The authentication technology may eventually let Samsung smartwatches act as a key to things like cars, doors, and subways.A newly published Samsung patent describes a wrist-wearable sensor that reads the wearer's veins. No, not to tell their fortune, but to establish their identity.Read Full Story

The decision comes even as the group says the risk of such disease transmission is "extremely" low  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Google and Visual Editions created a new kind of interactive mobile book. The post Google’s New Interactive E-Books Would Be Impossible to Print appeared first on WIRED.

The social network is really stretching the limits of its Community Standards.Facebook has started taking down the pages of businesses that legally sell marijuana for medical purposes in New Jersey, according to local news site NJ.com. The state is one of 23 across the country where medical marijuana dispensaries are permitted by law.Read Full Story

Before developing perceptual constancy, three- to four-month-old babies have a striking ability to see image differences that are invisible to adults. They lose this superior skill around the age of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Nearly seven years after the Jane Austen-meets-the-undead novel became a literary phenomenon, the film is even more potent. The post Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Is One Braaaaaaainy Mashup appeared first on WIRED.