How to Get Windows 11’s Best New Features Right Now
A handful of free apps and downloads can bring some of the biggest perks of the new operating system to…
SolarWinds Hackers Continue Assault With New Microsoft Breach
The company says the Nobelium hacking group compromised a support agent's computer and levied brute-force attacks against some of its…
How Underground Fiber Optics Spy on Humans Moving Above
Vibrations from cars and pedestrians create unique signals in cables. Now scientists have used the trick to show how Covid-19…
The Science and Spirituality of Looking for Life on Mars
Pamela Conrad is a NASA scientist working on the Perseverance mission—and a priest. She spoke to WIRED about how her…
The Wild Spread of Drug Wars, From Calculators to Phones
Originally a DOS game, it found a secret life on Texas Instruments calculators everywhere in the '90s, Now the game…
The Race to Put Silk in Nearly Everything
The fiber has been considered a “miracle material” for anything from body parts to food. Has the revolution finally arrived?...
America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
Columbus, Ohio, won a $50 million grant five years ago to use tech to solve old problems. But technical hurdles,…
24,000 Years in Ice Still Didn’t Kill These Ancient Critters
The hardy rotifer can live through all manner of conditions, but this is a historic feat even for this tiny…
The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last
Researchers have finally seen how some of them bind to odor molecules—yielding new insights into one of the most mysterious…