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The Big Story

2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Science

Here’s What Learning to Juggle Does to Your Brain

By Tom Vanderbilt
The Big Story

2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Culture

The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions

By Sarah Jaffe
The Big Story

2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Business

Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan

By Annie Jacobsen
Science

If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

By John Hudson
The Big Story

The Autonomous-Car Chaos of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge

By Alex Davies
Science

Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. Why Do Humans Have It?

By Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
Culture

26 of the Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020

By WIRED Staff
The Big Story

The History of Poop Is Really the History of Technology

By Harold McGee
Security

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator

By Andy Greenberg
Ideas

Your Food Isn’t ‘Natural’ and It Never Will Be

By Benjamin R. Cohen
Business

How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments

By Kurt Kohlstedt and Roman Mars
Science

Does a Millipede Have a Penis? Well ... Define 'Penis'

By Emily Willingham
The Big Story

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

By Anne Helen Petersen
Science

How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth

By Terry Virts
The Big Story

The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus

By Geoff White
The Big Story

A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter

By Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck
The Big Story

The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was

By Jo Marchant
The Big Story

How to Undo Gender Stereotypes in Math—With Math!

By Eugenia Cheng
The Big Story

The American Scientists Who Saved London From Nazi Drones 

By Jamie Holmes
The Big Story

All Those Cute Selfies Are Loving Nature to Death

By Rebecca Giggs
The Big Story

How to Outrun a Dinosaur

By Cody Cassidy
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