Science & Cosmology

An Adorable Rodent Gives a Glimpse Into Earth’s Climate Chaos

Scientists track in incredible detail how the giant kangaroo rat and over 400 other species…

https://www.wired.com/story/giant-kangaroo-rat-climate-change

All your industrious tracking of periods, sex, and basal body temperature is also valuable as…

https://www.wired.com/story/natural-cycles-birth-control-app-privacy

Climate change could increase river flooding damage by as much as 1,000 percent, an ambitious…

https://www.wired.com/story/think-rivers-are-dangerous-now-just-wait

In a given thirty minute episode, 4Tech’s hosts might test for counterfeit medicines at a…

https://www.wired.com/story/4tech

A neurological “functional fingerprint” allows scientists to explore the influence of genetics, environment and aging…

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-are-developing-a-unique-identifier-for-your-brain

If the unconfirmed claims of a room temperature superconductor are real, this is _bonkers_. Source…

https://www.wired.com/story/the-curious-case-of-a-revolutionary-but-imaginary-superconductor

SpaceX’s first crew is starting training on cockpit simulators and replicas of the spacecraft that…

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-astronaut-training-sims

Your phone can measure acceleration, magnetic field, sound, location, and maybe more—which turns it into…

https://www.wired.com/story/phone-science-experiments

The first high-quality, complete sequence of the bread wheat genome could support the creation of…

https://www.wired.com/story/after-13-years-scientists-finally-map-the-massive-wheat-genome

A pair of clever studies show how the development of advanced social robots is far…

https://www.wired.com/story/how-rude-humanoid-robots-can-mess-with-your-head