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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
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An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.
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WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Yes, NASA's Perseverance rover found organics on Mars. So did Curiosity. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean anything in the search for life.
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
"Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1."
Black holes aren't just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here's why it must be so.
In our common experience, you can't get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.