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This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside

An ingestible “digital pill” that measures heart rate and breathing from inside the stomach could detect the warning signs of sleep...

Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone

Pioneering biochemist Jennifer Doudna sat down with WIRED’s Emily Mullin to talk about the future of Crispr.

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Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000

French startup Biomemory is rolling out a credit-card-sized storage device that uses DNA to encode a kilobyte of text data.

An Invisible ‘Demon’ Lurks in an Odd Superconductor

Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would be all but invisible. Now physicists...

Was Bobi the World’s Oldest Dog—or a Fraud?

A quest to uncover the truth about Bobi, named the “oldest dog ever” by Guinness World Records, led to dog fur experts and conspiracy...

Ozempic Could Also Help You Drink Less Alcohol

Mounting evidence bolsters the idea that drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—can hamper a thirst for booze.

Climate Cookbooks Are Here to Change How You Eat

Sustainable diets have been around for ages. An emerging cookbook genre that tackles the climate crisis signals a new appetite for...

Dr. Nergis Mavalvala Detected the First Gravitational Wave....

The dean of MIT’s School of Science embraces skepticism and failure, and she wants the next generation of scientists to jump right...

The Race to Find What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick

Hundreds of dogs across multiple states have been struck down with a severe respiratory illness. Veterinarians suspect a mystery bacteria...

How Dr. Clara Nellist Collides Art and Science

This particle physicist, science communicator, and member of the team who uncovered the Higgs Boson wants everyone to know that art...