It took two crashes and 1,559 Lego pieces to re-create the X-Wing fighter facing off against the Death Star. See how we pulled it off.

Watch a flaming LEGO X-Wing smash into the Death Star as we re-create the Rebels’ fatal attack.

One’s in the water and one’s in the air, but they share one thing in common: both are trying to reduce drag along their surfaces. Find out why scientists are studying humpback whales as they look to create more efficient wind turbines.

The $330 Coravin Wine System beats a corkscrew any day and makes sipping and saving wine easy. It slides thorough the cork and fills the bottle with an inert gas as you pour, so leftover wine won't spoil.

The Powerball jackpot is over a billion dollars but what are your chances?

For the first time, scientists have confirmed detection of gravitational waves. The finding not only validates Einstein's theory of relativity but also opens a new window on our knowledge of the universe.

Go behind the scenes of the virtual reality film “My Mother’s Wing” with United Nations senior advisor and filmmaker Gabo Arora and his crew.

We brought a renowned Houston chef to NASA's Food Lab so he could try and provide a fine dining experience using only space food.

Kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen brings his mesmerizing wind-powered creatures made of PVC-pipe to the San Francisco Exploratorium.

Who better to predict the winner of this year's Euro Cup than a robot created by UCLA's Robotics and Mechanisms Lab (RoMeLa)? Special thanks to Dr. Dennis Hong and his incredible team at UCLA’s Robotics & Mechanisms Lab. To learn more about RoMeLa visit: http://www.romela

The Hopsy HomeTap is a miniature keg fridge that lets you drink brewery-fresh beer from participating local microbreweries.

Building something as large as a 737 wing takes an even bigger machine. Boeing’s Panel Assembly Line (PAL) is the 60 ton, 20 feet tall, friendly robot that always lends a rather large hand.

It’s 80 feet high, 120 feet wide, that's large enough to hold a Boeing 737. Now trucking companies are using the wind tunnel to make their massive machines more efficient.

The new Ford GT is the spiritual successor to the GT40 which dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s.

DeepMind's AlphaGo artificial intelligence system beat the world's top Go player in Wuhzen, China with a new architecture that the company says is more efficient in both energy use and computing power.

Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence system edged out the best human Go player for a 2-0 win. But it is also playing with and against teams of professional human players.

Thanks to an assist from Congress, your cable company has the legal right to sell your web-browsing data without your consent. This is how to protect your data from preying eyes.

Shape memory alloys could make plane wings that flap, to reduce drag, or increase stability in supersonic flight.

Defense Distributed, the anarchist gun group known for its 3D printed and milled "ghost guns," has settled a case with the federal government allowing it to upload technical data on nearly any commercially available firearm.

Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive spoke with VOGUE Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco.

You may not have heard of Renderman, but you've definitely seen the incredible effects it has made possible. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from the Abyss to Terminator 2, and across all of Pixar's animated features -- Renderman has changed the world of special effects.

NASA's Scott Kelly spent a year on board the International Space Station to test the effects of space travel on his body, while his identical twin and fellow astronaut Mark Kelly remained on earth. WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez speaks with Dr. Francine Garrett-Bakelman, lead author of "The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight," to hear about the groundbreaking results of their study and to find out what it means for the future of human spaceflight.

Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder and David Harbour answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. What is Winona Ryder's real name? Does David Harbour play video games? When did Winona start acting? Is David a nice guy?? The Stranger Things stars answer all these questions and more! Stranger Things season 3 is streaming now on Netflix.

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The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.

National Book Festival Presents, the new series from the Library of Congress showcasing authors, their books, and related Library treasures, will continue with a winter and spring season of events featuring Alice McDermott, Douglas Brinkley, Margaret Atwood, Nan Talese, Richard Ford, Joy Harjo and other authors.

The season will kick off with “Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women” on Feb. 6, featuring novelist Alice McDermott in conversation with Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

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