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Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest

Tipping Point

Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest

Quentin Septer

Stumped by Heat Pumps?

Dot Physics

Stumped by Heat Pumps?

Rhett Allain

Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better

Memory Dump

Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better

Amos Zeeberg

Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply

Thirsty Work

Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply

Fred Pearce

Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap

WIRED Health

Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap

Rob Reddick

A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine

jab report

A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking

Going Down

Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking

Matt Simon

A New Headset Aims to Treat Alzheimer’s With Light and Sound

Neuroscience

A New Headset Aims to Treat Alzheimer’s With Light and Sound

Emily Mullin

Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth

Mammoth Challenge

Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth

Matt Reynolds

Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble

timber tantrum

Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble

Matt Simon

This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything

Neuroscience

This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything

Nora Bradford

The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It

What Lies Beneath

The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It

Anita Hofschneider

Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That

Climate Change

Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That

Stephen Armstrong

A Tragic Tower Block Fire Exposes the World’s Failing Fire Regulations

Fire Hazard

A Tragic Tower Block Fire Exposes the World’s Failing Fire Regulations

Alex Christian

US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day

Cloud Computing

US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day

Matt Simon

Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment

Be Prepared

Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment

Rob Reddick

Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat

Climate Change

Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat

Stephen Armstrong

Alabama IVF Patients Are Running Out of Time

reproductive rights

Alabama IVF Patients Are Running Out of Time

Brian Barrett and Emily Mullin

A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life

Under the Sea

A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life

Stephen Armstrong

There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding

Physics

There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding

Steve Nadis