The negative climate news is piling up, but there are some bright spots of progress if you know where to look.

Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.

Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.

And more importantly, should it?

What do the numbers really say about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market? The answer might surprise you.

Elon Musk says he’s suing to save the company’s mission. The case could have huge consequences for OpenAI and the AI race.

Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it.

As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly...

And why many scientists are freaked out about the first serious for-profit company moving into the solar geoengineering field.

A boom in construction of AI data centers is facing backlash over soaring electricity and water usage, and the resulting utility hikes.

Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field.

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.

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The Data Foundation, the American Geophysical Union, and a coalition of universities are scrambling to ensure that the nation accurately assesses the growing dangers of global warming.

Tens of millions of dollars in NSF grants have been slashed, and scientists fear the US is about to lose a generation of climate researchers.

An unprecedented look at the state of AI’s energy and resource usage, where it is now, where it is headed in the years to come, and why we have to get it right.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

In 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched writing a story about a then little-known company, OpenAI. This is what happened next.

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Dow Chemical and X-energy are one step closer to bringing advanced nuclear technology to a chemical plant in Texas.

Colossal Biosciences claims it has revived an extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical.

A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

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Amid a changing game, the voice of the Mets since 1995 has anchored its fans to a shared identity.

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing glaciers in place.

‘Crackdown on climate’ predicted as oversight enacted over agency staffers’ email and meetings with foreign nationals

With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation.

What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we compile this annual list.

Ammonia, used in fertilizer, is essential to our lives. Addis Energy is trying to make the chemical underground.

Ammonia, used in fertilizer, is essential to our lives. Addis Energy is trying to make the chemical underground.

Ammonia, used in fertilizer, is essential to our lives. Addis Energy is trying to make the chemical underground.

The country aims to restrict the supply of gallium and germanium, two materials used in computer chips and other products. But experts say it won’t have the desired impact.

An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future.

The incoming administration’s hostile trade plans threaten to slow the shift to cleaner industries, boost inflation, and stall the economy.

The world’s biggest polluters, by the numbers.