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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

    No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding

    No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding

    Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those pointing the finger at cloud seeding are misguided.
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    • 5 min
    Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

    Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

    Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building’s residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.
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    • 8 min
    Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

    Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

    An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.
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    • 8 min
    The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

    The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

    Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.
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    • 12 min
    US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It

    US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It

    WIRED spoke with US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent grants to fix ancient roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure before it’s too late.
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    • 8 min
    The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision

    The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision

    Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight.
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    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

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54 Ratings

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WIRED Science - good stories, lousy sound recently

Please keep up the good work. Consistently interesting. Lately, though, the recording is much too faint to hear, with advertising at regular volume levels! Help -I can only listen in very quiet environment.

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Best of WIRED on the go

It's great to be able to digest articles on the go thanks to this service. The half-dozen vocies that read me the latest WIRED articles have become SO familiar to me, I often hear their voices when I'm reading articles on my tablet!

Thanks for everything you read, you guys.

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Too negative and politically left

Can’t listen anymore

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