Technology
Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused...
Upside Foods is putting plans for its Illinois-based cultivated meat factory on hold and laying off staff to focus on its existing...
Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit
By switching genes on and off, cigarettes have a long-lasting effect on immunity, and appear to shape your immune system just as much...
A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’...
Viruses called phages are a promising treatment option for bacterial infections when antibiotics stop working, but they have limitations.
The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps
The US Department of Energy is announcing another $63 million to supercharge domestic manufacturing of the devices—in the name of...
Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries
Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid the sectors that need the...
Wild Animals Should Be Paid for the Benefits They Provide...
Healthy ecosystems in developing countries sequester carbon, regulate the weather, and help plants grow thousands of miles away. Wealthier...
Farming Prioritizes Cows and Cars—Not People
Farmers and scientists are getting better at growing more crops on less land, but they’re not focusing on plants that people eat.
23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’
23andMe’s CEO Anne Wojcicki has saved the genetics company from the brink of failure before. She sat down with WIRED to talk about...
Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These...
These mannequins undergo daily torture at the hands of textile scientists, but their suffering means we humans can have future-proofed...
The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water
Researchers are finding better ways to extract drinking water, compost, and even energy from wastewater. It’s not gross. It’s science.
