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How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science...

Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific...

The journal’s editorial board includes multiple scientists, such as Trump health nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, who opposed...

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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and...

Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force access to all of the agency’s...

‘Dengue Boy’ Is the Weird, Fleshy Novel You Need Right...

Dengue Boy, a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.

Early Detection Tools Help but They Can’t Stop Every Wildfire

Tree-mounted sensors and new satellites promise a way to detect wildfires before they get out of hand—but no early detection method...

These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the...

In the face of seabeds becoming valuable real estate and corroding bombs polluting the oceans, teams are turning to technology to...

Why Computer Scientists Need Magic 8 Ball-Like Oracles

Hypothetical devices that can quickly and accurately answer questions have become a powerful tool in computational complexity theory.

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future...

Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient but slower...

RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political...

Eating organic is normally associated with tote-wielding liberals, but RFK Jr. is shifting the politics of food in unusual ways.