Forget Rose Gold. In 2016, Tech’s Big Color Trend Was Ombré
The year’s biggest color trend wasn’t a single hue, at all. It was a blend of them. More precisely, it…
How Mike Mills Made 20th Century Women One of the Best Movies of the Year
“20th Century Women” is a warm, hilarious story about parenting, punk, and late-’70s suburbia. The post How Mike Mills Made…
7 ‘Last Mile’ Solutions That Don’t Look Unacceptably Stupid
The best ways to get you out of your car. The post 7 ‘Last Mile’ Solutions That Don’t Look Unacceptably…
WIRED’s Most Popular Stories of the Year
These are the stories you, our dear readers, loved most. Thank you. The post WIRED’s Most Popular Stories of the…
2016: The Mainstream Media Melted Down as Fake News Festered
A lack of trust formed the perfect petri dish in which a plague of misinformation could bloom. The post 2016:…
A Year in Dark Energy, Antimatter, and Gravitational Waves
The Standard Model, the framework that has defined—and confined—physics for so long, still reins. But sometimes cracks appear in its…
Meet the Three Most Absurd Creatures of 2016
We checked them out in person at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The post Meet the Three…
Our 11 Favorite Video Stories From the World of Transportation in 2016
Everything from extreme street design to a shape-changing car, from a blind man “driving” to a truck hauling beer all…
The Top 5 Culture Stories of the Year, in One Easy Video
Vaporeon, potty-mouthed superheroes, and the death of music marketing, oh my. The post The Top 5 Culture Stories of the…
The Best User Interface Upgrades of 2016
2016’s most noteworthy user interface upgrades—from the incremental but astute, to the truly momentous. The post The Best User Interface…