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Tanzania, like much of Africa, is facing food shortages due to climate change-fueled drought. GM crops could help the country survive. The post Facing Climate Change, Tanzania Can’t Afford to Fear GM Crops appeared first on WIRED .

Elon Musk gave us PayPal, Solar City, and Tesla Motors. The odds are against him giving us Mars. The post Elon Musk Is Treating Mars Like It's a Moore's Law Problem. It's Not appeared first on WIRED .

Astronomers developed the Rio scale to figure out whether astronomical signals originated from alien civilizations. The post Are Aliens Trying to Contact You? Use This Handy Scale appeared first on WIRED .

The first book gave some of us nightmares. But we got through it. The post WIRED Book Club: The Southern Reach Trilogy Will Scare the Life Out of You appeared first on WIRED .

Ten years ago, Julian Assange argued that it wasn't leaks that would kill political parties, but the fear of them. The post Want to Know Julian Assange's Endgame? He Told You A Decade Ago appeared first on WIRED .

Half a century on, Airbus can take credit for some of aviation's most notable developments. The post How Airbus Went From Boeing Wannabe to High-Flying Legend appeared first on WIRED .

Fardan Munshi designed 16 posters that use basic shapes and colors to describe superhuman abilities like telekinesis, elasticity, and transmutation. The post All The Best Superpowers, Visualized as Geometric Designs appeared first on WIRED .

Hurricane Matthew may have put Haiti's cholera epidemic in the news, but the disease has been lingering for years. The post Cholera in Haiti Isn't Just Bad News—It's Not Going Away appeared first on WIRED .

Charlie Kitchen uses elaborate analog techniques and an old-fashioned camera to make these deceptively simple collages. The post These 3-D Shapes Are All Madness and Zero Photoshop appeared first on WIRED .

Watch out, Top 40: string ensembles are heading Bach to Brooklyn. The post Uber, But for Millennials Who Want Orchestras in Their Living Rooms appeared first on WIRED .

Our resurgent space industry promises an out-of-this-world future—and stellar opportunities for people from all walks of life. Photographs by Dan Winters The post Meet the Heroes Fueling the New American Space Boom appeared first on WIRED .

The new digital PEN-F takes that legacy of simple, compact design and wraps it around a best-in-class 20MP Micro Four Thirds sensor. The post Review: Olympus PEN-F appeared first on WIRED .

Turns out that whether the American dream is dead or alive depends a whole lot on where you live. The post Data Reveals the American Dream Is Alive and Well—in Canada appeared first on WIRED .

VMware has treated Amazon's cloud service as an existential threat for years. Now the two companies are teaming up. The post Amazon Teaming With VMware Is the Latest Sign the Cloud Has Won appeared first on WIRED .

Barack Obama won't be president for much longer. But while he still is, he's seeking to cement his legacy as a booster of science and technology. The post Obama Wants to Leave the Oval Office to a Pro-Science POTUS appeared first on WIRED .

Author J.K. Rowling made the announcement during a fan event with director David Yates, producer David Heyman, and the cast of the first film. The post Surprise! You’ll Get 5 Fantastic Beasts Movies. Yes, 5 appeared first on WIRED .

Turns out people have feelings about this. The post Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Internet Wins No-Chill Prize appeared first on WIRED .

Clinton campaign chair John Podesta had a very bad security week, but we can all learn from it. The post Some Basic Security Tips for the Clinton Campaign (and Anyone Else) appeared first on WIRED .

Issuing the recall is the easy part. Now Samsung has to collect, package, transport, and recycle 1.9 million phones in the US alone. The post So, the Note 7: What Will Happen to Those Recalled Phones? appeared first on WIRED .

Researchers spot hackers using Internet of Things security flaws to amass botnet armies. The post Akamai Finds Longtime Security Flaw in 2 Million Devices appeared first on WIRED .

So, what's up with that image in the sand anyway? The post Breaking Down That Crazy Rogue One Trailer Easter Egg appeared first on WIRED .

At the White House Frontiers Conference, Dean Kamen says optimistic scientists will always defeat cynical politicians. The post Engineering a Better Body and the End of Disease appeared first on WIRED .