Technology
The Nightmare Politics and Sticky Science of Hacking the...
Spraying aerosols and sucking carbon out of the air would bring down temperatures, yes. But the unintended consequences of geoengineering...
Do Birth Control Pills Affect Your Mood? Scientists Can’t...
Over 100 million women are estimated to use oral contraceptives, but studies on the pill’s mental health effects raise more questions...
NASA’s Giant SLS Rocket Is One Step Closer to Launch
After three aborted attempts, engineers successfully completed a practice countdown that included filling the tanks with liquid oxygen...
These Satellites See Through the Clouds to Track Flooding
Remote sensing systems can struggle to spot high waters, especially in stormy weather or at night. Synthetic aperture radar offers...
Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization
Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors.
How Lori Garver Launched NASA’s Commercial Space Partnerships
WIRED spoke with the agency’s former deputy administrator about how she architected a major shift to working with the fledging private...
This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started
Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and...
A Photographer Captures Earth as a Strange New World
Inspired by an 18th-century naturalist, Christopher Edward Rodriguez set out to document our climate-changed planet with fresh eyes.
Extreme Weather in 2022 is Just Getting Started
Climate change and natural variability are making this a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and...
What Is the Ideal Gas Law?
Without it, it would be impossible to inflate a balloon or a tire. But understanding how it works requires a little bit of physics...
