The U.S. has so many school shootings that public schools in Texas are distributing DNA kits so that kids can be identified in the aftermath. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

I wish I didn't have to write this, but here's what to know about iodine pills, which can provide limited protection against radiation: wired.com/story/iodine-p…

Ebola isn't a singular virus, but a family of several species. And this time round, it's a rarer but still highly dangerous form that authorities are contending with.

Esther Esther Nakkazi reports for WIRED on how the threat is being contained.

wired.com/story/uganda-e…

If you've noticed a rotten smell in the Pittsburgh region's air recently, you're not the only one. I wrote about the high levels of hydrogen sulfide that have been reported in the Mon Valley post-gazette.com/news/health/20…

The talented, dedicated workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette deserve to be treated fairly.

Sending all my hometown love and support to Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 members today as they prepare to head to the picket line.✊

How ambitious can clinical genome editing with CRISPR get?

VERY.

Exhibit 1: in vivo editing for HIV, as developed by Excision BioTherapeutics and lucidly described by Emily Mullin wired.com/story/a-bold-e…

No thank you!

Scientists transplanted human brain tissue into rats, where it formed neural connections and became a functional part of their brains. My story for WIRED:
wired.com/story/lab-grow…

new bird dropped

“For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a planetary body.”

Two weeks after the spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, researchers determined it knocked the space rock 32 minutes off its old orbit. wired.trib.al/OuQzi22

It's already known that breathing wildfire smoke is bad for us. But new research shows smoke may be dangerous not just for ash and small particulates, but because it carries viable fungi that can cause grave infections. Me, cheery as always, in WIRED: wired.com/story/wildfire…

TIL the US govt once burned copies of Scientific American because we were critical of the H-bomb, even 'melting down the 'objectionable linotype slugs' at the printing plant and then incinerating the 'complete file of proofs' along with those 3,000 printed copies.' scientificamerican.com/article/how-an…

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Solidarity with my friends and former colleagues at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette✊. The paper's millionaire owners have ended health insurance for the advertising, distribution and production teams. Pittsburgh deserves better.

Huge congratulations to WIRED energy and environment journalist Gregory Barber for winning the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Writing!

To read Greg's award-winning story, 'The Lithium Mine vs. the Wildflower' click here: wired.trib.al/SjSxGhh

This is horrific: In the 1960s and 70s, Danish doctors fitted thousands of Inuit women and girls in Greenland with IUDs without their consent. bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Finally the data we've been waiting for: Paxlovid efficacy in preventing hospitalization in vaxxed patients

Fairly consistent ~60% relative benefit across groups

Findings nicely split by age and into 2x vaxxed vs 3x vaxxed so we can see absolute risks

epicresearch.org/articles/paxlo…