Technology
Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA
WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys, and other devices to provide critical data to the...
Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the...
NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal...
NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space...
In the face of budget cuts, NASA has issued a new directive on how it will procure replacements for the International Space Station.
Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in...
In an 18-month clinical trial of the experimental GLP-1 pill orforglipron, about 60 percent of people lost at least 10 percent of...
See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August
This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10, but will be best viewed later in the month. Here's everything you need...
The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb
First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use...
Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors
Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems...
US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles...
A report on the death of five people in the Titan submersible blames design, maintenance, and inspection flaws for its failure. “It...
How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
WIRED talked with one of the most influential voices in computer science about the potential for AI and quantum to supercharge supercomputers.
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which...
