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Wednesday briefing: The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has ceased operation

WIRED Awake

Wednesday briefing: The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has ceased operation

WIRED Insider

This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull Super Heavy Objects

physics

This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull Super Heavy Objects

Rhett Allain

Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria And Other Diseases

puppers

Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria And Other Diseases

Megan Molteni

Does Climate Change Mean You Should Fly Less? Yeah, Maybe

social cues

Does Climate Change Mean You Should Fly Less? Yeah, Maybe

Leor Hackel Gregg Sparkman

How Boston Dynamics' Robot Videos Became Internet Gold

Robotics

How Boston Dynamics' Robot Videos Became Internet Gold

Matt Simon

Carbon Capture Is Messy and Fraught—But Might Be Essential

Global Warming

Carbon Capture Is Messy and Fraught—But Might Be Essential

Matt Simon

You don't need to skip sleep to be successful at work

Health

You don't need to skip sleep to be successful at work

Chris Stokel-Walker

A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries

Proved It

A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries

Kevin Hartnett

The Brazilian election could be a disaster for the Amazon rainforest

Environment

The Brazilian election could be a disaster for the Amazon rainforest

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

How to Keep Lil Trick-or-Treaters Safe on Halloween Night

Halloween

How to Keep Lil Trick-or-Treaters Safe on Halloween Night

Rhett Allain

Trump's Attacks on the Environment Are Mostly Failing

politics

Trump's Attacks on the Environment Are Mostly Failing

David Hayes

How to Make Your Commute as Cheap and Fast as Possible

commute

How to Make Your Commute as Cheap and Fast as Possible

Rhett Allain

An Ebola Outbreak in a War Zone Is About as Bad as It Gets

infections

An Ebola Outbreak in a War Zone Is About as Bad as It Gets

Megan Molteni

Estonia may actually have a use for the blockchain: green energy

Blockchain

Estonia may actually have a use for the blockchain: green energy

Katia Moskvitch

A New Climate Change Lawsuit Takes Aim at ExxonMobil

fossil fuels

A New Climate Change Lawsuit Takes Aim at ExxonMobil

Oliver Milman

These Wasp-Like Drones Lift Heavy Loads With Their Bellies

Robotics

These Wasp-Like Drones Lift Heavy Loads With Their Bellies

Matt Simon

This Startup Is Selling Human Cells as On-Demand Factories

synthetic biology

This Startup Is Selling Human Cells as On-Demand Factories

Megan Molteni

Trump's Plan to Redefine Gender Makes No Scientific Sense

it's complicated

Trump's Plan to Redefine Gender Makes No Scientific Sense

Adam Rogers and Megan Molteni

New Puffy Coats Are Being Designed to Fall Apart Faster

Textiles

New Puffy Coats Are Being Designed to Fall Apart Faster

Robbie Gonzalez

Science Isn't About 'the Truth'—It's About Building Models

Brain Clouds

Science Isn't About 'the Truth'—It's About Building Models

Rhett Allain