Technology
Turns Out, Traffic Spreads Like the Coronavirus
Researchers use models meant for infectious diseases to show how congestion proliferates. That may mean a vaccine for traffic jams...
The Power Plant of the Future Is Right in Your Home
If we want more renewable energy, our grids will have to manage themselves. A small experiment in Colorado is lighting the way.
One Way to Potentially Track Covid-19? Sewage Surveillance
How many people have been infected with the new coronavirus? A group of Bay Area researchers aims to find out—by tracking what's in...
Obama’s Ebola Czar on What Strong Federal Response Looks...
Ron Klain explains why government needs to speak with once voice—and what he'd do if he were in charge.
The Deliciously Surprising Science of Taste
That famous map of the tongue, with the different sections for bitter, sweet, salty, and sour? Way wrong. Here’s the fascinating truth.
The Asian Countries That Beat Covid-19 Have to Do It Again
Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan had flattened the curve. Then travelers from the US and Europe began reimporting the...
Why Do Matter Particles Come in Threes?
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg's new paper tackles the mystery of why the laws of nature appear to have been composed...
2019 Was 'Probably the Worst Year in a Century' for Australia
A new report weighs the damage from record heat and raging bushfires, and concludes that the environmental damage is on an “unprecedented...
We Are in the Midst of This Coronavirus Outbreak—Now What?
WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson and senior correspondent Adam Rogers answer reader questions about the scientific and social...
Space Photos of the Week: Awesome Planets and Ancient Gods
Earth aside, all the planets in our solar system were named after Greek and Roman gods.
