In memes, we find an overly literal embodiment of what Roland Barthes sees in any form of written expression. Once the post ...

Life 3". The long-fabled, often-rumored, still non-existent third numbered entry in the Half-Life series that fans have ...

Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever speaking together at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv in June 2023. Credit: JACK GUEZ / Getty Images Ilya Sutskever is leaving OpenAI, and we have questions. One in ...

Scientist Kate Adamala doesn’t remember exactly when she realized her lab at the University of Minnesota was working on something potentially dangerous — so dangerous in fact that some researchers ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through genomic mapping of post-mortem brain tissue, they found major differences in ...

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Wyoming wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology. Ramsdell tells WIRED he was completely unaware that the ...

A new study done on a woman who lived to be 117 points to possible factors that could’ve helped her live such a long life. Maria Branyas Morera died at 117 years old in 2024, according to CBS News.

Scientists are considering what limits to potentially place on mirror-image cell research. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images Scientists have been voicing concerns over the creation ...

Scientists have warned that research into “mirror life” organisms — hypothetical life forms made up of molecules that perfectly mirror those found in regular life — should be stopped. Theoretically, ...

Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and accelerate cell aging. Recent studies suggest that these particles could ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...

One of the very best things about the internet — and social media more specifically — is that you can find a community of other people who share your passions, no matter how niche. Love eating oranges ...