A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers Salivating

PLUS: Worried About Nuclear War? Consider the Micromorts, and more

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 10.26.22 Welcome to the WIRED Science newsletter—your weekly roundup of the best stories on health care, the climate crisis, genetic engineering, robotics, space, and more. For all our science coverage, visit WIRED Science.   A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers Salivating SKY SPY | 4-MINUTE READ  The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's key instrument is almost ready to be installed on the telescope, where it will image tens of billions of cosmic objects. By Ramin Skibba   Worried About Nuclear War? Consider the Micromorts MATH DESTRUCTION | 7-MINUTE READ  Calculating the likelihood of dying in a nuclear conflict sounds like an impossible task, but it could give us a whole new way to think about the risk. By Matt Reynolds   The Quest to Treat Binge-Eating and Addiction—With Brain Zaps BIOTECHNOLOGY | 6-MINUTE READ  Delivering small bursts of electric current via brain implants has long been used to treat Parkinson's and epilepsy. Can it work for psychiatric conditions? By Emily Mullin   Sustainable Farming Has an Unlikely Ally: Satellites CASH CROP | 2-MINUTE READ  Growers are using images taken from space to quantify how much carbon is stored in their soil and validate the credits they're selling. By Ben James   After the Flood, the Flesh-Eating Bacteria HOT WATER | 4-MINUTE READ  Florida's storms unleashed deadly vibrio bacteria in their wake. They'll be a growing threat as the world gets warmer and wetter. By Meghan Herbst More from WIRED Science The New Math of Wrinkling Patterns Rats Are Invasive Menaces. These Cameras Spy on Them War Is an Ecological Disaster—but Ukraine Can Build Back Greener The World Needs More Gigantic Sci-Fi Sea Dams Goats and Sheep Are Brawling in the Rockies. Blame Glacial Melt Trending on WIRED FEED ME | 16-MINUTE READ When a Houseplant Obsession Becomes a Nightmare By Brian Howey Some of us just can't resist the allure of the carnivorous Nepenthes. They're beautiful, rare, and in every way life-consuming. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes the print edition plus editor in chief Gideon Lichfield's column, System Update. Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.