January 2026

About a decade ago, many media outlets—including WIRED—zeroed in on a weird trend at the intersection of mental health, drug […]

China is a country defined by major contradictions. The nation is governed by a communist party that has carefully embraced

The AI industry has been pouring untold resources into building out enormous data centers across the world. The plants are

nside electrochemical devices, strong electric fields dramatically alter how water molecules behave. New research shows that these fields speed up

A strange, glowing form of matter called dusty plasma turns out to be incredibly sensitive to magnetic fields. Researchers found

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds.

Still think getting a job in 2026 is as easy as walking in with a résumé and a firm handshake? You

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more social by