As Star Wars fans have grown up, so have their lightsabers. Forget cheap plastic toys, these sabers are bespoke laser blades that light up, buzz, and are made for Jedi dueling.

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Chevrolet just won the race to produce a truly affordable electric vehicle with triple-digit range. WIRED transportation editor Alex Davies takes the new car for spin at CES 2016.

Robot museum guides, bitcoin ATMS, and levitation trains – no this isn’t a sci-fi movie, its a travel guide. In this episode of Good As Gold, we give tech-lovers the thing they’ve been missing: tech-centric travel recommendations. Get a closer look at two of the most advanced cities in the world with the help of travel pros Claire Marshall and Peter Bragiel.

All those pretty plays designed by Vince Lombardi, Bill Walsh and Bill Belichick, and executed to perfection by Bart Starr, Joe Montana and Tom Brady will, in the future, be digitized and optimized into an ideal gameplan.

The application of artificial intelligence to play-calling is already upon us. Last spring, two students at North Carolina State built a model to predict whether an NFL team would pass or run, information that would hugely benefit defensive coordinators.

Slice through traffic jams aboard the $999 electric UScooter, which cruises at 18 miles per hour, folds for quick storage on a bus, train or under the desk. Yeah, it's a kick scooter but it's the coolest kick scooter on the road.

In 2004 scientists discovered a large, near-earth asteroid named Apophis. Initially, it was predicted to impact the earth in 2029, leading to global devastation. Thankfully, it’s now expected to miss. Physicist Marina Brozovic from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains how her team used measurements and statistics to track the potentially catastrophic mass.

Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day with a long-term partner or just trying to spare your single self a little heartache, there's an app to go along with your plans.

Growing food in space is hard. Keeping a limited supply of water clean and drinkable is no easy task either. Here's how NASA is going to science meals for interplanetary travel.

“London Has Fallen” actress Angela Bassett is still alive, thank you very much. The Oscar-nominated actress answers the most googled questions about herself, including whether she’s a vegan and if she starred in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video—(hint: No.)

Tired of having to talk to hotel staff? Welcome to the automated future at Japan's robot hotel.

The plane maker has a prototype bathroom that uses ultraviolet light to zap 99.99 percent of germs in just three seconds.

Like "Cloverfield", the plot of "10 Cloverfield Lane" was very guarded. We won’t spoil anything, but we will tell you that it’s exhilarating—and very fun.

Herschel makes cool backpacks and now the company has a new line of bags that they say is rip-proof. How rip-proof? We put it through a battery of tests.

Tax season really snuck up on you again, didn't it? You still have until Monday, April 18 to file and pay your taxes, and while that's plenty of time to get all your paperwork in order, you might need a little help with these apps.

The $35,000 TESLA Model 3 is finally here. It is sleek, quick, more affordable and it's the most important car that Tesla has built.

At The Boss junket, Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Bell answer a Google Autocomplete interview together.

Researchers have packed a 3D-printed egg with sensors to gather data about bird incubation so they can better raise endangered chicks.

The HTC Vive system is meant to deliver what HTC and Valve call “room-size experiences”— that means you’ll need an entire room, and a chunk of time, to get your VR playpen set up.

The morning after his big win in the Wisconsin primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took his campaign to New York's Bronx borough.

Load up your devices with these mediation, mindfulness, and relaxation apps. Hopefully, they’ll help you find some inner peace. Namaste!

Film director J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda surprised people waiting for tickets to see Miranda's Broadway hit 'Hamilton' with an acoustic version of the new Star Wars cantina song, 'Jabba Flow.'

Washington State's Department of Transportation flew a drone through Seattle's SR-99 tunnel created by the Big Bertha boring machine.

Photographer Joel Strong discusses his satirical stop-motion technique used in "Heads of State," which imagines the presidential front-runners as everyday New Yorkers.

Hyperloop One successfully tested its propulsion system in the Nevada desert. It's an important step, but the journey to making the Hyperloop a reality has just begun.

The frogfish is a vicious hunter that swallows its victims whole, but it doesn’t really bite its prey. By rapidly expanding its mouth to 10 times its normal volume, the predator creates a vacuum that sucks victims in.

Google's new Ai-powered messaging app, Allo, lets you chat with Google while you chat with your friends. It's the first step toward making Google truly conversational.

Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is on record as saying an electric Ferrari is an obscene concept, but that didn't stop a group of guys in California from turning the 308 GT into an EV.

Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, but he's also a jazz fanatic whose musical obsession has helped him better understand the world of cosmology, quantum gravity and particle physics.

At the top of the list of people who know how to rule social media there are two very important groups: comedians and celebrities. The Lonely Island team—Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer—actually belong to both of those groups. So WIRED asked them for hot tips on how to rule Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.

The binturong has a prehensile tail, crazy feet, and excretes a scent that smells like popcorn. Just call it Orville Smellenbacher.

Siri is the most important feature coming to your Mac this fall, so of course we put it to the test.

Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects in Central Intelligence used to de-age The Rock and Kevin Hart into high school, teenaged versions of themselves. Weta digital puts the The Rock’s face onto Vine star Sione’s body for an amazing locker room shower dance scene you won’t want to miss.

In a weed market flooded with so many edible options, attention to detail and clever design is paramount. Défoncé Chocolatier has created some of the most user friendly cannabis-infused chocolate bars, that look beautiful too.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story behind the scenes sizzle reel shown at Celebration 2016.

You know those people you see on guided Segway tours? You know how you laugh at them and swear you’ll never do that? Well, Segway may have the answer to its ‘uncool’ problem with its new MiniPro.

Sofia Boutella, who plays Jayla in Star Trek Beyond, shows us the most recent items on her phone - from texts, to music, to emojis, videos, instagram and more!

A 2006 Corvette Z06 has been converted to an all electric drivetrain and it just beat the land speed record for an street legal EV at 205.6 mph. You can buy one, but it's gonna cost you.

Cara Delevingne, star of Suicide Squad and Luc Besson’s much anticipated Valerian, hangs with WIRED to answer the Internet’s most searched questions about herself.

Meet the bizarre sea pig, a kind of sea cucumber that walks along the sea floor on little squishy feet. Oh, and it shoves dead things into its mouth with tentacles.

Data Attack reveals the history of DC and Marvel films and how they’ve created Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Animation by Eric Power

We hop behind the wheel of the resurrected Revero—formerly known as the Fisker Karma—to see if the electric car can make its second chance at life a success.

The river dolphin is good at two things: having a giant head and being able to turn that head. That last bit is indeed a skill. We promise.

What does it take to be an Olympic sprinter? Power and aggression. WIRED talks to Allyson Felix, Lashawn Merritt, Ashton Eaton, Jarryd Wallace, and Dawn Harper about the science behind the sport, and the mechanics behind propelling their bodies from the blocks to the finish line.

Exploring everything from the radars and camera to the Mario Kart easter egg, our roadtrip shows Tesla’s autopilot works well—but it's no self-driving wunderkind.

The garden eel is harmless and actually pretty cute. But get a bunch of them together and things start looking a wee bit creepy.

Chelsea Handler hangs with WIRED to answer the internet’s most Googled questions about herself.

General Motors has promised that the Chevrolet Bolt, its affordable, long-range electric car, would deliver at least 200 miles on a charge and cost no more than $30,000. WIRED put it to the test.

'Snowden' star Zachary Quinto goes in-depth on the possibility of a hacked presidential election.