#wired.com. × #Jan.30.2026 × Are NAD+ Supplements a Longevity Hack or an Expensive Placebo?. What is NAD+? Here’s how it works in your body, why it matters, and if supplementation is worth the hype.
#Health #Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.29.2026 × Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom. Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
#Science × #Tech #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.28.2026 × The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means. Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course.
#Politics #Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.28.2026 × A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk. Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.
#Science × #Tech #Canada #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.25.2026 × No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery. A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.22.2026 × The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases. A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed.
#Health #Science × #Tech #USA #North America #measles
#wired.com. × #Jan.21.2026 × What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and What We Don’t. A huge portion of the United States is going to be hit with snow or freezing rain this weekend. Exactly where, what, and how much remains uncertain.
#Science × #Tech #Weather #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.21.2026 × The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To. A new analysis finds that data centers’ energy demands will drastically increase power plant emissions over the next decade. Renewables, though, could cut them while helping keep prices from rising.
#Science × #Tech #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.20.2026 × ‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool. This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.20.2026 × He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again. Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.”
#Science × #Tech #China #Asia
#wired.com. × #Jan.20.2026 × You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel. Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise.
#Science × #Tech #China #Asia
#wired.com. × #Jan.19.2026 × The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus. From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.19.2026 × Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded. A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.
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#wired.com. × #Jan.16.2026 × How Does the Hive Mind Work in ‘Pluribus’?. The “Joining” seems to connect people via radio waves. Let’s dig into the physics at play.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.15.2026 × OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.
#Science × #Tech #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.14.2026 × A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later. New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.13.2026 × Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill. In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don’t raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns.
#Science × #Tech #Microsoft
#wired.com. × #Jan.13.2026 × Trump Declared a Space Race With China. The US Is Losing. If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there.
#Politics #Science × #Tech #China #USA #Asia #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.11.2026 × Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach. Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.
#Health #Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.09.2026 × Meta Is Making a Big Bet on Nuclear With Oklo. Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain.
#Business #Science × #Tech #USA #North America
#wired.com. × #Jan.09.2026 × Crispr Pioneer Launches Startup to Make Tailored Gene-Editing Treatments. Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases.
#Science × #Tech
#wired.com. × #Jan.09.2026 × The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter. For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.
#Science × #Sport #Tech #Weather #swimming
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