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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 03.15.23 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.   Solar Panels Floating in Reservoirs? We'll Drink to That SUN SPOTS | 5-MINUTE READ  Floating photovoltaic systems, or "floatovoltaics," provide electricity and reduce evaporation. Plus, you don't need to clear land for a solar farm. By Matt Simon   How to Lucid Dream (Even if You Think You Can't) DON'T SLEEP ON THIS | 3-MINUTE READ  Want to take control inside your dreams? Turns out it's a skill you can practice. By Reece Rogers   The Daylight Saving Time Mess Just Won't Go Away SPRING FORWARD | 3-MINUTE READ  Changing the clocks is bad for your health and bad for the economy. The US and Europe are trying to stop the seasonal switches, but with little success. By Amanda Hoover   The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It's a Big Deal VIRTUAL REALITY | 5-MINUTE READ  A new experiment pulled off the most precise measurement of an electron's self-generated magnetic field—and the universe's subatomic model is at stake. By Katrina Miller   How Quantum Physicists 'Flipped Time' (and Didn't) TEMPORAL SHENANIGANS | 5-MINUTE READ  In 2022, two teams made photons act as if time were simultaneously flowing in both directions, which could point to a way to boost quantum devices. By Charlie Wood More from WIRED Science The World's First 3D-Printed Rocket Is About to Launch No One Knows if You Need Another Covid Booster Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nukes Pi Is Hiding Everywhere As Millions of Solar Panels Age Out, Recyclers Hope to Cash In Trending on WIRED OPIOID CRISIS | 20-MINUTE READ On the Trail of the Fentanyl King By Benoît Morenne An Iraqi translator for the US military emigrated to Texas to start a new life. He ended up becoming one of the biggest drug dealers on the dark web. Explore the Future of Health WIRED Health highlights the most exciting and thought-provoking disrupters, scientists, and practitioners making a positive change in the way we provide and access health care. The editorially curated, community-driven event gathers medical practitioners, health technologists, pharmaceutical leaders, and entrepreneurs for a day of eye-opening, inspirational stories.   Find out more here. 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.