WIRED
Bang for Your Buck
It's possible to scale horological heights without breaking the bank. Meet WIRED's top 10 bargains.
3 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School's Promise. Then They Wanted Out
The Al-powered school was supposed to revolutionize education. But not every student thrives without teachers.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
SLEEP DREAMS
Margaret Thatcher, who was known for sleeping only four hours a night, is often credited with saying \"sleep is for wimps!\" But sleep is actually work. Putting down the phone, setting aside personal or political worries-these require discipline. True relaxation calls for training.
4 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
SPIT ON, SWORN AT, AND UNDETERRED: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO OWN A CYBERTRUCK
WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
3 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
DECISION TIME
Do you go all in on one pricey, luxe watch or assemble a swarm of budget timepieces? Let's crunch the numbers.
7 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
THE YEAR IN BIG BREAKS: EJAE TOPS THE CHARTS
KIDS EVERYWHERE KNOW HER VOICE—IF NOT HER NAME. HOW DID A FORMER K-POP TRAINEE WORK HER WAY INTO GLOBAL SUPERSTARDOM?
10 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
THE YEAR IN BIG DREAMS: ZOHRAN MAMDANI MAKES HIS MOVE
POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTABLY BAD AT SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOOD AT IT AS A CANDIDATE-AND THEN, PERHAPS, AS A LEADER?
10+ min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
The Cure
A year ago, 250 million people were using ChatGPT every week. By February, that number rose to 400 million. Now it's 800 million. Of those, untold legions are confessing their innermost secrets to Al. This is the story of two humans-and their bots-on the very edge of therapy's new frontier.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
THE MANY SIDES OF Ed Zitron
He's one of the loudest voices of the Al haters-even as he does PR for Al companies. Either way, the multi-platform British tech writer has your attention.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
Scientific American
YOUR PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINE
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient's unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Mourning Becomes Electric
What can AI ghosts do for the grieving?
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
THE PIVOT TO PLASTIC
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other products
10+ min |
December 2025
Scientific American
STRANDED ON MARS
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now it might just leave them there
10 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Phages Caught Sleeping
Bacteria use hibernating viruses to immunize themselves
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Vulture Culture
Human artifacts turn up in ancient scavengers' nests
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Small Acts of Joy Bring Big Gains
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits on a par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
A Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good
Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-being
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Discerning Dogs
Some dogs can sort toys by function like human children do
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Gas Busters
An experimental protein grabs carbon monoxide before it latches on to blood cells
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Fascinating Plumes
Saturn's moon Enceladus has complex, life-friendly chemistry
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Eureka Cam
Movements reveal moment of mathematical discovery
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Copyright Laws Can Stop Deepfakes
The U.S. should give its residents rights to their own face and voice
4 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years
“The list of first-aid procedures that the medical profession encourages laypeople to undertake is short because of concern that tactics applied in ignorance may do more harm than good.
3 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Dramatic Atmosphere
Exoplanet TOI-561 b has air where none should persist
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Going Rogue
A massive study may improve the prediction of dangerous rogue waves
3 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Ghostly Fire
\"Microlightning\" may power strange will-o'-the-wisps
2 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Are AI Chatbots Healthy for Teens?
Kids crave approval from their peers. Chatbots offer an alternative to real-life relationships, but they can come at a price
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
Honesty Won This Economist a Nobel Prize
Here's the surprising math at the heart of auction theory
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
The Myth of the Designer Baby
Parents beware of any genomics firm saying it can help them with “genetic optimization” of their embryos
5 min |
December 2025
Scientific American
How Big Can Black Holes Get?
There may be an upper limit to their growth
5 min |