Technology
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago.
Walden Pond Is Now Teeming With Jellyfish—but Don't Panic
The tiny jellies, which arrived sometime after Henry David Thoreau, are an example of how a non-native species can coexist peacefully...
Shots for Countries in Need, a Surge in Japan, and More...
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
Brood X Cicadas Are Here! We Got Up Close So You Don't...
Researchers only get a chance to study Brood X every 17 years. WIRED came for the ride—and got up close to thousands of hatching cicadas.
We Hiked Along With Cicada Biologists So You Don’t Have...
Researchers only get a chance to study Brood X every 17 years. WIRED came for the ride—and got up close to thousands of hatching cicadas.
This Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Can Twist, Grasp—and...
Nathan Copeland learned to move a robotic arm with his mind, but it was kind of slow. Then researchers gave him touch feedback.
A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in Alaska and Canada
“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate...
How Do People Actually Catch Baseballs?
There’s the physics textbook way, and there’s the human way.
Storm ‘Price Tags’ Could Reveal the Cost of Global Warming
A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City.
The Arecibo Observatory Was Like Family. I Couldn't Save...
I grew up in awe of the iconic telescope. It raised me, and I helped control its fate. Could I have done more to protect it before...
