Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the ...
A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial ...
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But ...
Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?
Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.
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This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways
A current Fews Net worker in southern Africa, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they are currently furloughed and still hopeful the program might restart, tells WIRED that some countries are ...
Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic tags or flying drones, or through exposing the black market for their meat and ...
One-third of Elon Musk's DOGE staff resign in protest of demanded changes
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency say they will not push through demanded changes that put the country at risk.
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One Photographer’s Quest to Redefine the Shark
WIRED has covered how overfishing has reached ... On one expedition we were hoping to see the sardine migration in South Africa, and we didn’t come across it until the ninth day.
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US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
But on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the US State Department told WIRED that the program is abruptly ... Department to help expand the program in Africa. He says he became worried about its fate ...
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Meta Will Build the World’s Longest Undersea Cable
It will have landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, South Africa, and other strategic ... This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.