NASA Will Do Space in Style With the Prada Axiom Spacesuit

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In Milan, the fashion house and Axiom Space have revealed how astronauts will be decked out on the lunar surface during the Artemis 3 mission in 2026.

https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-wants-you-to-do-space-in-style-with-the-prada-axiom-spacesuit/ 

 The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

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The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-doctor-behind-the-suicide-pod-wants-ai-to-assist-at-the-end-of-life/ 

 Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

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A Tampa-based company that makes atmospheric water generators and the state of Florida were able to supply one to a hospital shortly after Milton made landfall.

https://www.wired.com/story/milton-disrupted-the-flow-of-drinking-water-so-florida-deployed-a-machine-to-harvest-it-from-air/ 

 SpaceX’s Dramatic Rocket Catch Brings Interplanetary Travel One Step Closer

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By proving that its Super Heavy booster can return to Earth and land, SpaceX has moved closer to creating a reusable interplanetary transport system.

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-starship-super-heavy-mechazilla-catch/ 

 Cells From Different Species Can Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA

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Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system—even between organisms widely separated by evolution.

https://www.wired.com/story/cells-across-the-tree-of-life-exchange-text-messages-using-rna/ 

 TikTokkers Say Cinnamon Helps Burn Fat. Here's What the Science Says

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Consuming cinnamon may have a very small effect on weight, but it’s unlikely to deliver meaningful weight loss without other lifestyle adjustments.

https://www.wired.com/story/fat-cinnamon-weight-loss-tiktok/ 

 The Origins of the Climate Haven Myth

In a world of increasingly powerful hurricanes and other rising climate threats, those with vested interests in promoting certain locations have sold the public a dream.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-origins-of-the-climate-haven-myth/ 

 DARPA Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes

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The US defense research agency is funding three universities to engineer reef structures that will be colonized by corals and bivalves and absorb the power of future storms.

https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-thinks-walls-of-oysters-could-protect-shores-against-hurricanes/ 

 The Hunt for Life on Europa Is About to Kick Up a Gear

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NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set for launch, finally revealing if this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable or not.

https://www.wired.com/story/europa-clipper-mission-nasa-jupiter-moon-exploration-signs-life/ 

 Why Hurricane Milton Turned the Sky Purple

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The strange, apocalyptic skies during the storm reveal how light behaves in the atmosphere when it’s filled with an unusual amount of water vapor, dust, and debris.

https://www.wired.com/story/why-hurricane-milton-turned-the-sky-purple/ 

 Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger

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Cultivators are turning to genetic sequencing and cellular-manipulation techniques to breed highly potent mushrooms—leaving some unprepared psychonauts in distress.

https://www.wired.com/story/breeding-stronger-magic-mushrooms/ 

 The Crackdown on Compounded GLP-1 Meds Has Begun

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Now that the Mounjaro and Zepbound shortage is over, Eli Lilly is going after the cottage industry selling “compounded” versions of its meds.

https://www.wired.com/story/crackdown-compounded-glp-1-lilly-mounjaro-zepbound/ 

 Hurricane Milton Shows How a Storm’s Category Doesn’t Tell the Full Story

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Milton’s reclassification to a Category 3 storm suggests it is weakening, but the scale accounts only for wind speed and not hurricane size, storm surge heights, or rainfall—which are all catastrophically large.

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-milton-storm-category-doesnt-tell-full-story/ 

 How the AI Nobel Prizes Could Change the Focus of Research

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It has been a billboard week for artificial intelligence research. But could big wins for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton change broader scientific incentives?

https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-ai-nobel-prizes-could-change-the-focus-of-research/ 

 Why Tampa Is So Vulnerable to Hurricane Milton

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Tampa, Florida is the most vulnerable US city to hurricane damage. Delays to floodwater defenses and relentless development only made the situation worse.

https://www.wired.com/story/why-tampa-is-so-vulnerable-to-hurricane-milton/ 

 A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t Celebrating

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Mounjaro and Zepbound are now out of shortage. This should be good news—but because so many patients are taking compounded versions of these GLP-1 medications, it’s a complicated situation.

https://www.wired.com/story/glp-1-shortage-mounjaro-zepbound-tirzepatide-compounded/ 

 Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton

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More than 200 health care facilities in impacted areas are moving patients and residents in what the state’s chief of emergency medical oversight calls “our largest evacuation ever.”

https://www.wired.com/story/florida-health-care-system-hurricane-milton-evacuations/ 

 Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

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While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can't send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping communicate requests for help and messages between loved ones.

