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THE AI DOCTOR WILL HEAR YOU NOW
It turns out that ‘listen to your body’ is the best wellbeing advice ever—so Roeland Decorte built an AI that uses your smartphone’s mic to eavesdrop on your health, detecting audio indicators for cancer, heart conditions, and more
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PIECE OF MIND
This diagram maps 1 mm3 of human brain—but its unprecedented clarity deepens the mysteries of cognition
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT IN THE HUNT FOR RARE BITCOIN
Not all satoshis are created equal—and obsessive collectors are racing to catch them all
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MAPPING THE OPEN SOURCE BATTLEFRONT
Deep State uses public data and insider intelligence to power its live tracker of Ukraine’s ever-shifting front line
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THE POTATO’S MASHED-UP REPUTATION
The humble spud is a miraculous veg, but Americans are eating less of them than ever before, and have ditched fresh potatoes for frozen. Is it time for a ’tater rebrand?
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THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF MARKDOWN
An exegesis of the most ubiquitous piece of code on the web
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COOLER HEADS
The deadliest environmental threat to city dwellers worldwide isn’t earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, or fire—it’s heat
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SPIN CYCLE
To study tornadoes, it helps to wear a skirt (and rocket launchers)
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UPGRADING HOW WE BUY
New insights from WIRED Consulting and Google shed light on how artificial intelligence could bring more joy, more confidence, and less regret to consumer decision-making
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GEAR AUTOPIA EV SPECIAL
It’s time for WIRED to celebrate the most electrifying new EVs—and even with a few hybrid holdouts, there’s plenty to excite us
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How to reinvent the definition of all-terrain
Yangwang’s luxury hybrid SUV can traverse land and water while barely ruffling its cosseted occupants—but will this ambitiously-specced amphibious beast ever cross to our shores? By Alistair Charlton
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The electric-motor revolution is picking up speed
Mercedes-Benz has made a power-play to own axial-flux tech. By Ben Oliver
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DAMAGE CONTROL
Ripping out pipelines, destroying petrol pumps—these are violent, criminal acts. According to Léna Lazare, the 26-year-old face of the radical climate movement, they’re also acts of joy.
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TOWARD A MORE FANTASTIC PLASTIC
Stretchy seaweed. Reverse vending machines. QR-coded take-out boxes. To cure our addiction to disposable crap, we’ll all need to get a little loony.
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AN IMPERFECT STORM
CAN THE U.A.E. REALLY MAKE RAIN ON DEMAND—OR I S I T SELLING VAPORWARE?
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THE HOLE IN THE MAP OF THE WORLD
ON THE SURFACE, THERE’S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IT. JUST A SPOT OF OCEAN. BUT BENEATH THE WAVES LURKS SOMETHING INCREDIBLE: A MASSIVE WATERFALL. AND IN ITS MYSTERIOUS DEPTHS, THE FATE OF THE WORLD CHURNS.
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PRISCILA, QU EEN OF THE RIDESHARE MAFIA
She come to the US with a dream, Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing.
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DO NOT DISTURB THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT.
THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, SOLVE THE FERMI PARADOX.