter designed the bridge as part of Denmark’s annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. The post This Bridge Goes Nowhere, and That’s Just Fine by Us appeared first on WIRED.

The National Building Museum's great hall has been transformed into a synthetic, stark-white beach. The post Architects Make an Ocean Out of a Million Plastic Balls appeared first on WIRED.

It's obvious these people have spent months preparing for Comic-Con, obsessively planning every detail of their outfits. The post The Best Cosplay at Comic-Con, From Spock to Furiosa appeared first on WIRED.

It took three years and 350 lighters to construct a single photo depicting the garbage on the shores of Hong Kong. The post It Took 350 Lighters and Three Years to Make This Photo appeared first on WIRED.

A lot of new movie and TV footage got released during Comic-Con. Here it all is in one handy list. The post All the Essential Comic-Con Trailers You Should Watch Right Now appeared first on WIRED.

At 7:49:58 AM Eastern time, the New Horizons space probe makes its closest flyby of everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto. The post At Long Last, New Horizons Makes a Historic Flyby of Pluto appeared first on WIRED.

Hankook has new, wacky-looking airless-tires that perform nearly as well as traditional tires. The post These Futuristic Car Tires Never Go Flat appeared first on WIRED.

Julien Mauve dons old-school space suits and pretends to selfie-stick his way around Mars. The post Mars Tourists Will Be Just as Annoying as Regular Tourists appeared first on WIRED.

Geologists have confirmed that a feature on Charon---Pluto's biggest moon---is indeed an impact crater. The post Charon’s Impact Crater Emerges in Latest New Horizons Shot appeared first on WIRED.

Margot Robbie's version of Harley Quinn is a far cry from writer Paul Dini's original incarnation The post Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn Is Kinda Un-Harley-Quinnish appeared first on WIRED.

The highly anticipated anonymity project may be the subject of a law enforcement gag order. The post Online Anonymity Project ProxyHam Mysteriously Vanishes appeared first on WIRED.

The latest image of Pluto from New Horizons shows the dwarf planet's heart-shaped feature rotating into view. The post Pluto Will Send Earth a Love Letter Tomorrow appeared first on WIRED.