Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around
It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/
Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around
It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/
Ukraine Is Decentralizing Energy Production to Protect Itself From Russia
The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation is equipping schools and hospitals with solar panels and energy storage systems to nullify Russian attacks on the country's power plants.
https://www.wired.com/story/energy-act-foundation-ukraine-russian-invasion-solar-yuliana-onishchuk/
The Gut Might Hold the Key to Treating Long Covid in Kids
A placebo-controlled study aims to test if treating gut issues can help children struggling with persistent Covid symptoms.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-clinical-trials-are-underway-for-kids-with-long-covid/
An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future.
https://www.wired.com/story/an-ultrathin-graphene-brain-implant-was-just-tested-in-a-person/
An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future.
https://www.wired.com/story/an-ultrathin-graphene-brain-implant-was-just-tested-in-a-person/
Titan Submersible Hearings Spotlight Multiple Issues With Its Carbon Fiber Hull
Testimony identifies manufacturing defects and problems following an earlier dive and reveals that OceanGate conducted no testing or remedial work despite concerns with the hull.
Patients Are Turning to Vibrators to Relieve Their Migraines
One billion people experience migraines, yet the perfect treatment is still out of reach. Can a vibrator offer a surprising solution?
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/
I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy.
https://www.wired.com/story/this-brain-tracking-device-wants-to-help-you-work-smarter/
Why Women Get Migraines More Than Men
Women suffer from migraines three times as often as men, and often with more intensity. New research into the role of hormones is helping explain why.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-of-why-migraines-affect-women-more-than-men/
In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling
Politicians and other leaders don’t like to brag about their green credentials. But what if a little virtue is exactly what we’re missing?
https://www.wired.com/story/in-praise-of-climate-virtue-signaling/
New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement
While devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on the “spooky” phenomenon.
https://www.wired.com/story/new-evidence-shows-heat-destroys-quantum-entanglement/
America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished
US dairy farms are disappearing, down 95 percent in terms of numbers since the 1970s—milk price rules are one reason why.
https://www.wired.com/story/americas-dairy-farms-have-vanished/
California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground
A new study finds that the state should replenish groundwater aquifers to sustain agriculture.
The Titan Submersible Disaster Hearings Paint a Damning Picture
One week into the US Coast Guard’s OceanGate hearings, witnesses have shed new light on key aspects of the company’s troubles leading up to the fateful implosion.
https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-hearings-week-one-testimony-oceangate-implosion/
Unlock the Secret of a Gravity-Defying Parkour Stunt—With Physics!
Yes, you really can climb a building by jumping back and forth between two opposing walls. Thank you, Isaac Newton.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-of-a-gravity-defying-parkour-stunt/
The Multiple Ways Climate Change Threatens to Make Migraines Worse
Migraine sufferers are often triggered by the weather, and research suggests warming temperatures and more extreme weather events worsen attacks.
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-could-make-migraines-worse/
Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments
Research on the visual patterns that foreshadow migraines may reveal clues on how painful headaches arise from the brain even though it has no pain receptors.
https://www.wired.com/story/strange-visual-auras-could-hold-the-key-to-better-migraine-treatments/
Everything You Need to Know About the WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2024
Get ready for the return of the annual energy summit in Berlin on October 10.