To Protect Genetic Privacy, Encrypt Your DNA In 2007, DNA pioneer James Watson became the first person to have his entire genome sequenced—making all of his 6 billion base pairs publicly available for research. Well, almost all of them. He left one spot blank, on the […]
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More Evidence Exxon Misled the Public About Climate Change
More Evidence Exxon Misled the Public About Climate Change This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two years ago, Inside Climate News and Los Angeles Times investigations found that while Exxon Mobil internally acknowledged that climate change is man-made and serious, it […]
Trump’s ‘America First’ Policies Won’t Work in Space
Trump’s ‘America First’ Policies Won’t Work in Space Space is a big place, but our upper atmosphere isn’t. Rapidly increasing numbers of satellites orbit there, in addition to innumerable bits of space debris, and rockets fly through it on missions to the moon, Mars, asteroids, and […]
The Defenders Could Punch Better if They Learned Some Physics
The Defenders Could Punch Better if They Learned Some Physics I haven’t seen The Defenders yet, but it’s high on my list of things to watch. I am super excited about it, and why not? It brings Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones together […]
How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse Without Glasses
How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse Without Glasses You’ve surely heard by now that the moon will pass between Earth and the sun on August 21, creating a total solar eclipse that will cast a shadow over much of the US. Jimmy Carter was president […]
California Proves That Environmental Regulations Don’t Kill Profits
California Proves That Environmental Regulations Don’t Kill Profits To anyone who believes environmental regulation is poison for profits, California must be infuriating. The state’s pollution policies rarely wilt its perennially blooming economy. For the past nine years, a Golden State-centric think tank Next 10 has been […]
Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Follow Live from Coast to Coast
Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Follow Live from Coast to Coast We get it: Ads aren’t what you’re here for. But ads help us keep the lights on.So, add us to your ad blocker’s whitelist or pay $1 per week for an ad-free version of WIRED. Either […]
Why The US Solar Industry Doesn’t Want Government Protection
Why The US Solar Industry Doesn’t Want Government Protection Suniva was once among the top solar panel manufacturers in America. Then, in April, the Georgia company declared bankruptcy. A few days after, it revealed why: Foreign governments, like China, had subsidized competing solar cell manufacturers abroad, […]
The Most Extreme Way to Watch the Eclipse? Chase It in a Jet
The Most Extreme Way to Watch the Eclipse? Chase It in a Jet The total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21 is shaping up to be an Earth-shaking event, if the crowds getting into position five days early are any indication. But while carloads of chasers […]
Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Power Electric Cars of the Future
Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Power Electric Cars of the Future This story originally appeared on Newsweek and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Electric cars and smartphones of the future could be powered by supervolcanoes like Yellowstone after scientists discovered that ancient deposits within them contain huge reservoirs of lithium—a […]