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-milton-north-carolina-florida-amateur-radio/ 

 A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t Celebrating

https://media.wired.com/photos/6703f2f785722f7c48eb1ec7/master/pass/GettyImages-1245721969.jpg

Mounjaro and Zepbound are now out of shortage. This should be good news—but because so many patients are taking compounded versions of these GLP-1 medications, it’s a complicated situation.

https://www.wired.com/story/glp-1-shortage-mounjaro-zepbound-tirzepatide-compounded/ 

 Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

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While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can't send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping communicate requests for help and messages between loved ones.

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-milton-north-carolina-florida-amateur-radio/ 

 This Man Found 1,650 Ways to Turn a Profit While Decarbonizing

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Bertrand Piccard says sustainability doesn’t have to come at a cost—and that reframing attempts to hit net zero as a way of generating profit could be key to hitting targets.

https://www.wired.com/story/this-man-found-1650-ways-to-turn-a-profit-while-decarbonizing/ 

 To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First

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One woman spills the beans about giving birth to rich people's children. “They were offering Scrooge McDuck buckets of money.”

https://www.wired.com/story/pregnancy-surrogate-your-next-job/ 

 This Homemade AI Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t

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British Mountain Rescue workers have developed an automated drone system that can scour a landscape far quicker and more thoroughly than human eyes.

https://www.wired.com/story/this-homemade-ai-drone-software-finds-bodies-when-search-and-rescue-teams-cant/ 

 ‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work

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What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question.

https://www.wired.com/story/groups-underpin-modern-math-heres-how-they-work/ 

 Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

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A new report estimates that 40 percent of all cancer cases are associated with factors we can change—alcohol consumption being a prominent one.

https://www.wired.com/story/alcohol-plays-a-major-role-in-new-cancer-cases/ 

 What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs

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Celebrities do it (or wish they had), influencers won't stop talking about it, and clinics will all but tell you to do it now. The devil, though, is in the details.

https://www.wired.com/story/what-you-need-to-know-before-you-freeze-your-eggs-fertility-women-pregnancy-children/ 

 Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

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Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips is heading toward an energy crunch.

https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-makes-the-majority-of-the-worlds-computer-chips-now-its-running-out-of-electricity/ 

 The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

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As more farm workers get sick with avian influenza, the US federal government is putting $72 million toward strengthening its vaccine stockpile.

https://www.wired.com/story/us-loading-up-on-bird-flu-vaccine/ 

 So You Can 3D Print a Steak Now—but Why on Earth Would You?

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WIRED tried 3D-printed steaks that you can’t buy anywhere yet. But reducing food to a technological problem leaves a bitter taste, and delivers all the joy of licking a catering catalog.

https://www.wired.com/story/so-you-can-3d-print-a-steak-now-but-why-on-earth-would-you/ 

 Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

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A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV.

https://www.wired.com/story/wastewater-offers-an-early-alarm-system-for-a-deadly-virus/ 

 Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder

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New vaccines could help stem the spread of respiratory syncytial virus, but there are already huge inequities in access and uptake.

https://www.wired.com/story/making-an-rsv-vaccine-was-a-challenge-getting-people-to-take-it-is-the-next/ 

 The Secret Alchemy of Making Ice Cream

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Ice cream is deceptively simple, but that sweet burst of flavor and soft melt on the tongue is a finicky, frozen science of water, fat, and air delicately held together.

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-alchemy-ice-cream-making/ 

 Inside the Anti-Vax Facebook Group Pushing a Bogus Cure for Autism

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Parents of newborns are reporting symptoms including diarrhea, twitching, and “complete toddler meltdowns” after giving them Pure Body Extra detox treatment.

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-antivax-facebook-group-pushing-a-bogus-cure-for-autism/ 

 Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine

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Researchers have been working on mRNA flu vaccines since before the Covid-19 pandemic, but we may get one for bird flu first.

