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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 11.30.21   INFRASTRUCTURE | 4-MINUTE READ A Hacking Spree Against Iran Spills Out Into the Physical World BY MATT BURGESS Hackers have targeted the country's trains, gas stations, and airline infrastructure, as cyber conflict with Israel continues to escalate.   PLAY NICE | 5-MINUTE READ Online Gaming Is the New Therapist's Office BY GINA RICH Plenty of us play to let off steam, but online multiplayer and single-player gaming can be healing in the hands of mental health professionals.   BUYING GUIDE | 4-MINUTE READ Get More From Your Multicooker With These 5 Cookbooks BY JOE RAY If you've got an Instant Pot (or something like it), let these books guide you toward some exciting new flavors.   AI-NTIBIOTICS | 7-MINUTE READ An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins BY MAX G. LEVY A team scoured the human proteome for antimicrobial molecules and found thousands, plus a surprise about how animals evolved to fight infections. GET WIRED Cyber Week Sale: Get WIRED for just $10 $5, plus get free stickers! Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Get the news of tomorrow, today with WIRED. Subscribe now.   NEUROSCIENCE | 9-MINUTE READ Your Brain Is an Energy-Efficient 'Prediction Machine' BY ANIL ANANTHASWAMY Results from neural networks support the idea that brains use predictions to create perceptions—and that they work that way to conserve power.   SKY'S THE LIMIT | 7-MINUTE READ Think Climate Change Is Messy? Wait Until Geoengineering BY MATT SIMON Someone's bound to hack the atmosphere to cool the planet. So we urgently need more research on the consequences, says climate scientist Kate Ricke.   IDEAS | 7-MINUTE READ The Watch That Made Everything Now BY CHARLOTTE KENT When the Pulsar debuted in 1972, the first digital watch offered a new concept of time—and foreshadowed our fraught relationship with instantaneity.   GIG ECONOMY | 8-MINUTE READ Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up BY MORGAN MEAKER The delivery app raced to a $1 billion valuation, promising to transform a problem-prone industry. Striking riders say it's no different from its peers.     Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.