I loaned my head to the world’s first fMRI study on the effects of salvinorin A,…
Author: Daniel Oberhaus
‘Meteorite’ Is a Love Letter to Space Rocks
For centuries, scientists thought meteorites were too fantastical to exist. A new book reveals that they…
AI Is Throwing Battery Development Into Overdrive
Improving batteries has always been hampered by slow experimentation and discovery processes. Machine learning is speeding…
Silicon Valley Opens Its Wallet for Joe Biden
A WIRED analysis finds roughly 95 percent of contributions by employees of six big tech firms…
A Common Plant Virus Is an Unlikely Ally in the War on Cancer
Researchers have seen promising results by injecting dog and mouse tumors with the cowpea mosaic virus.…
Where Was the Battery at Tesla’s Battery Day?
Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla’s highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and…
How to Watch Tesla’s Battery Day Event—and What to Expect
After months of delays, Tesla’s much-hyped Battery Day is finally upon us. Here’s what the company…
Rocket Lab Could Beat NASA Back to Venus in the Search for ET
After years of neglect, Earth’s other neighbor is back in the spotlight following a major discovery.…
Netflix’s ‘Challenger’ Is a Gripping Look at NASA in Crisis
A new four-part documentary about the ill-fated Challenger mission highlights the risk of putting bureaucracy before science in…
Is Lightning-Fast Plasma the Key to a Cleaner Car Engine?
Researchers have long experimented with “lean burn” engines, which boost efficiency and reduce the emissions from combustion.…