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Sophia Chen

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Sophia Chen covers physics, engineering, and data science for WIRED.

Astrophysics

Physics Found Gravitational Waves. What's Next?

Dec 29, 2017 9:00 AM

Space

New Kepler Exoplanet Discovery Fueled by AI

Dec 14, 2017 4:04 PM

Materials Science

The AI Company That Helps Boeing Cook New Metals for Jets

Dec 6, 2017 7:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence

Should We Teach Facial Recognition Technology About Race?

Nov 15, 2017 6:00 AM

Physics

Now Particle Physics Is Getting in on the Archaeology Game

Nov 3, 2017 7:00 AM

Physics

Neutron Stars Collide, and Astrophysics Feels the Ripple

Oct 16, 2017 10:00 AM

Awards

The Physics Nobel Goes to the Detection of Gravitational Waves

Oct 3, 2017 12:26 PM

Drones

Archaeologists Don't Always Need to Dig—They've Got Drones

Sep 22, 2017 7:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence

AI Research Is in Desperate Need of an Ethical Watchdog

Sep 18, 2017 7:00 AM

Physics

The Quest to Perfect the Universal Language of Science

Aug 30, 2017 7:00 AM

Physics

Quantum Internet Is 13 Years Away. So What's Quantum Internet?

Aug 15, 2017 10:00 AM

Physics

Physicists Capture the Elusive Neutrino Smacking Into an Atom

Aug 3, 2017 2:00 PM

Medicine

Physicists Try to Revive a Safe, Decades-Old Cancer Treatment

Jul 21, 2017 12:00 PM

Space

Tiny, Laser-Beaming Satellites Could Communicate With Mars

Jul 10, 2017 11:00 AM

Cryptography

Chinese Satellite Relays a Quantum Signal Between Cities

Jun 15, 2017 2:00 PM

Medicine

Particle Accelerators Make Cancer Treatment Safer For Everyone

Jun 12, 2017 8:00 AM

Science

Physicists Find Another Gravitational Wave to Suggest Einstein Was Right

Jun 1, 2017 11:00 AM

physics

The Bizarre Quantum Test That Could Keep Your Data Secure

May 16, 2017 8:00 AM

Climate Science

This Drone Once Fought Wars. Now It's Fighting Climate Change

May 1, 2017 10:30 AM

Science

At the Bottom of the Sea, Glass Spheres Prepare to Hunt for Mysterious Neutrinos

Apr 20, 2017 8:30 AM