The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.

Within a few minutes of talking to Graham Platner, “I was, like, ‘This guy owes it to the country to run for Senate,’ ” a top political strategist for Zohran Mamdani said. Can Platner win Susan Collins’s seat?

I wrote about Graham Platner, the Maine oyster farmer, running to unseat Susan Collins for The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

Marian Burros, a journalist and cookbook author whose plum torte was one of the most popular recipes in the history of The Times, died on Saturday. She was 92.

Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.

Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The exodus has set off alarms among CDC staff: “My main concern is they will be replaced with puppets." www.wired.com/story/center...

My latest for @wired.com on why you need your own air quality monitor www.wired.com/story/why-yo...

I wrote about the joy and perils of growing lettuce in my son’s room. My latest for @wired.com

Scoop: Here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier research talent to come to Meta: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

My @wired.com colleagues reporting continues to astound me. These SCOOPS were all JUST YESTERDAY: • Migrant children's DNA stored in criminal database • DOGE leader Nicole Hollander is leaving • Former DOGE staffer on how the group was run • Trump visa ban could derail US AI efforts Links below

Virtually every kid in the town reads well. This is an awesome story.

I’ve been thinking about the Streisand effect.

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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

NEW: Sources tell @wired.com that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days *after* US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist: www.wired.com/story/treasu...

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I advocate for no carpet in your home. See @lisawoodshapiro.bsky.social's www.wired.com/story/your-a.... It covers health effects, resuspension and toxic chemicals in carpets. PFAS is used to make things water repellent or stain resistant. Also see this paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/your-a...

I wrote about a houseplant for WIRED www.wired.com/review/neopl...

I wrote about a very fancy air purifier for Wired.