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Smog-free towers. Bioluminescent roads. Daan Roosegaarde is designing healthier cities
The Dutch artist is lighting up the world with his nature-driven social design.
Reality is not what it seems: the science behind why optical illusions mess with our minds
#TheDress and other optical illusions revealed that 'truth' is not always what we believe it to be.
How to avoid the Google Docs phishing scam – and what to do if you clicked the link
The latest large phishing scam is pretending to be Google Docs to access files in your Google Drive. Google says it has stopped the attack from happening.
Raspberry Pi's new Voice HAT board uses Google's AI to help you build smart gadgets
The new board allows Google's AI assistant to be used with the Raspberry Pi 3 but is only available with the Raspberry Pi magazine.
The pop-culture podcasts dissecting your favourite shows minute-by-minute
The trend for minute-by-minute over-analysis – or microculture – is taking off.
Minecraft, a Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S: the highlights from Microsoft's education event
The laptop was announced alongside Microsoft's Chrome OS rival and Teams.
McLaren 720S review: 0-60 in 2.8 seconds with more theatre than a Ferrari
WIRED drove McLaren's supercar on public roads around Rome as well as on nearby the Vallelunga Circuit.
I busted ghosts at hyperrealistic VR arcade The Void – and took my Uber driver along for the ride
The Void in Lindon, Utah was co-founded by entrepreneur Ken Bretschneider with former stage magician Curtis Hickman and creative developer James Jensen.
London buses and routes will soon be colour-coded like the Tube
Mayor Sadiq Khan is trialling colour-coded buses in east London to make routes easier to identify.
Physicists 'breed' largest ever Schrödinger's cat – and it could help unlock the quantum world
The breakthrough tests the boundaries between the quantum and classical worlds.
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