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Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century

Heat-related deaths in the United States are on the rise. But how bad will it be 20,...

Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells

With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking...

Unlock the Secret of a Gravity-Defying Parkour Stunt—With Physics!

This looks like something out of a video game, but it's for real. Some parkour masters can...

A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters...

The Multiple Ways Climate Change Threatens to Make Migraines Worse

Migraines have long had an intimate relationship with the elements. Alongside stress and hormones, fluctuations in meteorological...

Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter...

Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain

When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world,...

Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments

There is no one experience of “aura.” For some, it starts with white glitter at the edge...

Everything You Need to Know About the WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2024

Returning for its second edition this October in Berlin, the WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit is...

Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony....

The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater

Fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce in many countries, but not in Greenland. Its ice sheet contains...

Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

Some fish have bacteria on the brain. Wild and lab-grown members of the salmon family including European...
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