The Bird Flu Outbreak Has Taken an Ominous Turn

PLUS: Fat, Sugar, Salt ... You've Been Thinking About Food All Wrong, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 02.22.23 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.   The Bird Flu Outbreak Has Taken an Ominous Turn PUBLIC HEALTH | 6-MINUTE READ  The avian flu has killed millions of chickens, decimated wild birds—and moved into mammals. Now the poultry industry needs new measures to stop its spread. By Maryn McKenna   Fat, Sugar, Salt ... You've Been Thinking About Food All Wrong JUNK SCIENCE | 8-MINUTE READ  Scientists are asking tough questions about the health effects of ultra-processed diets. The answers are complicated—and surprising. By Matt Reynolds   The Secret to Bruce Lee's Superhuman One-Inch Punch DOT PHYSICS | 8-MINUTE READ  Martial arts moves can seem magical, but maybe they just display a mastery of physics. By Rhett Allain   A Robot Finds More Trouble Under the Doomsday Glacier CLIMATE CHANGE | 4-MINUTE READ  Underneath thousands of feet of Thwaites Glacier's solid ice, a bot filmed peculiar features, where melting is much faster. It's an ominous sign for rising sea levels. By Matt Simon   The Ohio Derailment Lays Bare the Hellish Plastic Crisis NIGHTMARE FUEL | 4-MINUTE READ  Events in East Palestine are a stark reminder that plastic is destroying the planet. From its production to its use to its disposal, the stuff is a poison. By Matt Simon More from WIRED Science The Floods, the Farms, and the River That Roared Back The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI Art A Stroke Paralyzed Her Arm. This Implant Let Her Use It Again A Tiny Sun in a Jar Is Shedding Light on Solar Flares New Zealand Faces a Future of Flood and Fire Trending on WIRED IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ The Future of Weight Loss Looks a Lot Like Its Past By Eleanor Cummins The FDA's new anti-obesity medications, like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, sound like silver bullets. Bariatric surgery did once too. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes unlimited access to wired.com plus free stickers! 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 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.