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-hub-the-quest-to-make-an-mrna-vaccine-for-flu/ 

 As Wildfires Rage, California’s Insurance Market Is in Crisis

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Providers are offering fewer and fewer policies because of costlier climate-fueled fires, homeowners moving into riskier areas, and outdated regulation of the insurance industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/fire-insurance-wildfires-california-state-farm-allstate-liberty-mutual/ 

 These New Biomaterials Can Help Decarbonize Fashion and Construction

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Designers are imagining a future where bacteria powers both clothing and cement—and their ideas are coming to a shop near you.

https://www.wired.com/story/biomaterials-natsai-audrey-chieza-normal-phenomena-life-faber-futures/ 

 These New Biomaterials Can Help Decarbonize Fashion and Construction

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Designers are imagining a future where bacteria powers both clothing and cement—and their ideas are coming to a shop near you.

https://www.wired.com/story/biomaterials-natsai-audrey-chieza-normal-phenomena-life-faber-futures/ 

 Hurricane Helene Shows Insurance Industry That No Homes Are Safe

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Many homeowners in North Carolina won’t be insured against flooding or landslides due to the fragmented way in which disasters are covered.

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-shows-insurance-industry-that-no-homes-are-safe-north-carolina/ 

 Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

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Since launching in 2014, the world’s premier EV racing series has made huge technological leaps and gained hundreds of millions of fans. But CEO Jeff Dodds won’t rest until every new car is electric.

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-energy-tech-summit-jeff-dodds-formula-e/ 

 Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again

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The Advanced Research and Invention Agency—ARIA—is the UK's answer to Darpa. But can it put the country back on the scientific map?

https://www.wired.com/story/aria-moonshot-darpa-uk-britain-great-again/ 

 23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

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The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options.

https://www.wired.com/story/is-23andme-dead-at-home-genetic-testing-anne-wojcicki/ 

 The UK Has No Coal-Fired Power Plants for the First Time in 142 Years

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With Monday's closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, coal is no longer being used to provide electricity in the UK.

https://www.wired.com/story/uk-no-coal-fired-power-plants-first-time-in-142-years/ 

 Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry

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Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips.

https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-shockwaves-semiconductor-industry-microchips-spruce-pine-north-carolina-sand-high-quality-quartz/ 

 The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind

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Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure, and fear.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-our-longest-nerve-orchestrates-the-mind-body-connection-vagus/ 

 An International Space Station Leak Is Getting Worse—and Keeping NASA Up at Night

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A NASA inspector general report gives new details on a leak that has plagued the ISS for five years, and reveals that the agency considers it the highest-level risk.

https://www.wired.com/story/international-space-station-leak-getting-worse-nasa-up-at-night/ 

 These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity

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Experimental cells that combine silicon with a material called perovskite have broken the efficiency record for converting solar energy—and could eventually supercharge how we get electricity.

https://www.wired.com/story/tandem-solar-panel-cells-efficiency-energy/ 

 A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras

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The country faces a wave of claims after it repealed a law allowing for special economic zones. Chief among them is an American company looking to build a semi-autonomous “startup city” called Próspera.

https://www.wired.com/story/a-lawsuit-from-backers-of-a-startup-city-could-bankrupt-honduras/ 

 The Titan Submersible Hearings End With Few Solid Answers. Here’s What Comes Next

The Coast Guard hearings into the OceanGate disaster are done. Next comes the full report—and any potential criminal investigations.

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-hearings-end-oceangate-coast-guard-heres-what-comes-next/ 

 Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing It

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A new technique could prevent tons of waste in the future—if it can scale.

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-figured-out-how-to-recycle-plastic-by-vaporizing-it/ 

 Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing It

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A new technique could prevent tons of waste in the future—if it can scale.

