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These Bendy Chips Fit in Unusual Places

Researchers think these flexible semiconductors will be able to monitor your heartbeat or tell you whether your milk has spoiled.

Jeff Bezos Goes to Space. Day One: Countdown

WIRED is reporting daily from Van Horn, Texas, where the Amazon founder will be among the first passengers aboard Blue Origin’s New...

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Jeff Bezos Goes to Space. Day Two: Blastoff

The day was a career highlight for the Amazon and Blue Origin founder. But the real star of the show was Wally Funk.

Jeff Bezos Touches Space Aboard Blue Origin Rocket

The Amazon founder, his brother, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and a paying passenger were the first to test out the New Shepard suborbital...

Hungry Wild Pigs Are Worsening Climate Change

When the invasive swine root through soils around the world, they release as much carbon dioxide as a million cars. Good luck getting...

Jeff Bezos Is Going to Space. Day One: Countdown

WIRED is reporting daily from Van Horn, Texas, where the Amazon founder will be among the first passengers aboard Blue Origin's New...

What Causes Gamma-Ray Bursts? Their 'Afterglows' Hold Clues

These high-energy explosions, brighter than billions and billions of suns, have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about...

How to Watch Jeff Bezos Go to Space

Whether you’re here for the history or you’re watching passive-aggressively as the world’s wealthiest man plays with toys, here’s...

Can Swimmers and Sharks Coexist? Smarter Maps Might Help

Great whites have returned to Cape Cod, a conservation success story and a hazard. Can new, predictive tools help keep beachgoers...

Vaccines for Kids, a Global Surge in Cases, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.