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Robots Are Helping Immunocompromised Kids ‘Go to School’

Beep Boop

Robots Are Helping Immunocompromised Kids ‘Go to School’

Gillian Okimoto

These Sci-Fi Visions for Interstellar Travel Just Might Work

WIRED Q&A

These Sci-Fi Visions for Interstellar Travel Just Might Work

Ramin Skibba

The Physics of Smashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid

Dot Physics

The Physics of Smashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid

Rhett Allain

Cities Need More Native Bees—Lots and Lots of Adorable Bees

Buzzworthy

Cities Need More Native Bees—Lots and Lots of Adorable Bees

Matt Simon

Wildfire Smoke May Carry Deadly Fungi Long Distances

Public Health

Wildfire Smoke May Carry Deadly Fungi Long Distances

Maryn McKenna

Why ‘Carbon Emissions’ Are Now ‘Climate Pollution’

Climate Change

Why ‘Carbon Emissions’ Are Now ‘Climate Pollution’

Kate Yoder

How Far Would You Have to Tunnel Underground to Lose 20 Pounds?

Dot Physics

How Far Would You Have to Tunnel Underground to Lose 20 Pounds?

Rhett Allain

It’s Time to Treat Housing Insecurity as a Health Risk

Public Health

It’s Time to Treat Housing Insecurity as a Health Risk

Kasra Zarei

Neuroscientists Unravel the Mystery of Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself

Brain Teaser

Neuroscientists Unravel the Mystery of Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself

Max G. Levy

Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse

Small Planet

Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse

Matt Reynolds

The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter

All That Litters

The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter

Ramin Skibba

A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr

Biotech

A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr

Emily Mullin

Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups

In That Vein

Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups

Chris Baraniuk

The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Forming Carbonate Crystals

Climate Change

The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Forming Carbonate Crystals

Matt Simon

US Cities Are Recycling Trees and Poop to Make Compost

Crowdsourced

US Cities Are Recycling Trees and Poop to Make Compost

Bryn Nelson

A Huge New Data Set Pushes the Limits of Neuroscience

Neurons

A Huge New Data Set Pushes the Limits of Neuroscience

Grace Huckins

Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain

Neuroscience

Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain

Anil Ananthaswamy

The Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Could Be the New Normal

Running Low

The Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Could Be the New Normal

Paul Hockenos

The Problem With Mental Health Bots

Bots Run the Web

The Problem With Mental Health Bots

Grace Browne

Sofia, the Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands for the Last Time

You’re Grounded

Sofia, the Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands for the Last Time

Ramin Skibba