Incredible reporting from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social about a school Mark Zuckerberg opened on his Palo Alto compound and operated for years with no permits, permissions, anything at all

Over on the other site, gene-editing scientist Lucas Harrington announced a new company to explore "preventive gene editing." In case you're counting, this is the third startup openly pursuing plans to edit human embryos. More on the company here: www.preventive.bio/blog/announc...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, a new biotech startup called Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of editing human embryos. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/startu...

Remember when RFK Jr. was against fracking? Kennedy once said he'd ban fracking, which is known to contaminate groundwater and surface water and has been linked to certain cancers. Yet now he's taking the administration's stance against wind energy: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

WIRED has learned that surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a gene-edited pig kidney from 67-year-old Tim Andrews. The organ functioned for nearly nine months, longer than any previous pig organ transplant. www.wired.com/story/man-ha...

The CDC's union estimates that a quarter of the agency been gutted under the Trump administration. Here's our story at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

WIRED reporter here. If you're a CDC worker and would like to share any information on the RIFs, feel free to message me at emullin.06 on Signal.

New from @sameagan.bsky.social: The right has capitalized off manosphere fitness content for years, but the left is finally pushing back. One prominent Democratic operative offered two fitness influencers over $10K each to make leftist content: www.wired.com/story/as-the...

Despite indications that RFK Jr. would limit access to Covid vaccines, shots will be widely available again soon with insurance still covering them (at least through the end of the year). My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/covid-...

Apropos of nothing, if you are an HHS employee and would like to securely send me a tip, you can contact me at emullin.06 on Signal. Or send me an anonymous email here: www.emilymullin.com/contact

EXCLUSIVE: Startup Cognixion is launching the first-of-its-kind clinical trial to use the Apple Vision Pro as a brain-computer interface to help severely paralyzed people communicate. www.wired.com/story/this-s...

NEW: In a controversial step that raises the possibility of a new kind of infertility treatment, scientists made eggs from human skin cells. Spoiler: The resulting embryos were abnormal and importantly, they weren't used to start a pregnancy. My story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/scient...

My local women’s hiking group is doing a horse yoga event and I have questions.

EXCLUSIVE: A startup used AI to develop a psychedelic without the trip—and it worked (in a small, initial study). It's part of a new class of drugs that could hopefully treat mental illness without the intensity of traditional psychedelics. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-star...

Coming to a city near you

After recording 12+ hours of the ACIP meeting, my transcription software service just warned me that I am approaching my monthly account minutes limit.💀

Today, ACIP voted down its own proposal to require prescriptions for Covid vaccines. It also voted to recommend “individual-based decision-making,” aka talk to a healthcare provider before getting one. So, uh, what exactly was the point of this meeting? www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

At the ACIP meeting this afternoon, a representative from the American Pharmacists Association had to point out to members that in many states, the authority for pharmacists to give vaccines is based on ACIP recommendations. It's as if the new ACIP members don't actually know what ACIP does.

Day 2 of ACIP: The committee just voted 11-1 in favor of tabling the hepatitis B vaccine issue. This was the anticipated vote language:

I watched 7 hours of yesterday's ACIP meeting so you didn't have to. www.wired.com/story/vaccin...

At ACIP meeting, Joseph Hibbeln and Cody Meissner are questioning why they're being asked to evaluate changing MMRV and hep B vaccine recommendations when there's no new data on either. Will be watching to see if these two are mysteriously dropped from ACIP in coming months.

ICYMI: Former CDC director Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. demanded she sign off on changes to the vaccine schedule regardless of whether they were backed by scientific evidence. “Even under pressure, I could not replace evidence with ideology or compromise my integrity." www.wired.com/story/susan-...

In case you wondering, we continue to not use ChatGPT at WIRED to write our story drafts.

At the WIRED Health summit last week, Harvard biochemist David Liu said his lab is on the verge of revealing a single gene-editing strategy that could rescue multiple unrelated diseases: www.wired.com/story/the-ne...

NEW: i took a look at new research from @oilchange.bsky.social which finds that taxpayers are on the hook for an additional $4 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the one big beautiful bill:

NEW: Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink filed to trademark the names 'Telepathy' and 'Telekinesis' back in March. But it turns out another party actually filed for the trademarks first. www.wired.com/story/uspto-...

"The case of Bi and her surrogate shows how, in an environment with little regulation and extreme inequality, the miracle of life can mutate into a death sentence." Absolutely harrowing long read about the power dynamics of surrogacy on @wired.com today: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

2020 vibes. fox4kc.com/news/covid-1...

EVs, solar panels, and now, brain-computer interfaces. In a new policy document, China has signaled its ambition to become a world leader in the same brain technology that Elon Musk's Neuralink is building. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/china-...

The CDC is in chaos. If you’re a current employee and would like to share information anonymously, please reach out via Signal: emullin.06 www.wired.com/story/center...

🚨Journalism job alert🚨 We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...

Got an unusual tip a few weeks ago about a spike in ant smuggling. It’s a case study in how slashing federal agencies is having all kinds of trickle down consequences: www.wired.com/story/usda-a...

The nasal spray flu vaccine FluMist was first approved in 2003. Now, instead of going to a pharmacy to get it, you can order it online and take it at home. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/now-yo...

While HHS is winding down mRNA vaccine research, it has quietly endorsed other efforts into mRNA treatments for cancer and genetic disorders. It seems contradictory, but it's consistent with RFK Jr.'s world view: vaccines = bad; experimental treatments = good. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

Journal will NOT retract the Danish paper that found aluminum in childhood vaccines wasn't linked to increased risk of conditions like autism & asthma. Retraction calls — including from Sec. Kennedy — appear to be based on a dislike of the findings, editor says. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

The Cleveland Clinic is gearing up to deploy a large-scale AI model trained not on text but on the brain's language (EEG data). Get ready to hear a lot more about brain foundation models. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...

The National Review, a leading conservative magazine, tells RFK Jr., "Don't abandon mRNA." www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/dont...

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/states...

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Florida Is Now a Haven for Unproven Stem-Cell Treatments. Story by @emilymullin.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/florid...

I went on @wired.com's Uncanny Valley podcast this week to talk brain-computer interfaces with @laurengoode.bsky.social and @snackfight.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/uncann...

In a measure that flouts the FDA, Florida says doctors can give unapproved stem-cell therapies for wound care, pain management, or orthopedic purposes. www.wired.com/story/florid...

WIRED is hiring! We're looking for a senior writer to cover the frontiers of scientific advancement—breakthroughs in space tech, quantum science, nanotechnology, batteries, and more—and the people and companies behind them. This role is based in our London office. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

A new Florida law that took effect this month sidesteps the FDA by allowing patients to access certain stem-cell treatments that have not been rigorously evaluated and approved. More states could follow under RFK's tenure. My latest for @wired.com:

we got an AI action plan folks www.wired.com/story/trumps...

Do you want to write for @wired.com? We're looking for a writer to cover space tech, quantum science, nanotech, and batteries—and the people and companies behind them. This role is based out of our London office. Details here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

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Introducing my new premium newsletter for @wired.com, Inner Loop. This inaugural edition is right in the wheelhouse of what you can expect — the intersection of Trumpworld and Silicon Valley billionaires — but if you'll indulge me in a thread on our new subscription.. www.wired.com/story/peter-...