For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect.

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China is reshaping its energy economy with renewables like wind and solar—and flooding the world with affordable solar ...

From athletes to actors and artists, A-listers across the globe are ditching Bluetooth and untangling their wired headphones.

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Wired is seeking an experienced editor for our science desk. Reporting to WIRED’s director, science, politics, and security, you’ll work with a team of experienced reporters to break news, shape ...

Abigail Marsh, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, studies extraordinary altruism — people who jump in to rescue strangers in emergencies or donate a kidney to someone ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

There are some Apple CarPlay features you'll want to use in 2026 if your car is so equipped, and many late-model vehicles offer wireless CarPlay capability. Connecting wirelessly means one less cable ...

2.3 million user records from the WIRED database have leaked and the hackers who did it claim that millions of other records from other Condé Nast-owned publications (like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, ...