Technology
‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work
What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer...
What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs
Celebrities do it (or wish they had), influencers won't stop talking about it, and clinics will all but tell you to do it now. The...
Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases
A new report estimates that 40 percent of all cancer cases are associated with factors we can change—alcohol consumption being a prominent...
Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips....
Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world’s largest...
The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine
As more farm workers get sick with avian influenza, the US federal government is putting $72 million toward strengthening its vaccine...
Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly...
A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV.
So You Can 3D Print a Steak Now—but Why on Earth Would...
WIRED tried 3D-printed steaks that you can’t buy anywhere yet. But reducing food to a technological problem leaves a bitter taste,...
The Secret Alchemy of Making Ice Cream
Ice cream is deceptively simple, but that sweet burst of flavor and soft melt on the tongue is a finicky, frozen science of water,...
Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take...
New vaccines could help stem the spread of respiratory syncytial virus, but there are already huge inequities in access and uptake.
Inside the Anti-Vax Facebook Group Pushing a Bogus Cure...
Parents of newborns are reporting symptoms including diarrhea, twitching, and “complete toddler meltdowns” after giving them Pure...
