Astronomers Discover a Possible New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

The difference between a planet and a dwarf planet has nothing to do with being “small” or “insignificant.” Both kinds of worlds orbit the Sun, and both have enough gravity…

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Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon

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Washington has spent the better part of a season talking itself into a knot over artificial intelligence. In Senate corridors,…

I Trained a Fly’s Brain to Generate WIRED Story Ideas

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Meet PitchFly, WIRED’s latest editorial recruit. He is small, he is determined, and he has 165,112 neurons, all of them…

A Deal Hunter’s Guide to Amazon Prime Big Deal Days (2026)

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1. Let’s be honest: an Amazon Prime Day event is one of the most confusing, hype-soaked, and slightly absurd shopping…

Polymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media Company

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Every morning, a newsletter arrives in my inbox with a subject line that could easily be mistaken for a breaking…

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

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For 55 years, Greg Wilfert had been a lifeguard, which means he had spent more than half a century learning…

Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks

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1. A Surprising Partnership in the Fast-Food World It’s easy to imagine Chipotle as a company obsessed with what’s inside…

China Isn’t Buying Silicon Valley’s Call for an AI Slowdown

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For years, the dominant story out of Silicon Valley has been one of high-stakes rivalry: America versus China, locked in…

Self-Driving Cars Might Change Crash Testing Forever

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Imagine this: you’ve just climbed into a sleek, matte gold car with no steering wheel, no brake pedal, and no…

The EU Plans to Ban Social Media For Under-13s

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It begins at the dinner table, or in the back seat of a car, or in a bedroom with the…