This giant bubble machine is tackling hurricanes

PLUS: Mold everywhere, how wildfire smoke spreads, silencing critics on Twitter, and the best live streaming services. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.01.20   SPORE REPORT A Grim Reality of Reopening: More Mold BY LOUISE MATSAKIS Unoccupied buildings, abandoned during the coronavirus shutdowns, give fungi a great opportunity to move in.   GET AN EARFUL How to (Finally) Listen to All Those Podcasts in Your Queue BY SHARON WATERS Struggling with a backlog of episodes from your favorite shows? These tips will help you listen not just to more, but the best episodes.   BACKCHANNEL A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter BY BRADLEY HOPE AND JUSTIN SCHECK An ongoing investigation reveals how Mohammed bin Salman's team allegedly infiltrated the platform—and got away with it.   GEOENGINEERING Can a Bubble Net Stop a Hurricane? Some Norwegians Think So BY ERIC NIILER An idea to use underwater bubbles to cool oceans and deflate oncoming storms is the latest in a series of far-out schemes for controlling the weather.   AIR TIME A Beautiful Yet Grim Map Shows How Wildfire Smoke Spreads BY MATT SIMON California's blazes have sent a haze across the United States. An experimental model shows where that cloud ends up.   OPINION How States Can Join Forces to Expand Covid Testing BY PUJA OHLHAVER AND ZOË HITZIG Through quadratic funding, big and small states can be rewarded to form compacts that expand testing capacity—and enable states to finally control the pandemic.   BACKCHANNEL The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was BY JO MARCHANT Scientists long believed that biological clocks were predominantly driven by internal rhythms. Then came a fraught discovery—about mollusks and the moon.   BUYING GUIDE The 4 Best Live TV Streaming Services BY JESS GREY AND MEDEA GIORDANO You don't have to give up sports or talk shows when you cut the cord. There are apps for streaming real-time TV, and these are our favorites.   JOURNALISM One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack BY WIRED STAFF This month brings attention to the cases of missing reporters worldwide—including Sri Lankan writer Prageeth Eknelygoda, who was abducted over 10 years ago.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions