Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie

PLUS: A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 01.03.24 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.   Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie YEAR IN REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ  Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front of them? By Matt Reynolds   A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry HIGH STEAKS | 4-MINUTE READ  A tiny proportion of Americans—particularly boomers—eat the majority of the nation's beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation? By Matt Reynolds   The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up YEAR IN REVIEW | 6-MINUTE READ  Thanks in part to Elon Musk, the field of brain-computer interfaces has captured both public and investor interest, with a cadre of companies now developing implantable devices. By Emily Mullin   This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner BODY SCAN | 3-MINUTE READ  Inspired by her aunt's battle with cancer, Canan Dağdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor that can screen women between regular checkups. She says it could save 12 million lives a year. By Grace Browne   The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System's Hidden Oceans COLD WATER | 9-MINUTE READ  The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans which could support life beyond Earth. But it's not clear why these seas exist at all. By Robin Andrews   20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ  From the falling costs of renewable energy to new treatments for a whole host of diseases, 2023 wasn't all doom and gloom. By Sabrina Weiss ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science The Plan to Put Pig Genes in Soy Beans for Tastier Fake Meat Molecular farming company Moolec has inserted pig genes into soy beans to generate meaty-tasting proteins that can be grown in plants. The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms. These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating planets that defy classification—forcing them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation. Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back. Trending on WIRED YEAR IN REVIEW | 8-MINUTE READ The 16 Best Books of 2023 By Kate Knibbs From a rollicking crypto investigation to an unexpectedly moving novel about poetry-spouting AI, these are the best books we read in 2023. 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 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.