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3 Smart Things About Animal-Inspired Robotics

3 Smart Things About Animal-Inspired Robotics

Pia Ceres

What a Mouse Teaches Us About the Future of 3D Color X-Rays

Particle Physiques

What a Mouse Teaches Us About the Future of 3D Color X-Rays

Rebecca Heilweil

Your Poop Is Probably Full of Plastic

Deep Doo Doo

Your Poop Is Probably Full of Plastic

Robbie Gonzalez

Scientists Help Robots 'Evolve.' Weirdness Ensues

Natural Selection

Scientists Help Robots 'Evolve.' Weirdness Ensues

Matt Simon

DNA Tests Could Help Docs Detect Infectious Diseases Faster

Diagnosis

DNA Tests Could Help Docs Detect Infectious Diseases Faster

Megan Molteni

Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize

Profile

Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize

Charles Graeber

Iceland's farmers have a cunning plan to solve crypto's energy crisis

Cryptocurrencies

Iceland's farmers have a cunning plan to solve crypto's energy crisis

Sean Williams and Peter Ward

'Oumuamua Was Neither Comet nor Asteroid...So What Was It?

cosmic cigar

'Oumuamua Was Neither Comet nor Asteroid...So What Was It?

Ramin Skibba

Sex robots are destined to remain a niche fetish. Here's why

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Sex robots are destined to remain a niche fetish. Here's why

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

Fusty Ol' Scientific Texts Get a Gorgeous, Pricey Makeover

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Fusty Ol' Scientific Texts Get a Gorgeous, Pricey Makeover

Sarah Scoles

Why the Search for Aliens Could Unite Us Here on Earth

We Come in Peace

Why the Search for Aliens Could Unite Us Here on Earth

Jason Kehe

Why it's still impossible to get long-range weather forecasts right

Weather

Why it's still impossible to get long-range weather forecasts right

Sanjana Varghese

An App for Disasters Is Saving Lives in Florida

Aftermath

An App for Disasters Is Saving Lives in Florida

Megan Molteni

Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch

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Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch

Matt Simon

For the Last Time: The Difference Between Weight and Mass

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For the Last Time: The Difference Between Weight and Mass

Rhett Allain

These New Tricks Can Outsmart Deepfake Videos—for Now

machine learning

These New Tricks Can Outsmart Deepfake Videos—for Now

Sarah Scoles

Forget animal testing. These miniature, lab-grown human hearts are making drugs safer

Drugs

Forget animal testing. These miniature, lab-grown human hearts are making drugs safer

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

We need to have a very serious chat about Pepper's pointless parliamentary pantomime

WIRED Opinion

We need to have a very serious chat about Pepper's pointless parliamentary pantomime

Gian M. Volpicelli

Here's What Astronauts See When a Rocket Aborts Mid-Flight

Soyuz

Here's What Astronauts See When a Rocket Aborts Mid-Flight

Eric Niiler

Your Facebook Posts Can Reveal If You're Depressed

mental health

Your Facebook Posts Can Reveal If You're Depressed

Robbie Gonzalez