America’s Billion-Dollar Tree Problem Is Spreading

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 11.23.22 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.   America's Billion-Dollar Tree Problem Is Spreading TREES A CROWD | 5-MINUTE READ  Grasslands are being overrun by drought-resistant invaders that wreck animal habitats, suck up water supplies, and can cost landowners a fortune. By Brianna Randall   Turns Out Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes Actually Works BUZZ KILL | 5-MINUTE READ  New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. By Emily Mullin   NASA Will Not Change the James Webb Telescope's Name ASTRONOMY | 2-MINUTE READ  The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial. By Ramin Skibba   Vertical Farming Needs to Grow More Than Salad WIRED IMPACT | 1-MINUTE READ  Indoor agriculture promises to massively reduce the water and land needed to support crops. But at the moment, it only works for a tiny percentage of foods. By Matt Reynolds   For Alzheimer's Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy Answers PUBLIC HEALTH | 5-MINUTE READ  For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a new drug shows promise. By Grace Huckins More from WIRED Science A New Explanation for How Fireflies Flash in Sync This Plastic Packaging Alternative Can Compost in a Year How to Use a Laser to Kick an Electron out of a Molecule Tiny Aerosols Pose a Big Predicament in a Warming World Air Quality Mirrors the Racial Segregation of US Neighborhoods See what our editors are raving about. Get WIRED's Holiday Gift Guide newsletter—a roundup of the best seasonal recommendations from WIRED editors—delivered straight to your inbox.   Tap the link below to join the mailing list and view our latest guides.  SIGN ME UP Trending on WIRED LIKE MAGIC | 19-MINUTE READ What AI-Generated Art Really Means for Human Creativity By Kevin Kelly Artificial intelligence can now make better art than most humans. Soon, these engines of wow will transform how we design just about everything. 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.