Science & Cosmology

New York’s Aggressive Climate Law Takes Aim at Skyscrapers

The city’s new rules compel the owners of big buildings to dramatically reduce their carbon…

https://www.wired.com/story/new-yorks-aggressive-climate-law-takes-aim-at-skyscrapers

Part scientific instrument and part vacation destination, China’s FAST radio telescope welcomed visitors with their…

https://www.wired.com/story/china-finds-phone-wielding-tourists-and-telescopes-dont-mesh

Diamond mines in Canada have a short window in which to truck in their equipment—satellite…

https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-threatens-ice-roads-satellites-could-help

An emerging fault system along the Nevada border is shaking up the tech industry’s latest…

https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault

In a new video, a team of robo-puppers pulls a truck as if it were…

https://www.wired.com/story/estimate-the-pulling-force-of-boston-dynamics-robo-dog-army

When an unborn baby is diagnosed with a life-threatening defect, it can be devastating. So…

https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-gene-editing-is-coming-for-the-womb

Bigger turbines, taller towers, and longer cables are making offshore wind farms more attractive than…

https://www.wired.com/story/offshore-wind-farms-are-spinning-up-in-the-us-at-last

The trailer for *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* didn’t disappoint: The universe’s physics remain…

https://www.wired.com/story/the-odd-physics-of-reys-backflip-in-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker

The state legislature used a method that’s designed to capture the intensity of a voter’s…

https://www.wired.com/story/colorado-quadratic-voting-experiment

The fire turned the thousand-year-old roof to ash. But a digital replica of the cathedral…

https://www.wired.com/story/the-notre-dame-fire-and-the-future-of-history