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How Healthy Is Farm Soil? Check How Active Its Microbes Are

The Dirt

How Healthy Is Farm Soil? Check How Active Its Microbes Are

Jennifer Clare Ball

Pandemic Bird-Watching Created a Data Boom—and a Conundrum

Watch the Birdie

Pandemic Bird-Watching Created a Data Boom—and a Conundrum

Sara Harrison

Why it’s so hard to stop people from panic buying

Why it’s so hard to stop people from panic buying

Chris Baraniuk

DeepMind’s latest trick? Predicting the weather

DeepMind’s latest trick? Predicting the weather

Grace Browne

The Llama, the Hamster, and a New Path for Covid Treatment

Public Health

The Llama, the Hamster, and a New Path for Covid Treatment

Grace Huckins

West Point Chemists Re-Create Medieval Gunpowder Recipes

Kaboom!

West Point Chemists Re-Create Medieval Gunpowder Recipes

Eric Niiler

What If Getting a Kids’ Vaccine Approved Is the Easy Part?

Public Health

What If Getting a Kids’ Vaccine Approved Is the Easy Part?

Maryn McKenna

Covid-19 may stay with us forever

Covid-19 may stay with us forever

David Cox

Oregon Is Burning Trees in Order to Save Them

Forestry

Oregon Is Burning Trees in Order to Save Them

Mallory Pickett

The ‘Forever Virus’ Won't Go Away Until Kids Get Vaccinated

WIRED Q&A

The ‘Forever Virus’ Won't Go Away Until Kids Get Vaccinated

Steven Levy

The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’

Genetics

The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’

Jake Buehler

Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US

Public Health

Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US

Zoya Teirstein

A 3D-Printed Chicken Breast Was Cooked With Frickin’ Lasers

Pew pew poultry

A 3D-Printed Chicken Breast Was Cooked With Frickin’ Lasers

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Could the Moon Actually Crash Toward Earth?

Dot Physics

Could the Moon Actually Crash Toward Earth?

Rhett Allain

The UK’s CO2 shortage was entirely predictable

The UK’s CO2 shortage was entirely predictable

Chris Baraniuk

The Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

Barkcode

The Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

Max G. Levy

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Far-Out Future of Space Travel

Blue Sky

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Far-Out Future of Space Travel

Ramin Skibba

Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics

Planet Plastic

Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics

Matt Simon

The Race to Stop Fish Becoming the Next Factory Farming Nightmare

The Race to Stop Fish Becoming the Next Factory Farming Nightmare

Matt Reynolds

Why Does Asthma Get Worse at Night?

Sleep Tight

Why Does Asthma Get Worse at Night?

Sara Harrison