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A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More News
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Wealthy Counties Benefited Most From a Flood Relief Program
When the government offered to buy up houses in flood zones, wealthier homeowners took advantage while poorer residents stayed put...
A Nobel for Gadgets\! Lithium-Ion Batteries Win the Prize
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an invention at the heart of modern life: the rechargeable lithium-ion battery.
High Drama—and Erasure—at the Track World Championships
WIRED editor Nick Thompson and running expert Knox Robinson discuss the showstoppers at the IAAF track and field championships in...
PG&E’s Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire...
A staggering 800,000 customers will lose power across the state starting Wednesday. But that won’t fix the mess California's made.
These Astounding Performances Made Track's Top Event a...
WIRED editor Nick Thompson and running expert Knox Robinson discuss the showstoppers at the IAAF track and field championships in...
The Physics Nobel Goes to the Big Bang and Exoplanets
James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries of the universe beyond...
Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks
We must declare war on microfibers. But keeping the tiny plastics out of the environment won’t be so easy as an outright ban.
A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane...
The gene-edited bull was a marvel, with calves who'd inherited his trait. But a surprise in his DNA ignited a scientific feud and...
Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More...
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