How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea
Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-cellular-secret-to-resisting-the-pressure-of-the-deep-sea/
Dolphins Are Exhaling Microplastics
New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed.
https://www.wired.com/story/dolphins-exhaled-breath-is-filled-with-microplastics/
Dolphins Are Exhaling Microplastics
New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed.
https://www.wired.com/story/dolphins-exhaled-breath-is-filled-with-microplastics/
California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
Credit environmentally conscious students—and a handful of state funding programs.
The Physics Trick That Makes These New Super Cars So Insanely Fast
Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-trick-that-makes-these-new-super-cars-so-fast/
How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL
Even the makers of the Guardian Cap admit it looks silly. But for a sport facing an existential brain-injury crisis, once unthinkable solutions have now become almost normal.
https://www.wired.com/story/nfl-guardian-caps-hanson-concussions-cte/
After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold
Thousands may now be at risk of mold-related illnesses following this year's hurricanes in the American South.
https://www.wired.com/story/after-hurricane-milton-get-ready-for-mold/
NASA Will Do Space in Style With the Prada Axiom Spacesuit
In Milan, the fashion house and Axiom Space have revealed how astronauts will be decked out on the lunar surface during the Artemis 3 mission in 2026.
https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-wants-you-to-do-space-in-style-with-the-prada-axiom-spacesuit/
The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life
The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-doctor-behind-the-suicide-pod-wants-ai-to-assist-at-the-end-of-life/
Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
A Tampa-based company that makes atmospheric water generators and the state of Florida were able to supply one to a hospital shortly after Milton made landfall.
SpaceX’s Dramatic Rocket Catch Brings Interplanetary Travel One Step Closer
By proving that its Super Heavy booster can return to Earth and land, SpaceX has moved closer to creating a reusable interplanetary transport system.
https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-starship-super-heavy-mechazilla-catch/
Cells From Different Species Can Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA
Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system—even between organisms widely separated by evolution.
https://www.wired.com/story/cells-across-the-tree-of-life-exchange-text-messages-using-rna/
TikTokkers Say Cinnamon Helps Burn Fat. Here's What the Science Says
Consuming cinnamon may have a very small effect on weight, but it’s unlikely to deliver meaningful weight loss without other lifestyle adjustments.
https://www.wired.com/story/fat-cinnamon-weight-loss-tiktok/
The Origins of the Climate Haven Myth
In a world of increasingly powerful hurricanes and other rising climate threats, those with vested interests in promoting certain locations have sold the public a dream.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-origins-of-the-climate-haven-myth/
DARPA Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes
The US defense research agency is funding three universities to engineer reef structures that will be colonized by corals and bivalves and absorb the power of future storms.
https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-thinks-walls-of-oysters-could-protect-shores-against-hurricanes/
The Hunt for Life on Europa Is About to Kick Up a Gear
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set for launch, finally revealing if this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable or not.
https://www.wired.com/story/europa-clipper-mission-nasa-jupiter-moon-exploration-signs-life/
Why Hurricane Milton Turned the Sky Purple
The strange, apocalyptic skies during the storm reveal how light behaves in the atmosphere when it’s filled with an unusual amount of water vapor, dust, and debris.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-hurricane-milton-turned-the-sky-purple/
Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger
Cultivators are turning to genetic sequencing and cellular-manipulation techniques to breed highly potent mushrooms—leaving some unprepared psychonauts in distress.
https://www.wired.com/story/breeding-stronger-magic-mushrooms/
The Crackdown on Compounded GLP-1 Meds Has Begun
Now that the Mounjaro and Zepbound shortage is over, Eli Lilly is going after the cottage industry selling “compounded” versions of its meds.
https://www.wired.com/story/crackdown-compounded-glp-1-lilly-mounjaro-zepbound/
Hurricane Milton Shows How a Storm’s Category Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
Milton’s reclassification to a Category 3 storm suggests it is weakening, but the scale accounts only for wind speed and not hurricane size, storm surge heights, or rainfall—which are all catastrophically large.
https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-milton-storm-category-doesnt-tell-full-story/