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Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson raised plenty of eyebrows on Friday when he tweeted, "The Bears NEVER ONCE talked to me" before the 2017 NFL draft. But that's not what Watson said at the time. Prior to the 2017 draft, Watson said in an interview with Rich Eisen that the Bears had talked to him. "I've [more]

In this narrative medicine essay, a resident physician recalls the joy she felt while learning the formal language of medicine as a student and anticipates the lifelong joy of learning to interpret that language in ways most helpful for her patients.

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Listen closely in this kitchen. In it, objects speak of their owners and of their makers. Tools speak of technology and ability. Small personal items speak of meager comforts in a hard life. Curator Amanda Keller worked to outfit the Wythe Kitchen and imbue it with a richly layered history.

The Black Petticoat Society, a TURN: Washington’s Spies fan group, interviewed Past and Present host Rachel West for their TURN-related podcast. The group discussed Colonial Williamsburg’s role as Philadelphia on the hit AMC show as well as other initiatives across the Foundation. For more information on the Black Petticoat Society and TURN: Washington’s Spies, click […]

UPA government held a crucial meeting with estranged ally Trinamool Congress here to discuss financial relief for West Bengal.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has put its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state on the backburner at least for the time being.

'If needed we will beg, never steal people''s money''.

The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks.

GUAVA, called the poor man''s apple, is the sixth most cultivated fruit in India. But the wilt disease has stagnated its yield over the years....

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an op-ed published in an official North Korean newspaper on Wednesday, said his upcoming visit to Pyongyang will help achieve progress in the negotiations on the Korean Peninsula's denuclearization issue.

'But you have to keep in mind the entertainment value. It can't be preachy.'

Andy Serkis and Rupert Wyatt stopped by the Wired Cafe at Comic Con in San Diego to talk about the new film and how it's been updated for today'saudience.

Stars from Andrew Niccol's latest Sci-Fi thriller explain the plot.

A score composed of "instruments" made from sounds collected on New Orleans streets is just one of the elements that distinguishes Looper from your typical sci-fi action flick.

Supergiant Games creative director Greg Kasavin talks about his company's upcoming game Transistor, and how he went from writing about games to making them.

Genius sketch comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele talk to Peter Rubin about their favorite sketches, the new season of their Comedy Central show Key & Peele, and Game of Thrones. Because Game of Thrones.

Senior Editor Peter Rubin sits down with the eclectic Eric Andre, Hannibal Buress, and Derrick Beckles—star of Adult Swim’s upcoming spoof celebrity news show, Hot Package—to talk about the new season of The Eric Andre Show, and the weirdest thing they’ve seen on the oddball network.

Velvet Revolver and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash, sits down to talk about scoring Anthony Leonardi III’s new horror flick, Nothing Left to Fear.

Community’s Dan Harmon teamed up with voice actor and writer Justin Roiland to create the new animated comedy Rick and Morty. The two sit down to talk about their Adult Swim show, which focuses on the crazy adventures of a sociopathic, ingenious scientist and his less-than-genius grandson.

Seth Meyers is ready to take over the Late Night throne, but with an antiquated show formula riddled with predictable monologues, commercials, celebrity interviews, commercials, skits—and did we mention more commercials?—how can the former S.N.L. star break out from the rest of the late night pack? Angry Nerd offers a simple solution.

Eighteen-year-old Darby Schumacher is trying to create a safer and healthier world for newborns. The 2014 Thiel Fellowship finalist is working to develop an alert system that tracks vital signs in babies to help combat Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The Tennessee native explains what prompted her to start the project and why she wants to become an entrepreneur.

Steve Aoki talks with famed futurist Ray Kurzweil about how technology will shape our future, in terms of creativity, consciousness, and the coming singularity.

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan discuss how their quest for dark night skies for time-lapses led to a project imagining what bright cities like Los Angeles could be with visible stars.

New Zealand based photographer Amos Chapple traveled to Siberia, to make images of life in Oymakon, Russia, said be the coldest place on earth. There hardy residents endure winters with 21 hours of darkness and temperatures can plunge to –90 Fahrenheit.

NBA Finals MVP small forward Andre Iguodala visited WIRED to talk with Mark McClusky, Head of Operations, about the tech, including a card game app, that helped the Golden State Warriors win the 2015 championship.

Writer Fred Vogelstein describes the moving images photographer Elinor Carucci made of his family as they seek a cannabis derived treatment for his son Sam’s epilepsy.

Photographer Debi Cornwall made numerous trips to Guantánamo Bay Naval Base to make startlingly banal images of detainee and military personnel life. Children's jungle gyms, tiki bars and the overstuffed chair and shackles of the "Compliant Detainee Media Room."

Photographer Chris Burkard doesn't make the usual images of surfers. He and his crew don thick wetsuits and head for the poles to make photos of surfers paddling out in slushy cold waters off of Norway, Iceland and Chile.

Photographer Philip Montgomery narrates a selection of images from "The Longest Night" his project documenting protests in Ferguson, Missouri and the interaction between police and communities of color.

Photographer and filmmaker Reuben Wu narrates a selection of his images documenting the amazing blue 'lava" that flows across the sulfurous landscape of Kawah Ijen Crater on Java, Indonesia.

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

Hello Barbie Hologram is a small box containing an animated projection of the doll that responds to voice commands. It combines motion-capture animation with Amazon Echo-style voice interactions. So of course we had to give it a try.

Ridley Scott returns to direct the prequel to his 1979 Alien. Actors Danny McBride and Katherine Waterston joined WIRED at SXSW to talk about the film and some of the rumors that fans are sharing ahead of the Alien: Covenant premier.

Blade Runner 2049 stars Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on their roles as Blade Runners, physically demanding parts, and the first time they met on set.

WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson discusses the regulation of tech companies and their products with European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager.

Yuval Noah Harari, historian and best-selling author of Sapiens, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Tristan Harris, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, speak with WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie spoke with WIRED’s Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco.

Salesforce Chairman and Co-CEO Marc Benioff spoke with WIRED’s Adam Rogers as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco.

Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Kittyhawk and president of Udacity, and Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and co-chair of Open AI, spoke with WIRED’s Former Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson as part of WIRED25, WIRED’s 25th anniversary celebration in San Francisco.

Bill Gates, one of WIRED's 25 icons from its WIRED25 anniversary celebration, reflects on six important moments from his life and career, from teaching students to program in high school, to his relationships with Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, and Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who passed away on October 15. This video was recorded on August 31, prior to Mr. Allen’s passing, and had previously been scheduled for release this week. Bill Gates and WIRED dedicate this video to him.