What Do We Owe the Octopus?

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 10.11.23 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.   What Do We Owe the Octopus? BIOETHICS | 5-MINUTE READ  Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys. By Emily Mullin   This First Peek Inside NASA's OSIRIS-REx Capsule Is a Glimpse Back in Time MEET MY DUST | 4-MINUTE READ  Scientists finally opened the rock sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA's OSIRIS-REx captured a treasure trove of material from the solar system's earliest days. By Ramin Skibba   The EU Just Kicked Off Its Biggest Climate Experiment Yet GREEN TAX | 5-MINUTE READ  The world's largest single market has launched a bold plan to tax carbon at its borders. The rest of the world is paying very close attention. By Matt Reynolds   New Malaria Vaccines Offer a Real Shot at Fighting the Disease PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ  A malaria vaccine that could protect millions of children against the parasite-borne disease is expected to roll out early next year. It follows another formula that has already had moderate success. By Maryn McKenna   Heat Waves in the Ground Are Getting More Extreme—and Perilous CLIMATE CHANGE | 5-MINUTE READ  The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences. By Matt Simon   How These Nobel-Winning Physicists Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time 0.000000000000000001 | 5-MINUTE READ  The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons. By Charlie Wood ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Meet the Next Generation of Doctors—and Their Surgical Robots Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots designed to make surgeries easier. In Defense of the Rat Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them? Amazon Is Going to Fill the Sky With Satellites. Astronomers Aren't Happy Large constellations of satellites interfere with telescope observations, and Amazon will eventually add another 3,200 of them to the night sky. Scientists are concerned and searching for solutions. California Nixes a Bill to Decriminalize Plant-Based Psychedelics Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 58, which would have allowed adults to possess small amounts of mescaline, DMT, and psilocybin, the hallucinogen in magic mushrooms Trending on WIRED NO VACANCY | 4-MINUTE READ New York's Airbnb Ban Is Descending Into Pure Chaos By Amanda Hoover People are listing short-term rentals on social media and lesser-known platforms, bolstering a rental black market in New York City. GET WIRED Unmissable Deals for Two Days Only. Get full Prime Day coverage with a subscription to WIRED for just $29.99 $5. 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.