The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases Wired By: Emily Mullin 22 January 2026 at 06:00 A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed.
He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now Heβs Planning to Do It Again Wired By: Emily Mullin 20 January 2026 at 06:00 Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimerβs and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a βNazi eugenic experiment.β
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altmanβs New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs Wired By: Emily Mullin 15 January 2026 at 13:24 Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.