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October 14, 2016

Meet the Heroes Fueling the New American Space Boom

Our resurgent space industry promises an out-of-this-world future—and stellar opportunities for people from all walks of life. Photographs by Dan Winters The post Meet the Heroes Fueling the New American Space Boom appeared first on WIRED.

October 5, 2016

Fixing America’s Lousy Sex Ed—With Sociology

America's focus on abstinence and outdated ideas is entirely wrong. Here's how to do sex ed right. The post Fixing America’s Lousy Sex Ed—With Sociology appeared first on WIRED.

October 3, 2016

How America Is Battling Its Horrific Opioid Epidemic

In bathrooms, bedrooms, and alleyways across the country, people are overdosing and dying every day. So we need to start talking about solutions. The post How America Is Battling Its Horrific Opioid Epidemic appeared first on WIRED.

September 27, 2016

Congress Will Soon Lose These Crucial Science Advocates

A number of science-minded members of Congress are retiring after this term, and that means crucial initiatives could be in jeopardy. The post Congress Will Soon Lose These Crucial Science Advocates appeared first on WIRED.

September 23, 2016

What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol

Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. The post What's Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol appeared first on WIRED.

September 8, 2016

Introducing NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission: the Unofficial Comic Strip

NASA is prone to anthropomorphizing its rovers and spacefaring robots, so we made OSIRIX-REx (Rex, for short) the star of his own comic strip. The post Introducing NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission: the Unofficial Comic Strip appeared first on WIRED.

August 28, 2016

One Scientist’s Crazy Bet to Save the Bees: Join Monsanto

Jerry Hayes is on a quest to save the bees. So when Monsanto began investigating a way to help, he joined them---and kicked up a swarm of controversy. The post One Scientist’s Crazy Bet to Save the Bees: Join Monsanto appeared first on WIRED.

August 26, 2016

Meet Luigi the PoopBot. He’s Here to Scrape Your Sewers

MIT is studying waste to understand everything from heroin use to antibiotic-resistant bacteria—and all with the help of a sewer-slurping robot named Luigi. The post Meet Luigi the PoopBot. He’s Here to Scrape Your Sewers appeared first on WIRED.

August 20, 2016

What’s Inside Industrial Epoxy? BPA and Somethin’ Garlicky

J-B Weld adhesive was invented by a truck mechanic as an alternative to torch welding. The post What's Inside Industrial Epoxy? BPA and Somethin' Garlicky appeared first on WIRED.

August 7, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians

Inside NASA's Office of Planetary Protection, where they don't worry about what Martians could do to us, but what our extremophiles could do to them. The post Why We Shouldn't Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians appeared first on WIRED.