Inside the Race to Crush Paris’ Bedbug Crisis

PLUS: Abandoned Farms Are a Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 10.18.23 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.   Inside the Race to Crush Paris' Bedbug Crisis PEST CONTROL | 5-MINUTE READ  Humans are teaming up with dogs to eliminate the blood-sucking pests, but there's no overarching strategy, just eye-watering costs. By Anne Pouzargues   Abandoned Farms Are a Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity SECOND LIFE | 7-MINUTE READ  A billion acres of old farmland—an area half the size of Australia—has fallen out of use. Ecologists say the lands and degraded forests are neglected resources for rewilding and for capturing carbon. By Fred Pearce   Chum Salmon Are Spawning in the Arctic. It's an Ominous Sign SOMETHING FISHY | 4-MINUTE READ  The fish may be a harbinger of dramatic warming in the north—and rapidly transforming ecosystems. By Matt Simon   Magnetic Minerals May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry GOING CHIRAL | 10-MINUTE READ  The preferred "handedness" of biomolecules could have emerged from interactions between electrons and magnetic surfaces on primordial Earth, new research suggests. By Yasemin Saplakoglu   Personalized Nutrition Programs Are Making People Feel Weird About Food SUGAR RUSH | 6-MINUTE READ  Some doctors warn that personalized nutrition apps like Zoe can cause otherwise well patients an unhealthy amount of worry. By Grace Browne and Matt Reynolds   A Groundbreaking Human Brain Cell Atlas Just Dropped NEUROSCIENCE | 5-MINUTE READ  The comprehensive collection of 21 studies attempts to map all the brain's cell types and offers hope of one day being able to trace brain diseases to their genetic roots. By Celia Ford Shopping season is just around the corner and WIRED is here to help. Sign up for our Deals newsletter to make sure you know about the best deals, sales, and WIRED-tested recommendations. SIGN ME UP ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science How Hop Nerds Are Saving Your Favorite Beer From Climate Change Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants' yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions. NASA's Psyche Mission Is Off to Test a Space Laser (for Communications) The Psyche probe is heading to its namesake metal-rich asteroid. Along the way, it will demonstrate a near-infrared laser system to send high-rate data hundreds of millions of miles home. DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Solve the Climate Crisis WIRED spoke with DeepMind's climate lead about techno-utopianism, ways AI can help fight climate change, and what's currently standing in the way. Why Scientists Are Bugging the Rainforest Scientists use microphones and AI to automatically detect species by their chirps and croaks. This bioacoustics research could be critical for protecting ecosystems on a warming planet. Trending on WIRED JOB HUNT | 4-MINUTE READ Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare By Amanda Hoover Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. GET WIRED Our Fall Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus! 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.