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China Trade Spillover, LA’s Pollution by Block, and More...
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
See How LA Belches Emissions, Block by Block
Researchers quantify the emissions of every road and building in the nearly 5,000 square miles of the Los Angeles metro area. Your...
Brazil's Plans for Gene-Edited Cows Got Scrapped—Here's...
The country was going to breed a herd of genetically dehorned cows. Then errors in the cows' DNA cropped up.
Who's Burning the Amazon? Rampant Capitalism
Market forces and the administration of Jair Bolsonaro are supercharging the deforestation that's imperiling the world's biggest tropical...
What on Earth Is Water Doing in Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano?
WIRED sits down with a geologist to learn how scientists might sample the newfound water—and why you shouldn’t panic and cancel your...
You're Racing Toward a Wall. Should You Brake Hard—or Swerve?
Say you’re driving and come upon an obstacle. Is it best to slam on the brakes, turn, or start weaving? Here’s how to crunch the numbers.
Jeffrey Epstein and the Power of Networks
The billionaire child rapist bought his way into an elite crowd of intellectuals that defined the last three decades of science, tech,...
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How America's Spooks Seek to Spy on Distant Satellites
The intelligence community has plans for a telescope network that can see not just a blob in orbit but details such as a satellite’s...
Capitalism Burns the Amazon, Lawsuits Burn YouTube, and...
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Behold the Firenado's Twisting, Infernal Column of Flames
Call them fire tornadoes or fire whirls, these spinning conflagrations can tear roofs off houses and spread flames unpredictably....
