A New Headset Aims to Treat Alzheimer’s With Light and Sound
An experimental device developed by Cognito Therapeutics seeks to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients using light and sound.
https://www.wired.com/story/cognito-wearable-device-light-sound-treatment-alzheimers-dementia/
Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth
De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has found a way to reprogram elephant cells, a technical breakthrough that could lead to the return of the long-lost mammals.
Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble
White spruce are spreading in the high north, thanks to extra snow. That “Arctic greening” has serious climate implications.
https://www.wired.com/story/arctic-trees-sea-ice-snow-warming/
This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything
When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with each other.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-your-brain-is-doing-when-youre-not-doing-anything/
The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It
A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from US nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.
Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That
Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What its AI is discovering today will help shape the regulations of tomorrow.
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-policy-radar-michal-nachmany-data-ai/
Spain's Tragic Tower Block Fire Exposes the World's Failing Fire Regulations
A deadly tower block blaze in Spain has focused attention on notorious flammable building materials—but around the world, there's little momentum to stop using them.
https://www.wired.com/story/valencia-tower-fire-grenfell-cladding-siding/
US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
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With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-cities-could-be-capturing-billions-of-gallons-of-rain-a-day/
Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment
Governments, businesses, and even militaries pay for the help of experts to help them prepare for the worst. In a world lurching from disaster to disaster, they're doing so more often.
https://www.wired.com/story/permacrisis-emergency-planners-lucy-easthope-disaster-wired-health/
Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently.
Alabama IVF Patients Are Running Out of Time
“I feel so powerless in this state.”
https://www.wired.com/story/alabama-ivf-patients-state-supreme-court-ruling/
A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life
A 1970s plan to grow underwater limestone objects has been repurposed as a way of regenerating the seabed, reestablishing corals, and stopping coastal erosion.
https://www.wired.com/story/coral-restoration-tom-dixon-furniture-subhair-khan-open-ended-design/
There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hidden in an as-yet-unseen extra dimension. Scientists are racing to test the theory to see if it holds up.
Frequent Heavy Rain Has Made California a Mudslide Hotspot
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Los Angeles saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding.
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-rain-wetter-world-mudslides/
Odysseus Marks the First US Moon Landing in More Than 50 Years
A Houston-based company called Intuitive Machines made lunar history this week.
https://www.wired.com/story/odysseus-moon-landing-lunar-nasa-intuitive-machines/
Is This New 50-Year Battery for Real?
BetaVolt’s nuclear battery lasts for decades, but you won’t see one in your next iPhone—powering a mobile device would require a cell the size of a yak.
https://www.wired.com/story/is-this-50-year-battery-for-real/
What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump
Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be cost-effective. Here’s how the revolution would play out.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-would-happen-if-every-american-got-a-heat-pump/
A New Startup Wants to Turn the Sugar You Eat Into Fiber
Americans eat too much sugar. Food tech company Zya is developing a substance to add to sweet foods that can convert some of that sugar into fiber in the digestive system.
Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t
Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial subject can control a computer mouse with their brain, but some researchers are frustrated by a lack of information about the study.
https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-brain-implant-elon-musk-transparency-first-patient-test-trial/
A Startup’s Mission to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth Is Being Made Into a Docuseries
Colossal Biosciences has started work on a five-year-long docuseries that follows its de-extinction efforts. That’s just the beginning of its small-screen plans.
https://www.wired.com/story/colossal-biosciences-james-reed-documentary/