President Donald Trump is weakening environmental regulations in the name of speeding up the construction of AI data centers, raising health risks for Americans, a cadre of former EPA officials said this week in a briefing and new report. They are urging – perhaps futilely – the president to adopt a “Data Center Health Protection […]
Red hair comes from a pigment switch that doesn’t work, and the surprising part is that evolution may never have favored it at all. A biologist explains.
Psychologists say this one-minute daily habit predicts lasting happiness more reliably than almost any self-improvement routine — and most people skip it.
Those cute AI-generated social media caricatures come with a potential cost for you and our planet.
Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life’s work.
And if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it.
Arizona, an epicenter for the bipartisan push to revive American chip manufacturing, is about to lose more than a quarter of the water it typically pulls each year from the Colorado River. The 1,400-mile waterway is a crucial lifeline for the region and other western states. A recent federal decision on how to manage its […]
Why scientists say 2026 will shatter the previous record for latest hurricane formation in the Atlantic basin.
The yeast used won’t brew beer, but it can help brew a building.
While the strengthening El Niño helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.