Only The Onion Can Save Us Now
Two decades after it made its online debut, “America’s Finest News Source” remains the one place to turn to during…
Culture Podcast: Wow, We Really Didn’t Like Warcraft
On this week’s WIRED Culture podcast, we’re talking about director Duncan Jones’ videogame adaptation, the return of Lifetime’s best show,…
An IT Worker at the Panama Papers Law Firm Has Been Arrested
An IT worker employed in Mossack Fonseca’s Geneva law office has been accused of stealing a large amount of data…
Senate Democrats Are Filibustering for Gun Control. Watch Live
Sen. Chris Murphy is filibustering on the Senate floor right now to push for legislation that would prevent terror suspects…
LIGO Has Detected Gravitational Waves for the Second Time
About 1.4 billion years ago, the universe gave scientists a Christmas present. The post LIGO Has Detected Gravitational Waves for…
WIRED Book Club: Boy, Ancillary Justice Keeps Challenging the Bejeezus Out of Us
Join us as we continue to navigate the many-voweled names, shifting POVs, and complex political machinations of Ann Leckie’s Ancillary…
Trump Spurns GOP Pieties to Meet With NRA on Terror List Gun Ban
Trump’s tweet makes it pretty clear who dictates the country’s gun laws. And it puts the GOP establishment in a…
Even Indoor Kids Should Worry About California’s 30 Million Dead Trees
Drought, sudden oak death, and bark beetle are turning the Golden State’s forests into kindling. The post Even Indoor Kids…
Volcanoes Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Pinatubo’s Eruption With Some Epic Rumbles
As we mark the 25th anniversary of the Pinatubo eruptions, volcanoes in Colombia, Russia and Nicaragua keep rumbling. The post…
This Bizarre Private Jet Concept Might Fly—But It Won’t Take You Far
Lilium Aviation’s electric, fan-powered vertical takeoff and landing commuter aircraft resembles a football glued onto a harmonica. The post This…