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Stay Inside, Californians: Wildfire Smoke Is No Joke

Public Health

Stay Inside, Californians: Wildfire Smoke Is No Joke

Megan Molteni

Was a Star Wars Escape Pod Really Just a KFC Bucket?

takeout

Was a Star Wars Escape Pod Really Just a KFC Bucket?

Rhett Allain

Don’t Want to Fall for Fake News? Don’t Be Lazy

misinformation

Don’t Want to Fall for Fake News? Don’t Be Lazy

Robbie Gonzalez

Friday briefing: Half the world is having fewer children

WIRED Awake

Friday briefing: Half the world is having fewer children

WIRED Insider

A New Robot Tracks Sick Bees Wearing Tiny Coded Backpacks

Animal Science

A New Robot Tracks Sick Bees Wearing Tiny Coded Backpacks

Matt Simon

Aristotle Was Wrong—Very Wrong—But People Still Love Him

Those Greeks

Aristotle Was Wrong—Very Wrong—But People Still Love Him

Rhett Allain

The House Science Committee May Soon Become... Pro-Science

Credibility

The House Science Committee May Soon Become... Pro-Science

Eric Niiler

A Carbon Tax Is Almost Inevitable, Even if Voters Said No

Elections

A Carbon Tax Is Almost Inevitable, Even if Voters Said No

Adam Rogers

Our Climate Is Headed for Disaster, But Voters Still Shrug

Midterms

Our Climate Is Headed for Disaster, But Voters Still Shrug

Megan Molteni

Weed Wins on Election Day. So What Comes Next?

Cannabis

Weed Wins on Election Day. So What Comes Next?

Matt Simon

New Satellites Can Use Radio Waves to Track Hidden Objects

spycraft

New Satellites Can Use Radio Waves to Track Hidden Objects

Sarah Scoles

We've found an ancient star that makes the Milky Way look very old

Physics

We've found an ancient star that makes the Milky Way look very old

Katia Moskvitch

Wednesday briefing: One of the ISS's station computers has crashed

WIRED Awake

Wednesday briefing: One of the ISS's station computers has crashed

WIRED Insider

How luxury brands use the psychology of sound to make you fall in love with their products

Psychology

How luxury brands use the psychology of sound to make you fall in love with their products

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’

Heredity

The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’

Megan Molteni

You Can Make Your Own Scale With a Rubber Band and a Ruler

DIY

You Can Make Your Own Scale With a Rubber Band and a Ruler

Rhett Allain

THC! CBD! Terpenoids! Cannabis Science Is Getting Hairy

Medical Marijuana

THC! CBD! Terpenoids! Cannabis Science Is Getting Hairy

Matt Simon

Inside the daring mission to rescue ancient artefacts from the bottom of the sea

Culture

Inside the daring mission to rescue ancient artefacts from the bottom of the sea

John Beck

The UK's 11 billion yearly receipts are an environmental nightmare

Environment

The UK's 11 billion yearly receipts are an environmental nightmare

Sanjana Varghese

Silicon Valley's Breakthrough Prizes Need More Than Money

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Silicon Valley's Breakthrough Prizes Need More Than Money

Ellen Airhart