Scientists have discovered a new way of making chocolate that uses the entire cocoa pod to reduce waste and improve farmer revenue streams. But can chocolate made any other way taste as sweet?

Forecasting is both art and science, reliant on both rigor and luck—but you can develop a mindset that anticipates and plans ahead.

The giant holes in galaxies’ centers shouldn’t be able to combine, yet combine they do. Scientists suggest that an unusual form of dark matter may be the solution.

Rich nations mine just a fraction of e-waste, leaving $60 billion a year in critical metals wasting away in boxes and drawers. But in West Africa, a dangerous recycling work is thriving.

Music therapy will move from the fringes of modern medicine to become a sophisticated tool for improving health outcomes.

Indigenous peoples forced from the Amazon rainforest are finally getting the legal power to return—and it’s not only about justice. Under their stewardship, the forests can thrive.

Climate change, misdiagnosed vulnerability, and ignorance of risk amplify extreme rainfall disasters.

Turkey takes the blame for you ending up as a crumpled mess on the couch, but the real culprits are elsewhere on your plate.

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new fossil discovery, technology, and scientific techniques.

How do these giant balloons work? What makes them both easier and more complicated than a normal-size balloon?

Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an unstable supply chain.

While we wait for scientists to come up with a miracle pill, we can take matters into our own hands with easy steps to ensure that life in old age isn’t also the end of living well.

The genome-editing technology can be supercharged by artificial intelligence—and the results are already being felt.

Parent power alone won’t ensure the next generation’s safety—politicians and tech firms must take steps, too.

The term “reducing emissions” has outlived its usefulness, a crutch to soften the blow that’s being exploited by greenwashers. Now it’s time to get real.

In 2025, extreme weather will drive more people from their homes. Governments have no plan. Where will they be welcome?

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm.

Rich countries have agreed to pay developing nations $300 billion a year to help them with their climate actions—but the agreement doesn’t say who specifically should contribute or how.

This famous probability theory was intuitive, even obvious. It was also wrong.

The WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit in Berlin was bursting with innovative ideas for reaching net zero and on working together at an ever-greater scale.

Donald Trump will have key levers he can use, but he faces limitations too.

In a nutshell, you can get the distances or the sizes right, but not both. Space is hard!