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Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Space Invaders

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

Artificial Intelligence

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

Interstellar Cloud

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

Prized Knowledge

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

Public Health

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

Dot Physics

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization

Public Health

Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization

Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal

Trump Protests

Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

Mental Health

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

Origin Story

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

The DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Weather Modification Was a Nest of Conspiracy Theorizing

Clouded Judgment

The DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Weather Modification Was a Nest of Conspiracy Theorizing

Fired CDC Director Says RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve Vaccine Changes

Vax Attacks

Fired CDC Director Says RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve Vaccine Changes

This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics

Particle Physics

This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics

Whole-Genome Sequencing Will Change Pregnancy

Events

Whole-Genome Sequencing Will Change Pregnancy

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

Events

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

Events

WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It’s Not Going to Get It From Trump’s Corporate-Friendly EPA

Policy

MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It’s Not Going to Get It From Trump’s Corporate-Friendly EPA

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

Busy Beavers

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

Net Zero

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

Crispr Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes

Regenerative Medicine

Crispr Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes