A Tale of Two Nuclear Plants Reveals Europe’s Energy Divide
A forest of wind turbines rises out of the fields on both sides of the highway running east out of Vienna. But at the border with...
Apple Won’t Let Staff Work Remotely to Escape Texas Abortion Limits
Rebecca was getting ready to start her work day at Apple this June when she heard that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision...
The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing
“I think that a lot of members of Congress have assumed that the digital asset industry could be on the back burner because it’s immature,” Lummis...
Truth Social Is Rising as the Anti-Mastodon
“Not only are people going there, getting news and information and finding it accurate, but they also feel at home there,” says Galen Stocking, a computational...
When Your Neighbor Turns You In
There’s a knock at the door. Local authorities have received a tip that you’ve broken the moral code—a new set of laws banning your once-accepted lifestyle....
Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s What You Can Do About It
So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through you, right? But when it’s broken...
The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed
Still, he was granted a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into not just the January 6 attack. He also believes he identified the insurrection’s central player: Trump’s former...
It’s Time to Reframe the Story of Climate Inequity
In 2011, DTE Energy Company removed 1,200 streetlights from the city of Highland Park, Michigan. A Black working-class suburb of Detroit that was once a boom...
US Lawmakers Push Tech Firms on Abortion Benefits for Gig Workers
When WIRED asked companies about their policies after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Amazon, DoorDash, and Lyft acknowledged that their abortion travel benefits did not apply...
A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply-Chain Chaos
Early this summer, farmers worried that millions of chickens in California’s Central Valley might soon peck each other to death. The birds were running perilously low...