Hey, J.Lo: We Wrote Your Gene-Hacking Drama for You
The premise: A CDC biologist and FBI sleuth team up to stop a diabolical gene-hacking genius. The twist: Gene-hacking genius…
Florida’s Beaches Have a Problem, and Hurricane Matthew Ain’t Helping
Nearly half of all Florida’s sandy shoreline is threatened by critical erosion. Big storms like Matthew only make that worse.…
Theranos Gives Up on Blood-Testing Labs to Become the Thing It Tried to Fix
An open letter from founder Elizabeth Holmes announces the company is shutting its Wellness Centers and clinical labs. The post…
Why It’s So Hard to Get Solar in Florida (That’d Be the Sunshine State)
To make solar panels affordable, many rooftop solar users sell excess electricity back onto the grid. But not all states…
Nanoscale Machines Snag the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Little machines might someday be as ubiquitous as toasters and bikes. The post Nanoscale Machines Snag the Nobel Prize in…
Blue Origin’s Escape Pod Worked, and, Bonus! The Rocket Didn’t Go Kaboom
Great success! The post Blue Origin’s Escape Pod Worked, and, Bonus! The Rocket Didn’t Go Kaboom appeared first on WIRED.…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is Testing Its Emergency Systems Today. Expect Explosions
For its fifth and final test flight, Blue Origin is testing the New Shepard rocket’s emergency crew escape system. The…
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Another Weird Thing Nobody Understands
The Nobel Committee used pastries to try and explain this year’s award. The post Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to…
The Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body, Eating Itself
Autophagy, fully described in the 1990s Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi, is how cells recycle damaged, diseased, or worn out bits…
Happy Droughtiversary, California!
October 1st is the beginning of California’s water year. Here’s how the state’s water situation is currently looking. The post…