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Synchron Pauses Trials of Its Brain Implant Due to Performance Issues

Brain Drain

Synchron Pauses Trials of Its Brain Implant Due to Performance Issues

After its latest device struggled to perform, brain-computer interface startup Synchon halted clinical trials. The company says it will upgrade the implant’s hardware and is at work on a new device.

Emily Mullin

The Polar Vortex Is About to Make Weather Weird From the UK to the US

Winter Is Coming

The Polar Vortex Is About to Make Weather Weird From the UK to the US

Dennis Mersereau

A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI

Getting Defensive

A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI

Emily Mullin

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The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office

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The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office

Kate Knibbs

AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

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AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

Kate Taylor

A Newly Discovered Trail of Cosmic Debris Illustrates How the End of the Solar System Could Look

Put a Ring on It

A Newly Discovered Trail of Cosmic Debris Illustrates How the End of the Solar System Could Look

Jorge Garay

White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

Universe Sprinkles

White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

Petr Kubala

What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane

Space Race

What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock

Ghost Writer

I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock

Jason Parham

Astronomers Discover a Possible New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

Hi Neighbor

Astronomers Discover a Possible New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

Jorge Garay

Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day

Learning Curve

Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day

Emily Mullin

NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How

Staying Alive

NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How

Meghan Bartels

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Everywhere Else

Power Play

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Everywhere Else

Molly Taft

Inside the Supermassive Debate Over the James Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’

Nerd Fight

Inside the Supermassive Debate Over the James Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’

Charlie Wood

The ‘Exotic Physics’ Behind a Mysterious 1,000-Mile Cloud on Mars

Far Out

The ‘Exotic Physics’ Behind a Mysterious 1,000-Mile Cloud on Mars

Tereza Ondráčková

Inside the Exclusive Nathan Fielder Interview

Uncanny Valley

Inside the Exclusive Nathan Fielder Interview

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer

Brain Teaser

OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer

Emily Mullin

The Physics Behind Tesla’s Flying Roadster

Rocket Science

The Physics Behind Tesla’s Flying Roadster

Rhett Allain

How to See the Orionid Meteor Shower and Other Upcoming Astronomical Events

Look Up

How to See the Orionid Meteor Shower and Other Upcoming Astronomical Events

Ritsuko Kawai

Japan Is Attempting an Audacious Mission to Sample a Martian Moon

Dreaming Big

Japan Is Attempting an Audacious Mission to Sample a Martian Moon

Jenna Ahart

How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED—and Everyone Else

Blood Feud

How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED—and Everyone Else

Adam Rogers

Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

Power Play

Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

Caroline Haskins

Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing

We’re Kooked

Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing

Damian Carrington

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