Technology
Why India's Capital Is Teeming With Mosquitoes
City residents have long resorted to low-cost, do-it-yourself remedies that may be harmful to human health.
A Reboot of the Maxwell’s Demon Thought Experiment—in Real...
Physicists just reconstructed a 19th-century paradox that seems to violate the second law of thermodynamics (but really doesn’t).
Recycled Battery Materials Can Work as Well as New Ones
In an independent test, cathode components Redwood Materials made from reused metals matched the performance of those made from raw...
The Search for a Pill That Can Help Dogs—and Humans—Live...
People have been searching for a fountain of youth for thousands of years. Celine Halioua thinks she’s found one—for canines. Be patient,...
Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers...
A new study finds no correlation between research and development spending and outlandish drug prices.
Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Works in Rats
Tiny cell clusters called organoids integrated with the animals’ own tissue, a step toward developing sophisticated mini-models of...
Gas Drilling Is Disrupting Animal Migration
Scientists are investigating why large animals like the mule deer of Wyoming go where they go—and how humans can get out of their...
Success! NASA Says DART Really Clocked That Asteroid
Two weeks after the spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, researchers determined that it knocked the space rock 32 minutes off its old...
These Sci-Fi Visions for Interstellar Travel Just Might...
Les Johnson, author of the new book A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars, talked to WIRED about solar sails and more ways to get farther...
Robots Are Helping Immunocompromised Kids 'Go to School'
Sure, my telepresence robot had some issues—but for students like me who can’t make it to campus because of disability or illness,...

