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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 CDC has tightened rabies regulations for imported dogs. Here’s why

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tightened rabies regulations for dogs coming into the country....

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...

Some ‘forever chemicals’ maybe absorbed through our skin

Forever chemicals are everywhere.  They’re in school uniforms, food packaging, cosmetics and personal care products (SNE: 11/18/22;...

Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even butterflies and moths do it. As lepidopterans flutter their...

Earth’s jet stream helps create the seeds of clouds

Scientists have sussed out a new source for the seeds of clouds. When the stratospheric layer of...

Stopping cachexia at its source could reverse wasting from cancer

People with advanced cancers often feel like their bodies are wasting away. That’s because of cachexia, a...

The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.Traditionally, the athletics track...

Earth keeps breaking global heat records

Earth now is hotter than it’s been at any time in recorded history. Average global...

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

In the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the...
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