The WIRED World in 2018 IssueCulturePersonalised thermal clouds will eliminate energy wastageBy Carlo Ratti and Daniele BelleriBusinessOnline courses don't work, but education can still be disruptedBy Lior FrenkelBusinessZero-sum games are turning AIs into powerful creative toolsBy David HamblingSecurityFrom GDPR to blockchain, we’re getting more power over our dataBy Irene NgCultureAll the web's 'read next' algorithms suck. It's time to upgradeBy Natalia KucirkovaScienceSmart cities will make urban living greener and healthierBy Laurence Kemball-CookScienceIn rural England, a fleet of drones monitors and harvests cropsBy Emma BryceBusinessMicrogrids and energy-generating buildings could save our citiesBy Emma BryceScienceNasa's new telescope will give our hunt for alien life a major boostBy Kai StaatsCultureThe blockchain will disrupt the music business and beyondBy Nicolas Harle and Kaj BurchardiScienceAs shops ditch plastic packaging, seaweed will take overBy Pierre-Yves PaslierBusinessElon Musk will make driverless cars a reality sooner than you thinkBy Jimmy WalesScienceBatteries full of renewable energy could spell the end for fossil fuelsBy Oliver BennettScienceNow we can cheaply sequence DNA, how do we store all that data?By Jonathan Heusel and Neil RichardsScienceArtificial organs developed by biohackers will soon deliver insulin to diabeticsBy Stephen JacobsBusinessMillennials are killing capitalism – and that's a good thingBy Matthew TaylorBusinessStop working, universal basic income is ready to go mainstreamBy Andrew KeenCultureRenewables are about to become our cheapest form of energyBy Alexei LeveneScienceWelcome to the luxury biosphere, where the natural world is partially synthetic – and ruthlessly ownedBy Geoff ManaughScienceE-waste recycling is about to get as advanced as your iPhoneBy Janet GunterBusinessRave culture is making its move onto the blockchainBy Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Ben VickersGearDisneyland's next rival? The theme park in your living roomBy William WelserScienceFake news and distrust of science could lead to global epidemicsBy Peter Piot and Heidi LarsonCulture2018's next big invention will probably go unnoticedBy Tim HarfordMore Stories
