Science and reality
The plan will drastically reduce America’s reliance on coal-fired power plants, the country’s biggest source of carbon emissions.
The post Obama’s Climate Change Plan Is Actually About Public Health appeared first on WIRED.
Scientists at Harvard are studying taste buds in action by beaming lasers onto mouse tongues.
The post Sucking on Mouse Tongues to Understand How Taste Buds Work appeared first on WIRED.
Americans inherited a legal system shaped by history, not by science.
The post America’s Justice System Sure Doesn’t Know Much Science appeared first on WIRED.
With snowpacks at zero percent and reservoirs looking more like puddles, engineers in San Diego are preparing to hook up a new $1 billion desalinization plant.
The post One Way to Fight California’s Drought: Desalting the Ocean appeared first on WIRED.
A new study says the reason buildings always seem cold to women is because they were designed for men.
The post Why Men and Women Battle Over the Office Thermostat appeared first on WIRED.
Stuart Palley charges into California wildfires, taking stunning long-exposure photos of the blaze.
The post The Hellish Beauty of California’s Wildfires appeared first on WIRED.
Space photos of the week, July 26 – August 1.
The post Space Photos of the Week: This Nebula Doesn’t Come in Peace appeared first on WIRED.
Researchers are uncovering the hidden laws that reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, and how financial bubbles burst.
The post New Laws Explain Why Fast-Growing Networks Break appeared first on WIRED.
An international coalition of researchers may have found an effective Ebola vaccine.
The post At Last: An Ebola Vaccine That Might Actually Work appeared first on WIRED.
Erika Check Hayden traveled to Sierra Leone to report on the front lines of the fight against Ebola.
The post The Long, Winding Road to an Ebola Treatment appeared first on WIRED.