Science

A study claimed that people who eat high-fat, low-carb diets weren’t seeing their arteries fill up with plaque, despite having high levels of blood cholesterol. Critics disagreed—and all hell broke loose.

Curious about mushroom supplements? Here’s what they do, what the science says, and how to know if they’re right for you—according to the experts.

Researchers are trying to understand more about the biological and social differences that contribute to later diabetes diagnoses and worse outcomes in women.

As the FDA halts the sale of Ozempic and Zepbound copycats, online clinics have begun offering liraglutide, an older GLP-1 medication injected daily instead of weekly.

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.

Last year, the Biden administration set limits on PFAS in drinking water systems. Donald Trump’s EPA is planning to dramatically soften that rule.

Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.

Everyone knows what it’s like to lose cell service. A burgeoning open source project called Meshtastic is filling the gap for when you’re in the middle of nowhere—or when disaster strikes.

The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.

Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.

The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO₂ and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.

US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie.

According to physics, one burns more calories than the other—and the winner might surprise you.

For anyone in the US who can afford to go solar, “now would be the time,” because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make it affordable.

Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the previous most primitive galaxy recorded.

Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm Heatherwick Studio and the space architecture nonprofit Aurelia Institute.

Unlike in recent tests, SpaceX’s ninth Starship survived launch, but a fuel tank leak meant it lost control before it could complete its objectives.

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s most mysterious planets.

Rose Yu has drawn on the principles of fluid dynamics to improve deep learning systems that predict traffic, model the climate, and stabilize drones during flight.

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles—a new category of quantum particle—could be created in exotic materials.

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.

When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious statement, and its inverse, have deep connections to many areas of math and computer science.

Paradromics, a brain-computer-interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.

The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One “enhanced” former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50-meter freestyle record.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly alleges the companies are selling illegal off-brand versions of its best-selling diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Mounjaro and Zepbound.

A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.

Forget Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of VR meetings; the industrial metaverse bridges digital and physical worlds in a way that’s actually useful.

Long confined to the lab, humanoids finally appear ready to work in manufacturing. There are just a few hurdles to get them to market.

In the face of seabeds becoming valuable real estate and corroding bombs polluting the oceans, teams are turning to technology to clean up this dangerous and expensive problem.

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa.

Reacquaint yourself with the good things in life by taking the time to appreciate them—and yes, it’s OK to rush through the bad stuff.

With big cash prizes at stake—and AI supercharging research—interspecies translation is closer than ever. But what, if anything, would animals want to tell us?

Forecasting is both art and science, reliant on both rigor and luck—but you can develop a mindset that anticipates and plans ahead.

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.