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Everyone Was Wrong About Why Cats Purr

Jorge Garay

This Bites

The Vampire Bat Is Moving Closer to the US. That’s a Problem

Emily Mullin

Dot Physics

How to Measure the Calories in a Candy Bar—With Physics!

Rhett Allain

Red Alert

These Plants Can Sound the Alarm in a Toxic World

Celia Ford

Mental Health

A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD

Emily Mullin

WIRED Impact

Where You Live Is As Important As What You Eat

Rob Reddick

Just Say No

Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking

Ben Brubaker

Outbreak

Bird Flu Reaches the Antarctic for the First Time

Phoebe Weston

Melting Point

If You Didn’t Care About Antarctica’s Icy Belly, You Will Now

Matt Simon

Dot Physics

The Physics of Faraday Cages

Rhett Allain

Power Hungry

Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths

Grace Browne and Matt Reynolds

Mental Health

Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work

Max G. Levy

Flashlight

The Mystery of Cosmic Radio Bursts Gets Bright New Clues

Ramin Skibba

Double Check

How to Spot Abortion-Related Misinformation

Lux Alptraum

Climate Change

Glacial Lakes Threaten Millions in a Warming World

Arbab Ali and Nadeem Sarwar

Clear the Air

The Surprising Way Clean Energy Will Help Save the Snowpack

Matt Simon

Skeleton Key

History Says the 1918 Flu Killed the Young and Healthy. These Bones Say Otherwise

Maryn McKenna

Thought Experiment

This Contest Put Theories of Consciousness to the Test. Here’s What It Really Proved

Elizabeth Finkel

End Times

Why Have Climate Catastrophes Toppled Some Civilizations but Not Others?

Kate Yoder

Biotech

New Trials Aim to Restore Hearing in Deaf Children—With Gene Therapy

Emily Mullin