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How a Microbial Evolutionary Accident Changed Earth’s Atmosphere

Easy Being Green

How a Microbial Evolutionary Accident Changed Earth’s Atmosphere

Saugat Bolakhe

The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water

Snow Clue

The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water

Bella Biondini

When You Drop a Rock Overboard, What Happens to the Water Level?

Dot Physics

When You Drop a Rock Overboard, What Happens to the Water Level?

Rhett Allain

A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug

Public Health

A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug

Emily Mullin

Heat Waves Aren’t Just Getting Hotter—They’re Stickier Too

Climate Change

Heat Waves Aren’t Just Getting Hotter—They’re Stickier Too

Matt Simon

Why Scientists Are Clashing Over the Atlantic’s Critical Currents

Climate Change

Why Scientists Are Clashing Over the Atlantic’s Critical Currents

Matt Simon

The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)

WIRED Podcasts

The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)

Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode

Bears Are Coming to a Campground Near You

Hot Yogi

Bears Are Coming to a Campground Near You

Max G. Levy

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, but Memorability May Be Universal

Forget Me Not

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, but Memorability May Be Universal

Celia Ford

‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’

Bioethics

‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’

Philip Ball

Wild Donkeys Are on the Vanguard of Ukraine’s Ecological Recovery

500 Days

Wild Donkeys Are on the Vanguard of Ukraine’s Ecological Recovery

Johanna Chisholm

This Rare Case of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

Bad Mouth

This Rare Case of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Why These Surfers Want to Restore a Rainforest

Shore Thing

Why These Surfers Want to Restore a Rainforest

Lenny Antonelli

‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote

The Bomb

‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote

James Temperton

This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space

Fields of View

This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space

Ramin Skibba

An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret

Extremely Cold War

An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret

Matt Simon

Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem

Cognitive Bias

Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem

Sofia Quaglia

Ticks and the Diseases They Carry Are Spreading. Can This Drug Stamp Them Out?

Public Health

Ticks and the Diseases They Carry Are Spreading. Can This Drug Stamp Them Out?

Maryn McKenna

Pure Oxygen Helps People Learn Faster. Can It Help Stroke Patients Recover?

Fresh Air

Pure Oxygen Helps People Learn Faster. Can It Help Stroke Patients Recover?

Celia Ford

Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Is Going to Be Pumped Into the Ocean—and That’s Fine

Slow Release

Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Is Going to Be Pumped Into the Ocean—and That’s Fine

Chris Baraniuk