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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.

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

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

CRYPTO’S CRASH COUNTER • Molly White’s cautionary Web3 blog is pouring cold water on cryptocurrency’s dumpster fires

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

BRING THE NOISE: ADVENTURES IN AUDIO DESIGN • When video game designers need a custom sound effect, it’s playtime for foley artist Joanna Fang

A FRESH SPIN ON TECH REPAIR • Open Funk tackles throwaway culture by making its blender as simple to fix as if buying new

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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The Future of Health

Making sense of cancer • By understanding the maths, we can make better choices about treatment

Virtual clinics tailored to women • Custom end-to-end care can address an array of health issues

Genomics as a healthcare tool • Full-genome sequencing will end the misdiagnosis of rare diseases

Aging and womens’ health • Studying reproductive longevity is key to building health outcome equity

Harmonizing health data • The key to collaborations

Stories are medicine • Patients need to speak and be heard

New paths to brain insights • Neuroscience is getting a boost from artists and engineers

A blood test for cancer • Earlier detection could be made faster and easier

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...