Energy Drinks Are Out of Control

PLUS: In a World First, a Patient's Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 12.20.23 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.   Energy Drinks Are Out of Control BUZZKILL | 7-MINUTE READ  Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread's Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe? By Tom Ward   In a World First, a Patient's Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered BIOTECH | 4-MINUTE READ  B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease. By Emily Mullin   School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings DOT PHYSICS | 7-MINUTE READ  Playing the guitar is an art form. But the good vibrations you hear are a science. By Rhett Allain   Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial CLIMATE CHANGE | 6-MINUTE READ  Delegates just agreed on a historic climate deal at COP28. But without more ambition, humanity will have to rely ever more on a contentious strategy: carbon removal. By Matt Simon   The Toxic Truth About Your Christmas Tree WHOA TANNENBAUM | 4-MINUTE READ  Growing the perfect Christmas tree often requires coating saplings in insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, some of which are dangerous to human health. By Ruby McConnell   The Age of Crispr Medicine Is Here WIRED30 | 8-MINUTE READ  The approval of the first Crispr-based therapy is just the beginning. Getting it to patients is the next hurdle. By Emily Mullin ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It's another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become. Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous Extreme conditions caused by climate change are making winter sports more risky. From Colorado to Washington, that's also making mountain rescue missions even more perilous. Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories. Elon Musk's New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation An animal welfare advocacy group claims in a letter to the SEC that Elon Musk again made statements about the health of Neuralink test subjects that may have misled investors. Trending on WIRED KEEP OUT | 15-MINUTE READ Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Top-Secret Hawaii Compound By Guthrie Scrimgeour Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker. A WIRED investigation reveals the true scale of the project—and its impact on the local community. GET WIRED LIMITED TIME ONLY. 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.