The Snow Crab Vanishes

PLUS: Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 07.19.23 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 Snow Crab Vanishes GONE: FISHING | 16-MINUTE READ  Over the past few years, billions of snow crabs have unexpectedly disappeared from the Bering Sea. What happens to the Indigenous people who depend on them for survival? By Julia O'Malley   Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them MUSIC THEORY | 5-MINUTE READ  Maybe it's a commercial jingle, a TikTok song, or a new summer bop. Here's how to trick your brain into hitting pause. By Amy Paturel   The Heat Wave Scorching the US Is a Self-Perpetuating Monster EXTREME WEATHER | 3-MINUTE READ  The current record highs in the US are thanks to a heat dome—and it's expected to get worse through the weekend. By Matt Simon   An Ancient Battle Is Playing Out in the DNA of Every Embryo GRUDGE MATCH | 4-MINUTE READ  Millions of years ago, retroviruses invaded the human genome. Today some of these viral remnants threaten the developing embryo while others fight to defend it. By Celia Ford   Fukushima's Radioactive Water Is Going to Be Pumped Into the Ocean—and That's Fine SLOW RELEASE | 6-MINUTE READ  Japan's plan to treat, dilute, and discharge the irradiated water used to cool Fukushima's nuclear reactors is unpopular, but experts say it's safe. By Chris Baraniuk ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Weird Weather Is Making Air Travel Even Worse The Arctic Is a Freezer That's Losing Power To Understand the Human Brain, Give an Octopus MDMA A Novel Type of Neural Network Comes to the Aid of Big Physics Pure Oxygen Speeds Up Learning. Can It Help Stroke Survivors Recover? Trending on WIRED WIRED30 | 13-MINUTE READ A Vast Untapped Green Energy Source Is Hiding Beneath Your Feet By Gregory Barber New experiments in the deserts of Utah and Nevada show how advances in fracking—technology developed by the oil industry—can be repurposed to tap clean geothermal energy anywhere on Earth. 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.