Science and reality
One of the main biotechs hoping to capitalize on the powerful gene-editing system called Crispr-Cas9 is squatting on the Twitter handles most directly associated with the technology.
The post The Battle Over Crispr Rights Is Playing Out on Twitter Too appeared first on WIRED.
We've long dreamed of visiting the Red Planet. Here's what that trajectory might look like, from the fictional world of 'The Martian' to the technology we still have to develop.
The post How to Get to Mars … And Maybe Even Live There appeared first on WIRED.
The ten scientists awarded the 2015 MacArthur "genius" grants all look at systems and networks in their work.
The post The 10 New MacArthur Genius Scientists Are All Connected appeared first on WIRED.
In this demo, a block on a stick climbs up the stick when the stick is hit with a hammer. Here's how it works.
The post A Simple Physics Project That’ll Show You How Inertia Works appeared first on WIRED.
Health care has its own social network, where users share and discuss everything from compound fractures to gigantic tumors.
The post The Social Network Where Doctors Swap Gross Pics of Patients appeared first on WIRED.
Chemist Abby Knight is adding plastic to the ocean to clean up another type of trash.
The post Adding More Plastic to Our Oceans Could Clean Them Up appeared first on WIRED.
After nine years and $7 billion, the Royal Dutch Shell oil company is abandoning its drilling rights in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska.
The post Shell Didn’t Quit Alaska Out of the Goodness of Its Heart appeared first on WIRED.
Long streaks on Mars' steep slopes were formed by flowing water.
The post Watch: The Streaks That Gave Away Mars’ Liquid Water appeared first on WIRED.
Within 60 days of each other, Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping each released detailed plans to curb coal power plants. Has the world gone completely sane?
The post Climate Change Is So Bad That the US and China Agree on It appeared first on WIRED.
NASA scientists have found compelling evidence that liquid water—life-giving, gloriously wet water—exists on Mars.
The post NASA Discovers Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars appeared first on WIRED.