Science and reality
The US Patent Office will now resolve a dispute over genome-editing technology through an arcane proceeding that technically should no longer exist.
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When the World Health Organization says something, you usually listen, so when the WHO classifies processed red meat---like bacon!---as a carcinogen, AHHHHHHHHH.
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Physicists have been “a decade away” from nuclear fusion for...decades.
The post Nope, Nuclear Fusion Still Isn’t Here appeared first on WIRED.
After researchers found a colistin-resistance gene in China this year, scientists realized it’s since spread to Europe as well.
The post Bacteria Gain on Last-Resort Antibiotics appeared first on WIRED.
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund trader turned pharma bro, angered pretty much every decent person in the world by raising the price for a parasite drug from $13.50 to $750 overnight.
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The blood testing company was a media darling until a
Wall Street Journal article took Theranos to task for its unreliable tests and unproven technology.
The post Theranos Takes a Beating in the Press appeared first on WIRED.
Science certainly did not solve sexism this year, but scientists started talking about it more openly and loudly and, oh, a famous man actually lost his job over it.
The post Sexism Is Still Everywhere in Science appeared first on WIRED.
2015 was not the year scientists disproved the conservation of momentum so, uh, 2015 is also not the year NASA figured out interstellar travel.
The post NASA’s EM Space Drive Is Still Not a Thing appeared first on WIRED.
Everything has its good, bad, and ugly---you've probably heard a lot of science's good by now, so this is all about the bad and the ugly.
The post The Most Infuriating Science Stories of the Past 12 Months appeared first on WIRED.
The northern white rhino is yet another step closer to extinction.
The post The Northern White Rhinos Are Almost All Gone appeared first on WIRED.