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Why do we all seem to be having way less sex? Blame honesty

Sex

Why do we all seem to be having way less sex? Blame honesty

Sabrina Weiss

Scientists Save a Sick Teen, Hackers Steal $40M, and More

Tech in Two

Scientists Save a Sick Teen, Hackers Steal $40M, and More

Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Genetically Tweaked Viruses Just Saved a Very Sick Teen

phage therapy

Genetically Tweaked Viruses Just Saved a Very Sick Teen

Megan Molteni

Sunscreen in Your Bloodstream, Google’s Conference, and More

Tech in Two

Sunscreen in Your Bloodstream, Google’s Conference, and More

Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Sunscreen Chemicals Soak All the Way Into Your Bloodstream

UV radiation

Sunscreen Chemicals Soak All the Way Into Your Bloodstream

Megan Molteni

The NHS has a plan for taking on anti-vaxxers: ignore them

Health

The NHS has a plan for taking on anti-vaxxers: ignore them

Nicole Kobie

SpaceX Is Launching 'Organs on a Chip' to the ISS

life in space

SpaceX Is Launching 'Organs on a Chip' to the ISS

Daniel Oberhaus

Turns out coffee pods are actually pretty good for the environment

Food

Turns out coffee pods are actually pretty good for the environment

Katia Moskvitch

Meet the Pro-Vaxxers Helping to Stave Off the Next Pandemic

medicine

Meet the Pro-Vaxxers Helping to Stave Off the Next Pandemic

Michele Cohen Marill

The zombie pig brain experiment muddles our definition of death

Neuroscience

The zombie pig brain experiment muddles our definition of death

Philip Jaekl

Fighting Measles, LA Pulls a Classic Move: Quarantine

public health

Fighting Measles, LA Pulls a Classic Move: Quarantine

Adam Rogers

AI Could Predict Death. But What If the Algorithm Is Biased?

WIRED Opinion

AI Could Predict Death. But What If the Algorithm Is Biased?

Amitha Kalaichandran

Ancestry.com’s Racist Ad Tumbles Into a Cultural Minefield

genealogy

Ancestry.com’s Racist Ad Tumbles Into a Cultural Minefield

Megan Molteni

You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You

zzzzzzz

You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You

Emily Dreyfuss

Zapping our brains with magnets could help reverse memory loss

Neuroscience

Zapping our brains with magnets could help reverse memory loss

Leo Bear-McGuinness

First Big Survey of Births Finds Millions of Missing Women

sex selection

First Big Survey of Births Finds Millions of Missing Women

Megan Molteni

Prep for Your Toughest Races Like a Master Marathoner

on course

Prep for Your Toughest Races Like a Master Marathoner

Nicholas Thompson

How elderly, sickly farmers are quenching China's thirst for data

China

How elderly, sickly farmers are quenching China's thirst for data

Amy Hawkins

Nasa's twin study puts us a step closer to sending humans to Mars

Health

Nasa's twin study puts us a step closer to sending humans to Mars

Mika McKinnon

How the Boston Marathon Messes With Runners to Slow Them Down

run the numbers

How the Boston Marathon Messes With Runners to Slow Them Down

Nicholas Thompson