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Mountain Bikers Are Rewilding Land by Paying the Government to Do It

The dark spaces beneath the conifers make it feel as if the mountain bikers are emerging from...

Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World

Jane Goodall understands better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. The world, the...

‘Gem’ of a Proof Breaks 80-Year-Old Record, Offers New Insights Into Prime Numbers

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Sometimes mathematicians try to tackle a problem head...

See the Perseids and Southern Delta Aquariids in a Stunning Double Meteor Shower

Get ready to see a double meteor shower featuring one of the biggest and brightest meteor showers...

NASA Is ‘Evaluating All Options’ to Get the Boeing Starliner Crew Home

It has now been eight weeks since Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launched into orbit on an Atlas V...

How to Stop Wildfire Smoke Damaging Your Health

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.When wildfires rage, the immediate threat...

The Fight to Save Florida’s Oranges

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Oranges are synonymous with...

No, the Seine Cleanup Wasn’t a Failure

When Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine river close to the Alexandre III bridge in Paris on...

Tuariki Delamere’s Somersault Could Have Launched a New Era in the Olympic Long Jump

Catch it live: The Men's Long Jump Final at the Paris Olympics will be held on Tuesday,...

The Shameful Controversy Over Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif

This story was originally published in WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.Algerian boxer Imane Khelif...

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Some years back, I stopped by a French deli to buy some big chunks of cheese and...

The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike

Gymnastics is an extremely difficult sport, but some people make it look easy. Step forward Simone Biles, who hit...
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