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Finally, a Robot That Moves Kind of Like a Tongue

Engineering

Finally, a Robot That Moves Kind of Like a Tongue

Matt Simon

The design secrets Nasa's using to keep astronauts happy in space

WIRED on Wellbeing

The design secrets Nasa's using to keep astronauts happy in space

Nicole Kobie

Jakarta's Doomed Sea Wall, Russia Takes Aim at 2020, and More

Tech in Two

Jakarta's Doomed Sea Wall, Russia Takes Aim at 2020, and More

Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Alphabet’s AI Might Be Able to Predict Kidney Disease

Health Care

Alphabet’s AI Might Be Able to Predict Kidney Disease

Tom Simonite and Gregory Barber

DeepMind's new AI predicts kidney injury two days before it happens

Health

DeepMind's new AI predicts kidney injury two days before it happens

Matt Reynolds

Let's Break Down the Physics of a Wickedly Curving Baseball

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Let's Break Down the Physics of a Wickedly Curving Baseball

Rhett Allain

Jakarta’s Giant Seawall Is Useless if the City Keeps Sinking

Climate Change

Jakarta’s Giant Seawall Is Useless if the City Keeps Sinking

Matt Simon

We're finally cracking vegan cheese's terrible taste problem

Food

We're finally cracking vegan cheese's terrible taste problem

Delle Chan

The wild physics of Elon Musk's methane-guzzling super-rocket

SpaceX

The wild physics of Elon Musk's methane-guzzling super-rocket

Jonathan O’Callaghan

Scandinavia's reign as the happiest place on Earth is ending

WIRED on Wellbeing

Scandinavia's reign as the happiest place on Earth is ending

Matt Reynolds

The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

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The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

Megan Molteni

Blue Pills on white background

health

Sara Harrison

Yes, an Electric Pickup Truck Could Pull a Freight Train

physics

Yes, an Electric Pickup Truck Could Pull a Freight Train

Rhett Allain

Dark mode isn't as good for your eyes as you believe

WIRED on Wellbeing

Dark mode isn't as good for your eyes as you believe

Laurie Clarke

The psychological tricks designers use to make cities happier places

WIRED on Wellbeing

The psychological tricks designers use to make cities happier places

Sabrina Weiss

The UK's record-breaking year of hot weather in numbers

Environment

The UK's record-breaking year of hot weather in numbers

Laurie Clarke

Physicists Made a Hot Plasma Doughnut to Study Solar Wind

Sunstruck

Physicists Made a Hot Plasma Doughnut to Study Solar Wind

Sophia Chen

The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires

For Peat's Sake

The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires

Matt Simon

Why mindfulness and therapy puppies ignore what's really wrong with working life

WIRED on Wellbeing

Why mindfulness and therapy puppies ignore what's really wrong with working life

Victoria Turk

High-flying CEOs are trying to brain-zap their way to happiness

WIRED on Wellbeing

High-flying CEOs are trying to brain-zap their way to happiness

Amit Katwala