Science and reality
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?
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NASA scientists have found compelling evidence that liquid water—life-giving, gloriously wet water—exists on Mars.
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The Y2K of healthcare is coming.
The post Injured by Orca? Insurance Codes Are Getting Crazy Specific appeared first on WIRED.
California's physician-assisted death bill has attracted a lot of debate. But nobody is talking about America's real problems with end-of-life care.
The post Assisted Death Laws Won’t Make It Better to Die in the US appeared first on WIRED.
Space photos of the week, September 20–26.
The post Space Photos of the Week: Dang That’s a Purdy Supernova appeared first on WIRED.
Cellular clocks are almost everywhere. Clues to how they work are coming from the places that they’re not.
The post How the Body’s Trillions of Clocks Keep Time appeared first on WIRED.
Scientists have found a second CRISPR system that can edit human DNA.
The post The War Over Genome Editing Just Got a Lot More Interesting appeared first on WIRED.
Live coverage of the total lunar eclipse from global observatories will start at 8 pm Eastern Sunday.
The post Here’s Where to Watch the Supermoon Eclipse Online appeared first on WIRED.
We always hear about the destruction that the supermoon will bring, but planetary alignments likely only play a very small role in generating earthquakes and eruptions on Earth.
The post It’s Official: The Supermoon Won’t Set Off Earthquakes appeared first on WIRED.
Syria's scientists hope to use the Svalbard samples to regenerate that collection outside of their war-torn home.
The post That Arctic Seed Vault Isn’t Just There for a Doomsday appeared first on WIRED.