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August 17, 2016

How Climate Change Will Redraw Louisiana’s Flood Maps

How Climate Change Will Redraw Louisiana’s Flood Maps

Rebuilding after events like Louisiana's floods will take insurance that actually reflects the increasing risks of climate change. The post How Climate Change Will Redraw Louisiana's Flood Maps appeared first on WIRED.

August 16, 2016

Why It’s So Hard to Tell If a Country Is Really Rid of Polio

Why It’s So Hard to Tell If a Country Is Really Rid of Polio

Last week, the WHO confirmed that polio had sprung up in Nigeria and paralyzed two children—a setback in the decades-long fight to eradicate the disease. The post Why It's So Hard to Tell If a Country Is Really Rid of Polio appeared first on WIRED.

How Doctors in Florida Are Protecting Pregnant Women From Zika

How Doctors in Florida Are Protecting Pregnant Women From Zika

Miami ob-gyn Christine Curry has treated about a dozen pregnant women with Zika. Now, she's telling us how it's done. The post How Doctors in Florida Are Protecting Pregnant Women From Zika appeared first on WIRED.

The National Weather Service Overhauls Its Forecasts and Sets Off a Nerd Fight

The National Weather Service Overhauls Its Forecasts and Sets Off a Nerd Fight

NOAA just chose a model to revamp the way it makes weather predictions. Some meteorologists beg to differ. The post The National Weather Service Overhauls Its Forecasts and Sets Off a Nerd Fight appeared first on WIRED.

A New Map of the Brain Redraws the Boundaries of Neuroscience

A New Map of the Brain Redraws the Boundaries of Neuroscience

Just like regular maps, brain maps are useful points of reference. Scientists use them to agree on what they’re studying in the first place. The post A New Map of the Brain Redraws the Boundaries of Neuroscience appeared first on WIRED.

Neuroscientists Still Don’t Know Why Music Sounds Good

Neuroscientists Still Don’t Know Why Music Sounds Good

Scientists, musicians and philosophers have been debating why music sounds nice for literally centuries. The post Neuroscientists Still Don’t Know Why Music Sounds Good appeared first on WIRED.

How Olympians Choose Which Sports Supplements Are Worth It

How Olympians Choose Which Sports Supplements Are Worth It

Lots of elite athletes take performance-enhancing supplements--but precious few actually work. The post How Olympians Choose Which Sports Supplements Are Worth It appeared first on WIRED.

It’ll Be Really Hard to Test for Doping at the Rio Olympics

It’ll Be Really Hard to Test for Doping at the Rio Olympics

Now that Rio's anti-doping lab is suspended, Olympics organizers might have to take athletes' samples somewhere else. The post It’ll Be Really Hard to Test for Doping at the Rio Olympics appeared first on WIRED.

What Tarantula Toxins Teach Us About the Science of Pain

What Tarantula Toxins Teach Us About the Science of Pain

Scientists at UCSF are using tarantula venom to figure out how pain works. What they find could lead to new drugs that treat conditions like epilepsy. The post What Tarantula Toxins Teach Us About the Science of Pain appeared first on WIRED.

Here’s What’s Inside Those Magical Stain-Erasing Pens

Here’s What’s Inside Those Magical Stain-Erasing Pens

The chemists at Tide enlisted ingredients that attack different stains in different ways to build their To Go stain pen. The post Here's What's Inside Those Magical Stain-Erasing Pens appeared first on WIRED.