Technology
High Drama—and Erasure—at the Track World Championships
WIRED editor Nick Thompson and running expert Knox Robinson discuss the showstoppers at the IAAF track and field championships in...
PG&E’s Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire...
A staggering 800,000 customers will lose power across the state starting Wednesday. But that won’t fix the mess California's made.
These Astounding Performances Made Track's Top Event a...
WIRED editor Nick Thompson and running expert Knox Robinson discuss the showstoppers at the IAAF track and field championships in...
The Physics Nobel Goes to the Big Bang and Exoplanets
James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries of the universe beyond...
Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks
We must declare war on microfibers. But keeping the tiny plastics out of the environment won’t be so easy as an outright ban.
A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane...
The gene-edited bull was a marvel, with calves who'd inherited his trait. But a surprise in his DNA ignited a scientific feud and...
Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More...
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Airbnb Wants to Send You to Antarctica. Don't Fall for...
The company is seeking five volunteers to go collect snow samples, but the stunt looks more like advertising than actual science.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body’s Oxygen...
Three scientists won the award for uncovering the molecular switch that regulates how cells behave when oxygen levels drop.
The Style Maven Astrophysicists of Silicon Valley
You know who knows machine learning? People who look at the stars all day. And when it comes to what constellations of clothes and...
