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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 06.14.23 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.   Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback MAKE WAVES | 6-MINUTE READ  Faced with the difficult task of decarbonizing, some shipping companies are taking another look at a polarizing solution—nuclear fission. By Chris Baraniuk   What the Scientists Who Pioneered Weight-Loss Drugs Want You to Know OZEMPIC | 9-MINUTE READ  Two researchers whose work led to the development of Wegovy and Ozempic spoke to WIRED about the creation of these drugs and how they should be used. By Matt Reynolds   Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence HYPERVECTORS | 8-MINUTE READ  By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, scientists can get machines to reason more abstractly—and efficiently—than before. By Anil Ananthaswamy   Ocean Currents Are Slowing, With Potentially Devastating Effects OCEANS DAY | 5-MINUTE READ  Melting Antarctic ice is disrupting the movement of deep seawater, which could further destabilize weather patterns around the world. By Bianca Nogrady   The Kakhovka Dam Collapse Is an Ecological Disaster ECOCIDE | 4-MINUTE READ  Water surging from the broken Ukrainian dam is killing animals, destroying habitats, and unleashing pollution. The effects may be irreversible. By Chris Baraniuk ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Many Newly Discovered Species Are Already Gone The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix This Artificial Muscle Moves Stuff on Its Own Bees Get All the Love. Won't Someone Think of the Moths? Trending on WIRED WARNING LIGHTS | 9-MINUTE READ A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws By Jeremy White and Aarian Marshall The "alpha" version of the EV company's first pickup had problems with braking, handling, noise, and leaks, according to an internal presentation. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. ADVERTISEMENT 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.