Brian Kahn

Wired is asking the important questions about a new startup that wants to genetically modify military dogs and kit them out with Anduril tech (also noting this is not a denial!) www.wired.com/story/cool-c...

The leap second is dead. But don’t worry! In a thousand years or so they’re going to add a leap hour to make up the difference. from @blkahn.bsky.social

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Took a break from writing about climate change to write about the leap second (just kidding, the leap second is a climate change story because of course it is)

Two neighbors live less than 2,000 feet apart. One pays up to $500/month for electricity. The other averages $130. One has investor-owned National Grid. The other by a municipal utility. @popovichn.bsky.social and I dug into America’s widening power bill divide: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

I firmly believe Digger will eventually be seen as a cult classic and so much of what @mollytaft.com says here is why

brb walking into the Mariana Trench

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So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...

We’ve gone from “natural climate variability on the timescale of geologic eras means humans aren’t causing modern climate change” to “natural climate variability over geological eras means AI-driven solar radiation modification is the only sustainable climate solution”

SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.

“How can our country compete with the Russians in the Arctic if we ignore what’s causing the present-day melting?”

I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com

NEW: gas power in development in the US explicitly for data centers have nearly doubled in less than a year, soaring from 97GW at the end of 2025 to more than 189GW mid-2026, according to shocking new figures from @globalenergymon.bsky.social that's up from just 4 GW in 2024:

NEW: The border wall doesn’t just threaten the natural history of Big Bend National Park. It also threatens to erase 6,000 years of culturally significant sites, rock art, and more on private land in Texas—including some sites that have yet to be fully documented

The @sciencewriters.org meeting is just over a month away at @oregonstate.edu! #SciWri26 Check out this amazing Pitch Slam panel: @blkahn.bsky.social @wired.com @rachelcourtland.com @technologyreview.com @hanner.bsky.social @quantamagazine.org Chuck Squatriglia @grist.org Polish those pitches!

NEW: i dove deep into the plans for several massive power plants being built specifically to power data centers crucially, they're designed much less efficiently than gas-fired power plants that are connected to the electric grid: www.wired.com/story/real-r...

Today in unexpected climate change impacts... www.reuters.com/business/env...

Activist and grassroots organizer Will Lawrence has won the Democratic primary election in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, with a campaign focused on data centers’ regulation and demanding accountability for big tech and AI companies. www.wired.com/story/anti-d...

If you read one thing today, make it @mollytaft.com writing in @wired.com on data centers, the Unabomber, and how the backlash is rewiring American politics www.wired.com/story/how-da...

🚨 Journalism Jobs Alert 🚨 @sfgate.com, the largest media site in Calif., is once again HIRING! Looking for: - ✍️ Deputy Managing Editor, News Division - 🌲 North Coast Contributing Editor (part-time) - 📹 Social Video Producer (part-time) Quick 🧵 on what we're looking for 👇

A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You might find this pod I did interesting, because we grapple with that question www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

is it bad when a weather historian refers to a global heat wave as ”absolute insanity?”

Really interesting story here. You know how the hyperscaler cowboys are powering their data centers with gas turbines? It turns out the demands of AI are not very friendly to those turbines. They're supposed to last 5+ years & instead they're wearing out in under 12 months!

I’m looking for a freelancer based in Spain or France to cover the wildfires and heat wave. If that’s you, my DMs are open and I’d love to talk through story ideas!

"wildfires in Spain overran one of three observatories the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses to connect with spacecraft, including Voyager 1, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the recently completed Artemis mission around the Moon."

Look who’s taking the side of explosive diarrhea

Climate change has now become a problem for the whole solar system

MSG owner James Dolan insists that the facial recognition system deployed at his venues is an essential security measure. So why was it disabled during one of the year's most high-profile events: the pre-wedding celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? www.wired.com/story/for-ta...

NEW: the trump administration is quietly pushing to change rules that could give the public much less advance notice when a polluting facility comes to their neighborhoods the move comes as communities across the country mobilize against data centers and the gas turbines and diesel engines some use

Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected. www.wired.com/story/abdul-...

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

DOGE axed the CDC team that tracks cyclospora. Now 1000s are sick, restaurants & hospitals scrambling. What's next? “Cyclospora is just one piece. It's making the news right now, but there are other, more dangerous pathogens.” By @emilymullin.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

There were 11 people working at the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora. Now there are 3 thanks to DOGE

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

A statement from WIRED leadership.

🫡 @wired.com's science section is here to serve

More shitty news www.wired.com/story/everyo...

Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming your colleagues filming it

I regret to inform you that the explosive diarrhea will get worse before it gets better www.wired.com/story/explos...