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  • 36 seconds
    Introducing WIRED Politics Lab!

    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team.

    Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation on WIRED Politics Lab.

    You can find the information needed to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in everyday right on this feed.

    Listen to WIRED Politics Lab: https://listen.wired.com/politicslab_feeddrop

    4 September 2024, 10:00 am
  • 43 seconds
    Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!

    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team.

    On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledgeable WIRED reporters.

    You can expect the best of WIRED's breaking news and tech analysis right here in this feed.

    Listen to WIRED's Gadget Lab: https://listen.wired.com/YDai_aaZ

    4 September 2024, 10:00 am
  • 7 minutes 37 seconds
    The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

    Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person.

    31 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 8 minutes 48 seconds
    Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

    Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.

    30 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 7 minutes 18 seconds
    No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

    Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.

    29 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 4 minutes 40 seconds
    The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

    Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.

    26 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 9 minutes 22 seconds
    The Race for the Next Ozempic

    The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune.

    25 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 6 minutes 10 seconds
    Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris

    Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause.

    24 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 8 minutes 49 seconds
    Hospitals Around the World Are Struggling in the Aftermath of the Great IT Meltdown

    Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update.

    23 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 2 minutes 51 seconds
    Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

    Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest.

    22 July 2024, 10:00 am
  • 9 minutes 34 seconds
    To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It

    Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn’s moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it.

    19 July 2024, 10:00 am
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