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The World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Is About to Launch

Command P

The World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Is About to Launch

Ramin Skibba

Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nukes

Power Play

Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nukes

Andy Extance

No One Knows if You Need Another Covid Booster

Shot in the Dark

No One Knows if You Need Another Covid Booster

Joanne Silberner

Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate

Rough Seas

Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate

Matt Simon

It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds

Public Health

It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds

Maryn McKenna

Tiny, Explosive ‘Jetlets’ Might Be Fueling the Solar Wind

Space Weather

Tiny, Explosive ‘Jetlets’ Might Be Fueling the Solar Wind

Katrina Miller

The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be

Chew on This

The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be

Matt Simon

Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors

Even Odds

Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors

Erica Klarreich

Climate Change Is Making Alaska’s Legendary Iditarod Harder to Run

Dog Days

Climate Change Is Making Alaska’s Legendary Iditarod Harder to Run

Victoria Petersen

What Will Ethical Space Exploration Look Like?

WIRED Q&A

What Will Ethical Space Exploration Look Like?

Ramin Skibba

As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages

Seeds of Change

As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages

Matt Reynolds

How Old Are You, Really? New Tests Want to Tell You

Fountain of Youth

How Old Are You, Really? New Tests Want to Tell You

Emily Mullin

Help, My Therapist Is Also an Influencer!

Let’s Tok About It

Help, My Therapist Is Also an Influencer!

Grace Browne

Stop Saving Cute Animals

I Choose You!

Stop Saving Cute Animals

Matt Reynolds

The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea

Depth Charge

The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea

Vince Beiser

You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hot Spot

Birds and Bees

You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hot Spot

Matt Simon

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work

Known Unknowns

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work

Chris Baraniuk

No, the James Webb Space Telescope Hasn’t Broken Cosmology

Far Out

No, the James Webb Space Telescope Hasn’t Broken Cosmology

Rebecca Boyle

The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener

Outside the Box

The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener

Kari Paul

On-Demand Rocket Launches Are Coming

Lift Off

On-Demand Rocket Launches Are Coming

Alex Christian