A Look Inside WIRED’s Renovated HQ

After taking over as WIRED’s Editor in Chief in 2012, Scott Dadich dedicated himself to redesigning the tech publication both digitally and physically. Three years of renovations later, the doors to WIRED’s revamped San Francisco headquarters are finally open for business, and the new space is impressive. Subdued hues of grays, whites and blacks mix with splashes of bright colors while concrete, glass, and steel …

Why We Love Watching Cat Videos

While dogs may be man’s best friend, cats undoubtedly rule the internet. To investigate why we love sharing cat vids, GIFs and pics so much, Indiana University’s Jessica Gall Myrick surveyed nearly 7,000 people and published her findings online in “Computers in Human Behavior.” While there’s much to learn here about our inner feline fandom, one point especially stood out: frequent cat video viewers tended …

NASA Might Nuke Incoming Meteors

NASA is partnering with the National Nuclear Security Administration on a program that would employ nuclear missiles to defend against a major threat to national security: meteors. After a 60-foot-wide space-rock exploded in the skies above Russia in 2013 and injured 1,500 people, both organizations began to more seriously consider methods to protect from future attacks. The two have agreed upon sending nukes into space …