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Tech That Could Help Pro Sports Adapt to the Pandemic

Game On

Tech That Could Help Pro Sports Adapt to the Pandemic

Eric Niiler

A Mathematician’s Guide to How Contagion Spreads

WIRED Q&A

A Mathematician’s Guide to How Contagion Spreads

Gregory Barber

Antibody tests were meant to be a game-changer. What went wrong?

Health

Antibody tests were meant to be a game-changer. What went wrong?

Matt Reynolds

The Epic Siberian Journey to Solve a Mass Extinction Mystery

The Great Dying

The Epic Siberian Journey to Solve a Mass Extinction Mystery

Matt Simon

The UAE’s First Mars Mission Is a Robo-Meteorologist

Seeing Red

The UAE’s First Mars Mission Is a Robo-Meteorologist

Daniel Oberhaus

SpaceVR offers a new perspective on Earth – from a tank in Brooklyn

Space

SpaceVR offers a new perspective on Earth – from a tank in Brooklyn

Klaus Thymann

Astronomers Are Uncovering the Magnetic Soul of the Universe

Hubble Tension

Astronomers Are Uncovering the Magnetic Soul of the Universe

Natalie Wolchover

A Bird’s Epic Migration Stuns Scientists and Wins Online Fans

Long Haul

A Bird’s Epic Migration Stuns Scientists and Wins Online Fans

Rebecca Ratcliffe

Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Can’t Even Imagine

ROYGBIV

Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Can’t Even Imagine

Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica

Leicester’s lockdown exposes the flaws in a whack-a-mole strategy

Health

Leicester’s lockdown exposes the flaws in a whack-a-mole strategy

Sabrina Weiss

How Masks Went From Don’t-Wear to Must-Have

Public Health

How Masks Went From Don’t-Wear to Must-Have

Megan Molteni and Adam Rogers

Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead

Boom Times

Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead

Matt Simon

Where Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Tested?

Public Health

Where Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Tested?

Maryn McKenna

Coronavirus could actually do one good thing: save pangolins

Animals

Coronavirus could actually do one good thing: save pangolins

Sabrina Weiss

The CEO of Novartis on Developing Drugs During a Pandemic

WIRED Q&A

The CEO of Novartis on Developing Drugs During a Pandemic

Steven Levy

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past

Extreme Heat

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past

Daniel Oberhaus

The coronavirus pandemic has totally derailed the war on plastic

Environment

The coronavirus pandemic has totally derailed the war on plastic

Francesca Perry

NASA’s New Moon-Bound Space Suits Will Get a Boost From AI

HAL 9000

NASA’s New Moon-Bound Space Suits Will Get a Boost From AI

Daniel Oberhaus

How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study Wildlife

Anthropause

How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study Wildlife

Matt Simon

To save the world, the UN is turning it into a computer simulation

Digital Society with Vontobel

To save the world, the UN is turning it into a computer simulation

Will Bedingfield