Technology
How Crime Scene Analysts Collect and Preserve Fingerprints
A veteran analyst explains the work of gathering fingerprints that can link a suspect to a crime—even after it rains.
Baby Fish Feast on Microplastics, and Then Get Eaten
Fish larvae off the coast of Hawaii are mistaking tiny pieces of plastic for prey, an alarming finding with big implications for the...
Astro Teller on How to Handle Failure (With an Infinite...
And what Alphabet’s moonshot factory, X, is going after next.
The Pursuit of Creativity Can Make Algorithms Much Smarter
Neural networks are demonstrating profound leaps in their abilities when they're tasked with open exploration instead of a narrowly...
Icelandic Walruses May Have Been Early Victims of Human-Driven...
The timing of the walrus's disappearance suggests the Vikings, and their ivory trade, had something to do with it.
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AI Researcher Anca Dragan on Helping Robots Understand...
The UC Berkeley professor talks about using algorithms to make it safer for robots and people to cross paths.
The Race to Bring Meat Alternatives to Scale
Memphis Meats' lab-grown flesh approach is still far off, but Impossible Foods' plant-based approach is already on the menu at Burger...
The Kids Suing to Save the World from Climate Change
At the WIRED25 festival in San Francisco, three of the *Juliana v. the United States* plaintiffs talk about suing the government to...
FDA Permits the Sale of a New Smoking Device. Is It Safe?
Not quite an e-cigarette and not the old paper kind either, the Iqos is the latest controversial device to enter the vaping wars.
You Can Now Buy an FDA-Approved Smoking Gadget. Is It Safe?
Not quite an e-cigarette and not the old paper kind either, the Iqos is the latest controversial device to enter the vaping wars.
