Cryptographers Are Getting Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches

PLUS: How the Mighty Heat Pump Helps EVs in the Cold, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 01.24.24 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.   Cryptographers Are Getting Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches INCOGNITO MODE | 4-MINUTE READ  Three researchers have found a long-sought way to pull information from large databases secretly. If the process can be streamlined, fully private browsing could be possible. By Madison Goldberg   How the Mighty Heat Pump Helps EVs in the Cold COLD COMFORT | 4-MINUTE READ  "Any electric vehicle that doesn't have a heat pump is a dinosaur already," one expert tells WIRED. By Aarian Marshall and Matt Simon   Scientists Will Test a Cancer-Hunting mRNA Treatment ON TARGET | 3-MINUTE READ  Strand Therapeutics has figured out a way to turn the molecule on and off in certain tissues to more precisely treat tumors. By Emily Mullin   The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat MINCING THE TRUTH | 4-MINUTE READ  A new ad campaign is targeting the cultivated meat industry on TV and online. Industry supporters criticize it as unscientific. By Matt Reynolds   The World's Essential Aquifers Are in Deep Trouble WELL, WELL, WELL | 4-MINUTE READ  New research finds that the groundwater systems that hydrate your life are in rapid, sometimes accelerating decline around the globe. Here's how to stop the retreat. By Matt Simon   A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days ORGAN TRAIL | 4-MINUTE READ  Researchers want to use genetically engineered pig organs to help support people with liver failure. By Emily Mullin ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science The Last-Ditch Effort to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline The gas pipeline stretching across Virginia and West Virginia is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one. The World's First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children Starts Now On Monday, Cameroon became the first nation to establish routine childhood malaria immunizations. The race is on to give protection to as many people as possible. Why the Polar Vortex Is Bad for Balloon Artists Leave a balloon out in the cold and it'll shrink and look pathetic. Sorry, but that's the law—the ideal gas law. Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths The world's trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere. Trending on WIRED MODEL BEHAVIOR | 7-MINUTE READ Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect's Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It By Dhruv Mehrotra Police around the US say they're justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that's a bad idea. GET WIRED Our Winter 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 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.