Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It

PLUS: A Reboot of the Maxwell's Demon Thought Experiment—in Real Life, and more

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 10.19.22 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.   Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don't Work Against It PUBLIC HEALTH | 5-MINUTE READ  Public health officials are racing to contain an outbreak in Uganda. It's an urgent warning to the rest of the world. By Esther Nakkazi   A Reboot of the Maxwell's Demon Thought Experiment—in Real Life HOT STUFF | 6-MINUTE READ  Physicists just reconstructed a 19th-century paradox that seems to violate the second law of thermodynamics (but really doesn't). By Sophia Chen   If You Don't Already Live in a Sponge City, You Will Soon WATERWORLD | 5-MINUTE READ  Less pavement and more green spaces help absorb water instead of funneling it all away—a win-win for people and urban ecosystems. By Matt Simon   What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way's Black Hole May Be the Key STAR POWER | 10-MINUTE READ  Supermassive black holes are engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of our galaxy and its central hole don't quite match expectations. By Thomas Lewton   Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers Call BS R&D | 4-MINUTE READ  A new study finds no correlation between research and development spending and outlandish drug prices. By Grace Browne More from WIRED Science Recycled Battery Materials Can Work as Well as New Ones How Iodine Pills Can—and Can't—Help Against Radiation The US Is Finally Considering Protections Against Salmonella Why Delhi Is Teeming With Mosquitoes A New Tool for Eruption Forecasting: Carbon-Catching Drones Trending on WIRED NUCLEAR THREAT | 4-MINUTE READ How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuke By Vittoria Elliott While tensions over a possible nuclear attack on Ukraine remain high, experts say surveillance will likely catch Russia if it plans to do the unthinkable. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! 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.