What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick?

PLUS: An Invisible 'Demon' Lurks in an Odd Superconductor, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 12.06.23 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 Race to Find What's Making America's Dogs Sick OUTBREAK | 5-MINUTE READ  Hundreds of dogs across multiple states have been struck down with a severe respiratory illness. Veterinarians suspect a mystery bacteria but are still grasping for clues. By Sassafras Lowrey   An Invisible 'Demon' Lurks in an Odd Superconductor THAT'S SO METAL | 5-MINUTE READ  Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would be all but invisible. Now physicists have spotted these "demon modes." By Charlie Wood   Want to Store a Message in DNA? That'll Be $1,000 LONG TERM MEMORY | 4-MINUTE READ  French startup Biomemory is rolling out a credit card-sized storage device that uses DNA to encode a kilobyte of text data. By Emily Mullin   Inside India's Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River DIRTY WORK | 15-MINUTE READ  The Ganges river is one of the world's most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation. By Oliver Franklin-Wallis   Was Bobi the World's Oldest Dog—or a Fraud? DOG DAYS | 6-MINUTE READ  A quest to uncover the truth about Bobi, named the "oldest dog ever" by Guinness World Records, led to dog fur experts and conspiracy theories and left me with serious questions about how world records are verified. By Matt Reynolds   Ozempic Could Also Help You Drink Less Alcohol COLD TURKEY | 4-MINUTE READ  Mounting evidence bolsters the idea that drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—can hamper a thirst for booze. By Grace Browne ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Women Buy More Cars, So Why Are the Designs So Macho? It's not just Elon Musk's Cybertruck. Car design is largely geared toward men, even though women buy more than 60 percent of all new cars sold in the US. EVs are a chance to right that wrong. Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can 'Hear' Them In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects. Coffee Lovers, It's Time to Stop Using K-Cups This week, we talk with our resident kitchen expert about coffee: the best ways to make it, what gear to buy, and what to avoid. The 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling 23andMe has provided more information about the scope and scale of its recent breach, but with these details come more unanswered questions. Trending on WIRED WIRED30 | 7-MINUTE READ Dispatch from the Future: The Must-Have Gadgets and Gear of 2053 By Gear Team To celebrate WIRED's 30th birthday, we asked the experts—and our imaginations—to dream up the cars, phones, televisions, and other tools of tomorrow. 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.