Politics As the Arctic warms, AI forecasts scope out shifting sea ice Global warming is making it harder to predict the movement and location of the ice cover, crucial information for fishing and global shipping.
Newsletter James Dyson on the future of batteries We spoke with James Dyson about what they have in store for their battery tech—and why solid-state Li-ion batteries could be a game-changer.
Solutions Covalent's carbon-capturing sunglasses offer a view of fashion's future A new biomaterial created by methane-munching marine organisms can be molded into eyeglass frames, or formed into leather-like sheets.
Solutions Can nuclear fusion put the brakes on climate change? Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy.
Resilience How healthy is a farm's soil? Check how active its microbes are Researchers developed a probe that could help farmers better understand their land by measuring the electric current from the tiny creatures in the dirt.
In-hive sensors could help ailing bee colonies The technology could help beekeepers reduce short-term losses, but it doesn't address long-term problems facing honeybees.
Newsletter www.wired.com Could carbon dioxide be turned into jet fuel? A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.
