Science and reality
Resurrection science represents an attempt to preserve nature by some of the most unnatural means possible.
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Satellites like Germany's TET-1 and NASA's MODIS are pretty good at finding things that are on fire.
The post Satellites Expose Just How Bad Indonesia’s Fires Are appeared first on WIRED.
The physicist Gabriela González is on the cusp of finding the first direct evidence of gravitational waves.
The post Searching the Sky for the Wobbles of Gravity appeared first on WIRED.
Space photos of the week, November 1–7.
The post Space Photos of the Week: This Star’s Throwin’ a Tantrum appeared first on WIRED.
"It’s remarkable how much the willingness to write checks on the order of tens of millions of dollars just blossomed in the last year."
The post Y Combinator’s Sam Altman Is Bullish on Biotech Startups appeared first on WIRED.
If we want to talk about "immigrant's ambition," let's do that in a more than superficial way.
The post A Profile of a Famous Chinese-American Scientist Opens on … Chicken Feet appeared first on WIRED.
Maps can be jigsaw puzzles, political commentary, rugs, games, and even expandable umbrellas.
The post A Pooping Britain, a Russian Octopus, and Other Weird Maps appeared first on WIRED.
An algal bloom in the Pacific is filling marine life (including crabs) with a potent neurotoxin. That's bad news for humans, but even worse for sea lions.
The post California’s Crab Fiasco Is Worse for Sea Lions Than Humans appeared first on WIRED.
You definitely don't want to eat the Icelandic delicacy hákarl, but the shark it comes from eats ... pretty much everything.
The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Mystery of the Arctic’s Toxic, Lethargic Shark appeared first on WIRED.
A new NOAA report released November 5 looked at how (or how not) climate change affected 28 different global events from 2014.
The post Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather—But Not All of It appeared first on WIRED.