Because you're not getting enough horserace coverage from the media as it is.Google has made the Great American Horserace a little more interactive. Read Full Story

Feeling small and insecure?

Large, hollow nasal crests were comparable to those of hadrosaurs, researchers say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

John Perry Barlow stands by his Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, the libertarian idea that lit up the Internet on this day in 1996. The post It’s Been 20 Years Since This Man Declared Cyberspace Independence appeared first on WIRED.

How do they do it?

After debuting the Quesalupa in a Super Bowl ad, Taco Bell is continuing its quest to become fast food's most-craveable company.On a recent evening, Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol was hanging out at his Newport Beach, California, home when an idea popped into his head—a menu item designed to appeal to young, ravenously hungry customers on their way home after a night of partying. Niccol, 42, was thinking about his days as an engineering student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he had a favorite lunch spot with a simple gimmick. "We went to this place called Bagel & Deli that had all these great names for their sandwiches," he says, sitting on a sofa in his large, comfortable corner office at Taco Bell's Irvine, California, headquarters. "I was like, 'Why haven't we thought of having great names for our burritos?' " (Taco Bell's current offerings tend to have monikers like "Shredded Chicken Burrito" or "Beefy 5-Layer Burrito.") He fired off a text to Taco Bell's chief food innovation officer, Liz Matthews, that included a name borrowed from Bagel & Deli: "the After Burner." Niccol didn't give many further instructions. Whatever those two words might conjure in the minds of Matthews and her crew of chefs and food scientists would be the starting point. "What's in the burrito?" he says in his office a few days later. "I don't know! Make it up."Read Full Story

The lawyering business resists efforts to move fast and break things—even though, and maybe because, innovation could help make the law more accessible. The post Tech Will Force Lawyers to Do More for Those Billable Hours appeared first on WIRED.

Early schematics by Jane Richardson lay the foundation for her ubiquitous ribbon diagrams -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

MIT's "Eyeriss" chip would allow for neural networks to run locally on your phone without an Internet connection.In computing, a neural network is a collection of processors that mimic the way the human brain works. Simply put, a neural network analyzes data, learns about it, and then decides how to act upon that data. It is because of neural networks, which don't rely on standard rule-based programing, that we have software that can recognize and distinguish between different human voices or that can recognize individual objects. Both Google Now and Apple's Siri are examples of consumer neural networks.Read Full Story

Despite aggressive efforts to promote universal connectivity in India, Facebook has struck out. The post India Bans Facebook’s Basics App to Support Net Neutrality appeared first on WIRED.

Scientists increasingly understand why it's important to talk to the public, but few realize that science communication goes both ways -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

With its new Group, the manufacturer best known for consumer gadgets is edging its way higher in the big-company collaboration food chain.Ever since Logitech sold its first computer mouse in 1982, its brand has been deeply tied to accessories for PCs and other consumer-electronics devices. And though accessories have been good to Logitech and vice versa, the association has been so strong that it's sometimes been tough for the company to expand into other categories.Read Full Story

The writers behind Telltale Games' acclaimed The Walking Dead have delivered another tour de force videogame story in Firewatch. The post New Game Firewatch Is a Beautiful, Emotional Gut Punch appeared first on WIRED.

Racial categories are weak proxies for genetic diversity and need to be phased out  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Are you beholden to your devices?

A number of volcanoes around the world put on impressive shows over the weekend, including Santiaguito, Turrialba, and Soputan. The post All the Volcanic Eruptions You Missed During the Super Bowl appeared first on WIRED.

If My UV Skin patch is successful, you'll forget that it's filled with sophisticated technology.Sticking the My UV Skin patch on your arm is a cinch. It's as simple as applying a Band-Aid or a nicotine patch. There's one crucial difference: This personalized sun protection device has five layers of micron-thin electronics, including near field communication capabilities.Read Full Story