Sandflies

New Zealand's blood-sucking summer nightmare (actually, it's year-round).

For Australia

A secret document raises crucial questions about US foreign policy.

‘Colonialism Had Never Really Ended’

My life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes.

Insect Populations Suffering Death By 1,000 Cuts

‘Frightening’ global decline is ‘tearing apart tapestry of life’, with climate crisis a critical concern.

CES 2021 Highlights: 79 Gadgets and Glimpses Into the Future

The consumer electronics show was virtual this year, and the WIRED Gear crew watched all the Zooms to bring you this list of nearly 80 products, trends, musings, and photos.

Stanford Scientist Can Tell If You’re A Liberal

Just by looking at your face.

Norway Urgently Changes Covid Vaccine Guidance

After 23 die in days following Pfizer jab.

Tennis-COVID Cases on Player Flights

 Leave Australian Open buildup in disarray.

Safeguards Needed

To stop ex-government officials from working for China.

Why We’re Not Doing Better on COVID Vaccines

Liberal government pharmaceutical policy has failed Canadians at our time of greatest need.

Ontario Doctors

Asked to prepare for ICU triage scenario.

Dostoevsky in Love by Alex Christofi Review – Unpredictable, Dangerous and Thrilling

His marriages were disastrous but his words were so rousing they made strangers embrace... a superb study of the Russian novelist.

Mother Accused of Child Abuse

 For letting her child decide own gender.

Medical Brain is Google's Latest Attempt to Revolutionize Health Care

Google is working on a slew of AI tools that can predict symptoms and disease with a level of accuracy that is being met with hope as well as alarm (as will be dealt with in the final book of the Doctor Sababa series—The Last Casebook of Doctor Sababa).

Evolution’s Engineers

Organisms do not evolve blindly under forces beyond their control, but shape and influence the evolutionary environment itself.

Is the Schrödinger Equation True?

Just because a mathematical formula works does not mean it reflects reality.

Map Reveals How US Hospitals Are Overwhelmed

With COVID-19 patients.

New Zealand Succumbs To China

In a sad display.

On Matter

A breakthrough in measuring the building blocks of nature.

Car Concerts

Offer choirs a way to rehearse and perform. 

The Problem of Now

The injunction to immerse yourself in the present might be psychologically potent, but is it metaphysically meaningful?

Ancient ‘Hyena-pig’

 Discovered to have once roamed Oregon.

World’s Largest Insect Farm To Be Built In Illinois

Amid signs of soaring food inflation.

Vaccine Rollout Lags Many Developed Nations

Canada is set to fall behind comparable countries.

Humans Have Gotten Nicer and Better at Making War

What war reveals about human nature.

The Day the Great Apes Died: The Legacy of the 1995 Philadelphia Zoo Fire

Twenty-five years ago, the tragedy at the World of Primates building broke the city’s heart and raised a loaded question: What, exactly, do we owe the animals in our care?