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And Now: 31 Notable WIRED Long-Form Stories of 2021

By Mark Robinson
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Welcome to Miami, Where All Your Memes Come True!

By Arielle Pardes
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Boom’s Quest to Make Supersonic Flights a Reality (Again)

By Tom Vanderbilt
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The Race to Find ‘Green’ Helium

By William Ralston
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4 Dead Infants, a Convicted Mother, and a Genetic Mystery

By Oscar Schwartz
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David Attenborough’s Unending Mission to Save Our Planet

By Stephen Armstrong
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The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California’s Blazes

By Boone Ashworth
Culture

WIRED Peers Into the Future of Reality

By The Editors
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The Matrix Is the Best Hacker Movie

By Andy Greenberg
Science

Welcome to the (Synthetic) Meatspace

By Amy Webb
Ideas

What The Matrix Got Wrong About Cities of the Future

By Nicholas De Monchaux
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Is Ready to Blow Your Mind

By Jason Parham
Culture

It’s Time to Reimagine the Future of Cyberpunk

By Madeline Ashby
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Can a Digital Reality Be Jacked Directly Into Your Brain?

By Adam Rogers
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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data

By Will Evans
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At the End of the World, It’s Hyperobjects All the Way Down

By Laura Hudson
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The 10,000 Faces That Launched an NFT Revolution

By Sandra Upson
Ideas

The Metaverse Is Simply Big Tech, but Bigger

By Cecilia D'Anastasio
Science

Why Can’t People Teleport?

By Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson
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Sci-Fi Icon Neal Stephenson Finally Takes on Global Warming

By Adam Rogers
Culture

The Missing Teen Who Fueled ‘Cult Panic’ Over D&D

By Jon Peterson
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Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad

By Brendan I. Koerner
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Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America

By Victor Luckerson
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Day One at the Every: An Excerpt From Dave Eggers’ New Novel

By Dave Eggers
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