An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 07.26.23 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.   An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret EXTREMELY COLD WAR | 4-MINUTE READ  During the Cold War, the US built a network of tunnels in the Greenland ice sheet. Sixty years later, the base has provided a critical clue about the climate crisis. By Matt Simon   Bears Are Coming to a Campground Near You HOT YOGI | 5-MINUTE READ  Extreme heat and other weather events are driving bears closer to humans' campgrounds and hiking trails—and that's no good for either species By Max G. Levy   The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity) WIRED PODCASTS | 23-MINUTE READ  Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future—or to even destroy humanity. By Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode   Ticks and the Diseases They Carry Are Spreading. Can This Drug Stamp Them Out? PUBLIC HEALTH | 6-MINUTE READ  A small study showed that feeding deer a type of ivermectin reduced the number of ticks drinking their blood. (Yes, it's that ivermectin. No, you shouldn't eat it.) By Maryn McKenna   'Embryo Models' Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an 'Embryo' BIOETHICS | 13-MINUTE READ  With constructs built entirely from stem cells, researchers can revolutionize scientific understanding of human development. But how close is too close? By Philip Ball   Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That's a Problem COGNITIVE BIAS | 6-MINUTE READ  Language can shape how you think in subtle and profound ways. But most researchers only study English speakers. By Sofia Quaglia ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science This Rare Case of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel Patients with hairy tongue syndrome—which can also turn tongues black, brown, yellow, or blue—often report gagging, mouth dryness, or bad breath. Why These Surfers Want to Restore a Rainforest In the rainy mountains along Ireland's west coast, the nonprofit Hometree wants to bring back a temperate rainforest ecosystem that has been gone for centuries. Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—but Memorability May Be Universal When humans and a neural network viewed pieces of art, they all found the same images memorable. What those images have in common offers a glimpse into what fascinates the brain. This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space A UK company cofounded by an astrophysicist combines AI with radar satellite imagery to keep track of vegetation, and eventually to make forecasts about its growth. Trending on WIRED THE BOMB | 3-MINUTE READ 'Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.' The Story of Oppenheimer's Infamous Quote By James Temperton The Robert Oppenheimer quote, from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, has come to define the father of the atomic bomb, but its meaning is more complex than many realize 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. 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.