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The curious quest to create the perfect artificial surfing wave

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The curious quest to create the perfect artificial surfing wave

Richard Benson

The Weird, Dark History of 8chan

The Weird, Dark History of 8chan

Timothy McLaughlin

How the West Got China's Social Credit System Wrong

Privacy

How the West Got China's Social Credit System Wrong

Louise Matsakis

How Scientists Built a ‘Living Drug’ to Beat Cancer

How Scientists Built a ‘Living Drug’ to Beat Cancer

Charles Graeber

High Drama: A Cannabis Biotech Company Roils Small Growers

Backchannel

High Drama: A Cannabis Biotech Company Roils Small Growers

Hannah Wallace

An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery

WIRED UK

An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery

Katia Moskvitch

Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema

No Set No Worries

Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema

Peter Rubin

When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

Backchannel

When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

Emily Tate Sullivan

Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!

Rumor Has It

Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!

Evan Ratliff

The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost

Deep Hole

The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost

Mark Dent

Inside the Bulletproof Coffee Guy’s New Body-Hacking Gym

Inside the Bulletproof Coffee Guy’s New Body-Hacking Gym

Natalie B. Compton

Inside the endless fight to kill the $1 trillion match-fixing industry

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Inside the endless fight to kill the $1 trillion match-fixing industry

Tom Ward

An elite helicopter force is fighting South Africa's carjacking epidemic

Long Reads

An elite helicopter force is fighting South Africa's carjacking epidemic

Kimon de Greef

Politicians Don't Trust Facebook—Unless They're Campaigning

Privacy

Politicians Don't Trust Facebook—Unless They're Campaigning

Hamdan Azhar

One Boy’s Dream Vacation to See Giant Construction Equipment

One Boy’s Dream Vacation to See Giant Construction Equipment

Andrew Curry

Inside the Room Where They Control the Weather Satellites

Book Excerpt

Inside the Room Where They Control the Weather Satellites

Andrew Blum

A Device to Detect 'Aggression' in Schools Often Misfires

Crossed Wires

A Device to Detect 'Aggression' in Schools Often Misfires

Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao

Apollo 11: Mission Out of Control

50th Anniversary

Apollo 11: Mission Out of Control

Stephen Witt

He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back

Hacked and Alone

He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back

Stephanie Clifford

Fear, Misinformation, and Measles Spread in Brooklyn

A Fever Spreads

Fear, Misinformation, and Measles Spread in Brooklyn

Amanda Schaffer