David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.
Heat records are being shattered thanks to a boost from the natural climate pattern—and burning fossil fuels, of course.
Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
The Defense Department issued a legal waiver authorizing current and former personnel to share unidentified anomalous phenomena–related classified information, but it doesn’t extend to other agencies.
While a bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, it’s actually a sign of a conservation success story.
The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack.
WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.
The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200.
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
“There’s no reason we can’t think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.”
Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life’s work.
And if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it.
While the strengthening El Niño helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.
Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.
A new startup called Cofertility lets young women freeze their eggs—for free. But is anything ever truly free?
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
Dark energy might be getting weaker. Scientists are wondering if interactions with dark matter in a “dark dimension” may be responsible.
The intricate, 5.6 trillion-pixel map covers approximately 75 percent of the sky and includes about 4 billion celestial objects.
The science curriculum the industry is offering to schools casts plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control.