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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 12.07.22 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.   Everyone Is Sick Right Now PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ  For the past two years, social distancing kept seasonal viruses at bay. Now they're roaring back. By Amanda Hoover   All the Actually Important Stuff Neuralink Announced BIOTECH | 5-MINUTE READ  The company is vying for an edge in an increasingly crowded field that seeks to let people control machines with their minds. By Emily Mullin   The Enigma of Dragonfly 44, the Galaxy That's Almost Invisible SPACE ODDITY | 4-MINUTE READ  A growing catalog of huge but dim "ultra-diffuse" galaxies is forcing astronomers to invent new theories of galactic evolution. By Lyndie Chiou   The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here BIOTECH | 6-MINUTE READ  Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up. By Emily Mullin   Park Rangers Are Using Silent Ebikes to Catch Poachers SADDLE UP | 3-MINUTE READ  A Swedish electric bike is helping Mozambique's park rangers protect game and reducing the need for fossil fuel infrastructure in Africa's remotest areas. By Andy Jones Get The Rise and Fall of AlphaBay newsletter   Follow the untold story of the biggest dark web market takedown of all time with exclusive commentary from senior writer Andy Greenberg.  SIGN ME UP More from WIRED Science A Proactive Way to Detect Cancer at Its Earliest Stages Please Stop Freaking Out About This Giant Yellow Spider Amazon's Creep Into Health Care Has Some Experts Spooked The Mystery of Alaska's Disappearing Whales This Low-Cost Test for Hearing Loss Lives on a Smartphone Trending on WIRED GOBLIN MODE | 3-MINUTE READ The Twitter Files Revealed One Thing: Elon Musk Is Trapped By Aarian Marshall and Amanda Hoover Messages show Twitter's past leaders struggling with a tough moderation call with political overtones. Musk is now on the hook for such decisions himself. 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.