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 This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything you need to know to see it at its best. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Space, Look Up 

 Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Nuclear War 

 First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Nuclear Weapons 

 A report on the death of five people in the Titan submersible blames design, maintenance, and inspection flaws for its failure. “It all came back to Mr. Rush,” the head of the investigation told WIRED. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Oceangate 

 WIRED talked with one of the most influential voices in computer science about the potential for AI and quantum to supercharge supercomputers. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Superforecasting 

 Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Family Tree 

 By proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Collision of Ideas 

 Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Biotech, Pewcock 

 With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Environment, Not A Drill