Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans

Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans

Several new studies have uncovered this long overlooked aspect of coral physiology that could be the key to the animals’ fate in a changing climate.

Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals

Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

While a bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, it’s actually a sign of a conservation success story.

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth’s rotation.

What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on Saturn

The discovery adds to the planet’s history of strange atmospheric phenomena that scientists don’t fully understand.

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

“There’s no reason we can’t think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.”

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.

How an Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.

Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears

The research could do more than help unlock the mystery of caterpillar hearing. It could also help make microphones better.

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.