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The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave

This story originally appeared on WIRED Japan and has been translated from Japanese.The northern hemisphere is entering...

The Race for the Next Ozempic

In the 1980s, researchers identified a hormone in the human gut called GLP-1 that triggers the release...

There’s Another Chance to See the Northern Lights This Week

Remember all the social media posts from a few months ago showing the northern lights, in all...

Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris

Reproductive rights organizations have been quick to come out in support of Vice President Kamala Harris as...

The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.A few centuries ago, the swirling polychromatic chaos...

Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A 4-month-old died in...

How to Save Your Home From a Wildfire

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Extreme heat has already made 2024...

The Global IT Outage Sends Hospitals Reeling

It was half past midnight Eastern Time when Andrew Rosenberg, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor who...

To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It

When is it OK to kill an alien life-form?In the movies, the answer is usually pretty simple:...

Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.Their existence had been disputed...

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

The new Labour government in the UK set out its legislative priorities today after winning a landslide...

The Race for Space-Based Solar Power

Is space-based solar power a costly, risky pipe dream? Or is it a viable way to combat...
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