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Indoor-Grown Weed Is Spewing Carbon Into the Atmosphere

High Emissions

Indoor-Grown Weed Is Spewing Carbon Into the Atmosphere

John Timmer, Ars Technica

How Far Should Humans Go to Help Species Adapt?

Assisting Evolution

How Far Should Humans Go to Help Species Adapt?

Elizabeth Kolbert

The Pandemic Turns One, Vaccine Trials Adapt, and More News

Coronavirus Update

The Pandemic Turns One, Vaccine Trials Adapt, and More News

Eve Sneider

Ocean Acidification Could Make Tiny Fish Lose Their Hearing

Sounds Bad

Ocean Acidification Could Make Tiny Fish Lose Their Hearing

Max G. Levy

The Perplexing Psychology of Returning to ‘Normal’

mental health

The Perplexing Psychology of Returning to ‘Normal’

Matt Simon

A Genetic Curse, a Scared Mom, and the Quest to ‘Fix’ Embryos

Backchannel

A Genetic Curse, a Scared Mom, and the Quest to ‘Fix’ Embryos

Stephen S. Hall

Offshore Energy Gets a Second Wind Under Biden

Blades of Glory

Offshore Energy Gets a Second Wind Under Biden

Eric Niiler

The US Has 3 Covid Vaccines—Testing New Ones Is Complicated

Public Health

The US Has 3 Covid Vaccines—Testing New Ones Is Complicated

Jared Whitlock

SpaceX Is Going All In on Its South Texas Starport

Lone Star

SpaceX Is Going All In on Its South Texas Starport

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to ‘Feel’ Things

Can Touch This

This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to ‘Feel’ Things

Matt Simon

Facebook says it’s taking on Covid disinformation. So what’s all this?

Health

Facebook says it’s taking on Covid disinformation. So what’s all this?

Carlotta Dotto and Lydia Morrish

The terror and trauma of surviving intensive care with Covid-19

Health

The terror and trauma of surviving intensive care with Covid-19

Will Moffitt

The Code Breaker Is the Crispr Chronicle You Need to Read

WIRED Q&A

The Code Breaker Is the Crispr Chronicle You Need to Read

Megan Molteni

The Pandemic Can’t End While Wealthy Nations Hoard Shots

Public Health

The Pandemic Can’t End While Wealthy Nations Hoard Shots

Maryn McKenna

He looked like a cute puppy. Then DNA tests revealed he was a wolf

Animals

He looked like a cute puppy. Then DNA tests revealed he was a wolf

Jack Needham

The hunt is on for Europe’s earliest, crucial Covid-19 deaths

Health

The hunt is on for Europe’s earliest, crucial Covid-19 deaths

Chris Baraniuk

These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies

Heads Will Roll

These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies

Matt Simon

How to Figure Out the Mass of Earth—With Balls and String

Dot Physics

How to Figure Out the Mass of Earth—With Balls and String

Rhett Allain

The Tide Is High—and Getting Higher

Le Deluge

The Tide Is High—and Getting Higher

Eric Niiler

This is the year that CRISPR moves from lab to clinic

Biology

This is the year that CRISPR moves from lab to clinic

Jennifer Doudna