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On the healthcare frontline
In what’s effectively a secular country, the NHS is as close to an offcial religion as the UK gets. Belief in providing healthcare that’s accessible by all and free at the point of delivery is viewed as axiomatic, a rare area of orthodoxy in a country mired in culture wars. When politicians discuss healthcare, they use the first person plural possessive: They talk about “our” NHS.
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REACTION TESTING
Pushing the red button—and having nothing happen—is a nuclear incident world powers have nightmares about. So they’ve built laser labs to test their warheads’ worthiness
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DESIGNING SAFER CITIES FOR WOMEN
The mean streets of the metropolis aren’t so scary if you’re a man—but making our urban landscapes less dangerous for the other half of the population will benefit everybody
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CRYPTO’S CRASH COUNTER
Molly White’s cautionary Web3 blog is pouring cold water on cryptocurrency’s dumpster fires
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THE TIMELY RISE OF THE TECH BRO SUPERVILLAIN
For decades, movie bad guys were easily identified by their mustaches or mwa-ha-has. These days, evil wears a hoodie and is convinced they’re making the world a better place
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BRING THE NOISE: ADVENTURES IN AUDIO DESIGN
When video game designers need a custom sound effect, it’s playtime for foley artist Joanna Fang
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A FRESH SPIN ON TECH REPAIR
Open Funk tackles throwaway culture by making its blender as simple to fix as if buying new
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THE RIGHT TO REMIX CULTURE’S CLASSICS
A cavalcade of beloved fiction characters are entering the public domain after decades under careful corporate stewardship—but despite angry reactions to some recent gruesome reimaginings, it’s for the greater creative good
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THE DREAM MACHINE
Damon Motors plans to bring safe, electric motorcycling to the masses. It thinks it will get there by building a wild EV superbike
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A NEW GOLD STANDARD
A British firm may have found a way to supply the luxury market with traceable, ethically mined precious metals
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FLYING WITHOUT WINGS
WIRED soars across the San Francisco Bay in this $390K, Polestar-powered, all-electric hydrofoil that wants to be more like a plane
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THE FUTURE SOUND OF AUTO-AUDIO
The new DeLorean EV won’t be road-ready until 2025, but its collaboration with Cambridge Audio guarantees that the soundtrack will be epic
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Making sense of cancer
By understanding the maths, we can make better choices about treatment
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Virtual clinics tailored to women
Custom end-to-end care can address an array of health issues
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Genomics as a healthcare tool
Full-genome sequencing will end the misdiagnosis of rare diseases
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Aging and womens’ health
Studying reproductive longevity is key to building health outcome equity
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Harmonizing health data
The key to collaborations
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Stories are medicine
Patients need to speak and be heard
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New paths to brain insights
Neuroscience is getting a boost from artists and engineers
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A blood test for cancer
Earlier detection could be made faster and easier
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How do we close the gender health gap?
Women’s healthcare and outcomes have long come a poor second to those of men. But new government initiatives and a wave of healthtech innovators may finally rebalance this—if proper funding is in place.
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Operating system upgrade
Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram was looking for a better way to improve her skills and to pass her knowledge on. So she created Proximie, an app to enable live collaboration and learning in surgical theaters anywhere.
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Prescribing Change Transforming the NHS
The NHS is 75 years old—and experiencing the toughest times since its founding. To survive, the institution must undergo a radical shift. WIRED asked ten leading thinkers, doctors, and founders what they would do differently.
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ANIMATED MATTER
SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PROSTHETICS ARE DEVELOPED IN A SMALL TOWN IN ITALY’S EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION. WIRED TOURS THE FACILITY.
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WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?
A TINY SECURITY BLOG WENT UP AGAINST CHINA’S BIGGEST SURVEILLANCE CAMERA COMPANIES AND IGNITED A NEW BATTLE IN THE US-CHINA TECH WAR.
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BODY ODOR IS A SUBSCRIPTION ADD-ON.
THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A STORY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE.
