Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees. [...]

Incredible shrinking clownfish beats the heat

Shrinking down to size boosted clownfish survival rates up to 78 percent during heat waves. [...]

Paris Agreement target won’t protect polar ice sheets, scientists warn

Calls for a more ambitious climate goal are rising as Earth hits several tipping points. [...]

The Enhanced Games Has A Date, A Host City and a Drug-Fuelled World Record

The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One "enhanced" former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50m freesty [...]

Quantum ‘Jamming’ Could Help Unlock the Mysteries of Causality

To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect. [...]

How Wet Weather in Argentina Helped Fuel the Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak

Climate change is helping create conditions that are driving the rodent boom—dubbed a ratada—in Argentina. [...]

We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew

After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. [...]

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. [...]

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI. [...]