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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 03.22.23 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 Filthy Truth About Your Tap Water ICK FACTOR | 3-MINUTE READ  The US is proposing bold action to clean thousands of "forever chemicals" out of drinking water. It's long overdue. By Amanda Hoover   Russia's Space Program Is in Big Trouble OUT OF ORBIT | 5-MINUTE READ  A set of Soyuz spacecraft coolant leaks hints that Roscosmos is struggling as the space agency loses international partnerships and funding. By Ramin Skibba   Warnings About Humanity's Future Don't Get More Dire Than This BOILING POINT | 4-MINUTE READ  The planet is on track for catastrophic warming unless countries take extreme action, according to the IPCC's latest climate report. By Matt Simon   This Is the Lightest Paint in the World COLOR ME COOL | 5-MINUTE READ  An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler. By Max G. Levy   Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel? BUG'S LIFE | 6-MINUTE READ  More than a trillion insects are raised each year as high-protein, low-carbon animal feed, but the practice might have an ethical blind spot. By Matt Reynolds More from WIRED Science It's Official: No More Crispr Babies—for Now What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe How a Beam of Pellets Could Blast a Probe Into Deep Space Feral Hogs Are the Invasive Menace You've Never Thought About How to Create Your Optimal Bedtime Routine Trending on WIRED WE ❤️ HARDWARE | 32-MINUTE READ I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory By Virginia Heffernan As the US boosts production of silicon chips, a WIRED journalist goes inside the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global industry. 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 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.