Wired Features

Filmmaker David Fincher takes angst and gloom and makes it beautiful. Who better to direct The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? Issue 19.12, December 2011

Fiber-optics exec by day, gun-toting defender of justice by night. Issue 19.12, December 2011

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about the new Kindle Fire, cloud computing, social media, and sending people into space. Issue 19.12, December 2011

The story of the virtual currency you can actually spend—if it doesn't get stolen first. Issue 19.12, December 2011

Six men, locked in a capsule on a 520-day simulated mission to Mars. You should see what that does to a person. Issue 19.11, November 2011

Last year a cargo container arrived at an Italian port. It was emitting torrents of radiation. And no one knew what to do next. Issue 19.11, November 2011

A decade ago, Napster's attempt to set music free was crushed by the record labels. Now, Facebook and Spotify (and a host of others) have resurrected the dream. Hallelujah. 19.11, November 2011

Many of the ingredients prized by perfume companies—like oakmoss—are being regulated out of existence. So the industry is racing to produce replacements. Will they pass the smell test?

A Russian shortwave radio station has been broadcasting mysterious patterns of beeps for decades. Why?

How two scammers built an empire by selling malevolent cures for fake computer viruses. Issue 19.10, October 2011

How scientists are trying to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur. Issue 19.10, October 2011

Can the Danish electronics company's far-out vision of the future survive in Apple's world? Issue 19.10, October 2011

Ridiculously fast, hugely expensive, more than a little dangerous. The new America's Cup racers push the limits of what a sailboat can do. Issue 19.09, September 2011

What caricatures can teach us about facial recognition. Issue 19.08, August 2011

The heir to the inefficient incandescent bulb isn't the mercury-laden CFL. Instead, it's a liquid-cooled creation that's radically different from anything ever screwed into a socket. Issue 19.09, September 2011

Auctions were supposed to be the new way to buy and sell everything. It didn't turn out that way. Issue 19.06, June 2011

How one man hacked his way into the super-secretive slot-machine industry. Issue 19.08, August 2011

Inside the booming market for nature's miracle: breast milk. Issue 19.06, June 2011

When a plane goes down in the ocean, crucial info goes down with it. There's a better way to fly. Issue 19.07, July 2011

The IUD is an ideal form of birth control, but in the 1970s one version made thousands of women sick and infertile. It's time to give the technology a second chance. Issue 19.08, August 2011