Daniel Gilbert Stumbling on Happiness

A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help.

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.

“We learn who is furloughed when we send an email to someone and get the out-of-office message,” one employee tells WIRED.

Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving on a planet. A physicist explains orbital navigation.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number theory to explain quantum fractals.

What sneaky invisible forces enable these instruments to locate buried treasure?

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Western Colorado.

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization—all related to a variety of common diseases globally.

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built.