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People love to think about how dangerous volcanoes are, but really, what makes a volcano the "most dangerous" on Earth? The post The 'Most Dangerous' Volcano Can Be a Tricky Thing to Pin Down appeared first on WIRED .

The deal is yet another sign that Microsoft is a very different company than it was just three years ago. The post Ever Heard of the Startup Deis? Well, Microsoft Certainly Did appeared first on WIRED .

When you grade on a curve, you make assumptions about the student population. When you don't, you make an assumption about the test. The post You Think You Know Grades? Here’s How They Really Work appeared first on WIRED .

Meet the super-wireless, super-expensive speaker at the center of your new home theater. The post Review: Sonos Playbase appeared first on WIRED .

Industrial designer Evgeny Arinin designed an LED display that uses its shape, big arrows, and punchy icons to clearly articulate the rules of the road. The post A Newfangled Traffic Light Built for People and Robots appeared first on WIRED .

What do you call 300 people on a four-day Amtrak voyage from Chicago to the Bay Area, making videogames all the while? Train Jam. The post Making Videogames the Old-Fashioned Way—On a 52-Hour Train Ride appeared first on WIRED .

Opinion: Some medical technology is improving life and worsening death. The post Pricey Technology Is Keeping People Alive Who Don’t Want to Live appeared first on WIRED .

It's fine art that really grows on you. The post This Artist Turns Sweat and Bacteria Into Art appeared first on WIRED .

As millions of people flee conflict zones, thousands disappear—into new lives or into the sea. Social media can help locate the vanished and ID the dead. The post How Facebook Helps to Reveal the Fate of Missing Refugees appeared first on WIRED .

Nice to the planet, mean to criminals. The post Ford's First Hybrid Cop Car Is One Mean, Green Machine appeared first on WIRED .