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-figured-out-how-to-recycle-plastic-by-vaporizing-it/ 

 Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

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It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/ 

 Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e1e60aa7aaf6d5a412e802/master/pass/solar-sail-nasa-sci-.jpg

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/ 

 Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e1e60aa7aaf6d5a412e802/master/pass/solar-sail-nasa-sci-.jpg

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/ 

 Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e1e60aa7aaf6d5a412e802/master/pass/solar-sail-nasa-sci-.jpg

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/ 

 Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e1e60aa7aaf6d5a412e802/master/pass/solar-sail-nasa-sci-.jpg

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/ 

 Ukraine Is Decentralizing Energy Production to Protect Itself From Russia

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The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation is equipping schools and hospitals with solar panels and energy storage systems to nullify Russian attacks on the country's power plants.

https://www.wired.com/story/energy-act-foundation-ukraine-russian-invasion-solar-yuliana-onishchuk/ 

 The Gut Might Hold the Key to Treating Long Covid in Kids

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A placebo-controlled study aims to test if treating gut issues can help children struggling with persistent Covid symptoms.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-clinical-trials-are-underway-for-kids-with-long-covid/ 

 An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

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A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ultrathin-graphene-brain-implant-was-just-tested-in-a-person/ 

 An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

https://media.wired.com/photos/66f3e01c1f2ed23f1b290565/master/pass/DSC09818.jpg

A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ultrathin-graphene-brain-implant-was-just-tested-in-a-person/ 

 Titan Submersible Hearings Spotlight Multiple Issues With Its Carbon Fiber Hull

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Testimony identifies manufacturing defects and problems following an earlier dive and reveals that OceanGate conducted no testing or remedial work despite concerns with the hull.

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-hearings-spotlight-multiple-issues-with-its-carbon-fiber-hull/ 

 Patients Are Turning to Vibrators to Relieve Their Migraines

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One billion people experience migraines, yet the perfect treatment is still out of reach. Can a vibrator offer a surprising solution?

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-hub-why-vibrating-your-body-the-right-way-could-relieve-migraines/ 

 Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback

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Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/ 

 I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus

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Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy.

https://www.wired.com/story/this-brain-tracking-device-wants-to-help-you-work-smarter/ 

 Why Women Get Migraines More Than Men

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Women suffer from migraines three times as often as men, and often with more intensity. New research into the role of hormones is helping explain why.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-of-why-migraines-affect-women-more-than-men/ 

 In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling

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Politicians and other leaders don’t like to brag about their green credentials. But what if a little virtue is exactly what we’re missing?

https://www.wired.com/story/in-praise-of-climate-virtue-signaling/ 

 New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

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While devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on the “spooky” phenomenon.

https://www.wired.com/story/new-evidence-shows-heat-destroys-quantum-entanglement/ 

 America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished

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US dairy farms are disappearing, down 95 percent in terms of numbers since the 1970s—milk price rules are one reason why.

https://www.wired.com/story/americas-dairy-farms-have-vanished/ 

 California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground

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A new study finds that the state should replenish groundwater aquifers to sustain agriculture.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-fix-californias-inadequate-water-storage-put-water-underground-scientists-say/ 

 The Titan Submersible Disaster Hearings Paint a Damning Picture

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One week into the US Coast Guard’s OceanGate hearings, witnesses have shed new light on key aspects of the company’s troubles leading up to the fateful implosion.

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-hearings-week-one-testimony-oceangate-implosion/ 

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

https://media.wired.com/photos/66ec8a49a821c924c492749e/master/pass/parkour-sci-748336053.jpg

Yes, you really can climb a building by jumping back and forth between two opposing walls. Thank you, Isaac Newton.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-of-a-gravity-defying-parkour-stunt/ 

 The Multiple Ways Climate Change Threatens to Make Migraines Worse

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e972dd1f00c60dcdd2dd15/master/pass/GettyImages-1369104145.jpg

Migraine sufferers are often triggered by the weather, and research suggests warming temperatures and more extreme weather events worsen attacks.

https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-make-migraines-worse/ 

 Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e974efa18e834f1abe0808/master/pass/GettyImages-1077114066.jpg

Research on the visual patterns that foreshadow migraines may reveal clues on how painful headaches arise from the brain even though it has no pain receptors.

https://www.wired.com/story/strange-visual-auras-could-hold-the-key-to-better-migraine-treatments/ 

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

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Get ready for the return of the annual energy summit in Berlin on October 10.

https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-wired-and-octopus-energy-tech-summit-2024/ 

 The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater

https://media.wired.com/photos/66c5a53d99981fb4c760068e/master/pass/082024_Arctic%20Ice%20Greenland.jpg

A startup says shipping meltwater from Greenland’s glaciers internationally will boost the local economy and could help ease water pressures in arid regions—but what does that actually mean for the world?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-outrageous-scheme-to-capture-and-sell-greenlands-meltwater/ 

 Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e40a0d504af59cff67d218/master/pass/GettyImages-2151782162.jpg

The Heritage Foundation’s plan for a potential Trump second term has little time for schemes to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

https://www.wired.com/story/project-2025-carbon-capture-subsidies-dac-direct-air-2024-election-trump/ 

 RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e96d846343307cc5166ea0/master/pass/GettyImages-2153665059.jpg

RSV infects almost every child before they turn 2, and kills more than 100,000 infants worldwide each year. Machine learning and statistical models are identifying those most at risk.

https://www.wired.com/story/rsv-killer-new-tools-children-health-infectious-disease/ 

 ‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e74684e30360406979a9ba/master/pass/OceanGate_10.png

The US Coast Guard's OceanGate hearings started Monday with some startling revelations—including the last messages from the passengers.

https://www.wired.com/story/oceangate-hearings-day-one-witness-tony-nissen-coast-guard/ 

 The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e853076d9b407eddc4ee6b/master/pass/Science_PolarisDawn_GettyImages-2171374722.jpg

The most ambitious private spaceflight to date was a total success—and it blazed a trail for others to follow.

https://www.wired.com/story/polaris-dawn-spacewalk-success/ 

 Scientists Crack a 50-Year Mystery to Discover a New Set of Blood Groups

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e408a8ee05f51d41c84bd3/master/pass/GettyImages-740536651.jpg

We now know why some blood is missing a key antigen—leading to the creation of a new blood-grouping system. Experts believe even more discoveries are on the way.

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-keep-discovering-new-blood-groups-type-anwj-nhs-abo-rhesus/ 

 This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds

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Neuralink rival Synchron is connecting its brain–computer interface with consumer technologies to allow people with paralysis more functionality.

https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-amazon-alexa-brain-computer-interface-bci/ 

 Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible

https://media.wired.com/photos/66dee96081d011c696c2fef2/master/pass/BlackHoleMath-crKristinaArmitage-Lede-scaled.jpeg

For decades, a black hole that has as much spin or charge as it can given it mass was considered mathematically impossible. A new proof reveals otherwise.

https://www.wired.com/story/mathematicians-prove-stephen-hawking-wrong-about-the-most-extreme-black-holes-space-physics-astrophysics/ 

 South Sudan May See the First Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e4065cdf48a4f91bd7aa42/master/pass/GettyImages-1820787272.jpg

Protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable.

https://www.wired.com/story/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change/ 

 South Sudan May See the First Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e4065cdf48a4f91bd7aa42/master/pass/GettyImages-1820787272.jpg

Protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable.

https://www.wired.com/story/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change/ 

 An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

https://media.wired.com/photos/66df5d09ec18d5058c703cb4/master/pass/gunshot-victim-sci-1385480962.jpg

Cedric Dark is a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. This is what he—and the science—say needs to change.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-er-doctors-cure-for-americas-gun-epidemic/ 

 An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

https://media.wired.com/photos/66df5d09ec18d5058c703cb4/master/pass/gunshot-victim-sci-1385480962.jpg

Cedric Dark is a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. This is what he—and the science—say needs to change.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-er-doctors-cure-for-americas-gun-epidemic/ 

 An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

https://media.wired.com/photos/66df5d09ec18d5058c703cb4/master/pass/gunshot-victim-sci-1385480962.jpg

Cedric Dark is a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. This is what he—and the science—say needs to change.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-er-doctors-cure-for-americas-gun-epidemic/ 

 An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

https://media.wired.com/photos/66df5d09ec18d5058c703cb4/master/pass/gunshot-victim-sci-1385480962.jpg

Cedric Dark is a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. This is what he—and the science—say needs to change.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-er-doctors-cure-for-americas-gun-epidemic/ 

 An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

https://media.wired.com/photos/66df5d09ec18d5058c703cb4/master/pass/gunshot-victim-sci-1385480962.jpg

Cedric Dark is a gun-owning emergency physician, a father, and the cousin of a man who was shot to death. This is what he—and the science—say needs to change.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-er-doctors-cure-for-americas-gun-epidemic/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ 

 AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

https://media.wired.com/photos/66e2a96684325d97744782e7/master/pass/GettyImages-2158469156.jpg

The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.

https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/