Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.https://www.wired.com/story/after-20-years-math-couple-solves-major-group-theory-problem/
Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy. A sleep researcher explains how to get it right.https://www.wired.com/story/the-art-of-the-perfect-nap-sleep-science/
In the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts, researchers and volunteers around the world are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-rush-to-save-data-on-trans-youth-before-it-disappears/
The latest Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument results fall short of the discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy.https://www.wired.com/story/hints-grow-stronger-that-dark-energy-changes-over-time/
Because of faults with Boeing’s Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had to wait months for a ride back to Earth on a different spacecraft.https://www.wired.com/story/after-9-months-in-space-stranded-nasa-astronauts-return-home/
The company has partnered with Nvidia to develop “cognitive AI,” which it says will allow people with severe physical disabilities to have more natural interactions with the world around them.https://www.wired.com/story/synchrons-brain-computer-interface-now-has-nvidias-ai/
An H5N1 infection can be fatal for domestic animals, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of them catching the virus.https://www.wired.com/story/pets-and-backyard-flocks-are-at-risk-from-bird-flu-heres-how-to-protect-them/
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/
An explosive crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea could have huge consequences for ecologically and commercially crucial marine areas.https://www.wired.com/story/how-north-sea-tanker-collision-could-affect-one-of-britains-most-important-coastlines/
A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern US last week. Hurricane-downed trees may have helped fuel the flames, experts say.https://www.wired.com/story/how-hurricanes-can-fuel-wildfires-in-the-southeast/
Pi is an irrational number, and like some irrational people it just goes on and on. What is it with this crazy, crucial number?https://www.wired.com/story/cant-wrap-your-head-around-pi-heres-a-cool-visual-to-help/
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.https://www.wired.com/story/greener-is-getting-going/
After hitting a power-output milestone, fusion technology is ready to graduate from small-scale lab experiment to full-sized power plant.https://www.wired.com/story/fusion-sparks-an-energy-revolution/
AI is elbowing its way into ever more jobs, but while how we work will change, people skills will still be the most important factor.https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-fueled-future-of-work-needs-humans-more-than-ever/
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.https://www.wired.com/story/a-dangerous-new-home-for-online-extremism/
Fragmented and focused social platforms might be good for helping you find a knitting community. But extremist groups are also using them to normalize darker content.https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-is-getting-smaller-and-more-treacherous/
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-fake-news-is-coming-to-an-election-near-you/
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-way-to-see-your-climate-anxiety/
The old playbook for power and control won’t work to retain Gen Z talent. Instead, employers need to take a cue from Roblox.https://www.wired.com/story/to-keep-gen-z-companies-need-to-level-up/