Biotech

Brain Drain
Synchron Pauses Trials of Its Brain Implant Due to Performance Issues
After its latest device struggled to perform, brain-computer interface startup Synchon halted clinical trials. The company says it will upgrade the implant’s hardware and is at work on a new device.
Emily Mullin




WIRED World Fair 2026
‘You Don’t Put Your Head in the Sand for 4 Years’: Colossal CEO Ben Lamm on Working With Trump
Brian Kahn



Uncanny Valley
Inside the Exclusive Nathan Fielder Interview
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger



Mirror, Mirror
Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Fernanda González


Cough Cough
There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
Michael Mechanic





Target Practice
‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy
Javier Carbajal

Food Fight
Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food
Mike Grunwald




Enable Brain ID
An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI
Isabella Ward