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Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead

Boom Times

Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead

Matt Simon

Where Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Tested?

Public Health

Where Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Tested?

Maryn McKenna

Coronavirus could actually do one good thing: save pangolins

Animals

Coronavirus could actually do one good thing: save pangolins

Sabrina Weiss

The CEO of Novartis on Developing Drugs During a Pandemic

WIRED Q&A

The CEO of Novartis on Developing Drugs During a Pandemic

Steven Levy

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past

Extreme Heat

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past

Daniel Oberhaus

The coronavirus pandemic has totally derailed the war on plastic

Environment

The coronavirus pandemic has totally derailed the war on plastic

Francesca Perry

NASA’s New Moon-Bound Space Suits Will Get a Boost From AI

HAL 9000

NASA’s New Moon-Bound Space Suits Will Get a Boost From AI

Daniel Oberhaus

How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study Wildlife

Anthropause

How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study Wildlife

Matt Simon

To save the world, the UN is turning it into a computer simulation

Digital Society with Vontobel

To save the world, the UN is turning it into a computer simulation

Will Bedingfield

Why aren’t face coverings compulsory in the UK?

Health

Why aren’t face coverings compulsory in the UK?

Gian M. Volpicelli

The bees are dying. Can we replace them with flies?

Biology

The bees are dying. Can we replace them with flies?

Anna Marks

In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle

Rectangular Peg

In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle

Kevin Hartnett

How a British team discovered the first life-saving coronavirus drug

Health

How a British team discovered the first life-saving coronavirus drug

Adam Rogers

The Debate Over Burning Dead Trees to Create Biomass Energy

Fire Prevention

The Debate Over Burning Dead Trees to Create Biomass Energy

Jane Braxton Little

Old Drugs Could Reveal a New Way to Attack the Coronavirus

Public Health

Old Drugs Could Reveal a New Way to Attack the Coronavirus

Gregory Barber

Six facts that show how bad the record-breaking Arctic heatwave is

Environment

Six facts that show how bad the record-breaking Arctic heatwave is

Matt Reynolds

The rise of mask shaming reveals the tricky science of social change

Health

The rise of mask shaming reveals the tricky science of social change

Amit Katwala

The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine

Fresh Air

The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine

Daniel Oberhaus

Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages

Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages

Megan Molteni

To slow the coronavirus death toll we may need to slow down ageing

Health

To slow the coronavirus death toll we may need to slow down ageing

David Cox