Scientists calculate that the top 200 meters of ocean alone contains up to 21 million metric tons of plastic. And that wasn’t even counting microfibers.
This Cobalt-Free Battery Is Good for the Planet—and It Actually Works
Reducing the cobalt content in lithium-ion batteries is good for the environment, human rights, and maybe even the performance of the battery itself.
Direct Action Everywhere Uses VR to Take Viewers Inside Factory Farms
In the first of a two-part Get WIRED podcast series, we look at the radical, virtual-reality-based tactics of animal-rights group Direct Action Everywhere.
A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring
Network neuroscience could revolutionize how we understand the brain—and change our approach to neurological and psychiatric disorders.
A Super Sensitive Dark Matter Search Yields Strange Results
Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data: One is mundane. Two would revolutionize physics.