Technology
The Marine Lab in the Path of Climate Change’s Fury?
The DeFelice Marine Center sits on a strip of land that dangles into a bay. Staff is living, working, and adapting to the climate...
NASA Will Not Change the James Webb Telescope’s Name
The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial.
Diverse Teams Are Needed to Save the Planet
Bringing people with a range of perspectives to the table is the quickest way to solve difficult problems, experts tell WIRED Impact.
Vertical Farming Needs to Grow More Than Salad
Indoor agriculture promises to massively reduce the water and land needed to support crops. But at the moment, it only works for a...
How to Use a Super-Intense Laser to Kick an Electron out...
By firing pulses quintillionths of a second long, physicists study the fleeting motion of an electron leaving two bonded atoms.
A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval
The US regulatory body has signed off on Upside Foods’ cultivated meat—but the company is still figuring out how to make enough of...
This Plastic Packaging Alternative Can Compost in a Year
British startup Shellworks is fed up with waste, so it created a vegan material that can be turned into fertilizer.
Bureaucracy Is Blocking the Green Energy Revolution
Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy, tells WIRED Impact that red tape is causing “disastrous” delays to sustainable energy projects.
For Alzheimer’s Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy...
For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a...
Welcome to COP27. Thank You for Not Protesting
At this year’s UN climate conference in Egypt, activists are unable to demonstrate without permission, limiting their ability to voice...
