No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused by Cloud Seeding

PLUS: The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 04.17.24 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. No, Dubai's Floods Weren't Caused by Cloud Seeding WEATHER | 2-MINUTE READ  Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those who blame cloud seeding are misguided. By Amit Katwala The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton DEEP DIVE | 8-MINUTE READ  Long-anticipated experiments that use light to mimic gravity are revealing the distribution of energies, forces, and pressures inside a subatomic particle for the first time. By Charlie Wood Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways INFECTIOUS DISEASE | 5-MINUTE READ  H5N1 has infected cattle across the US and jumped from a mammal to a human for the first time. Experts fear it may someday evolve to spread among humans. By David Cox Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies? DOT PHYSICS | 7-MINUTE READ  To pull off this classic Hollywood stunt, you gotta know your physics! By Rhett Allain The Paradox That's Supercharging Climate Change INEVITABILITY | 4-MINUTE READ  Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming. By Matt Simon US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here's an $830 Million Plan to Fix It WIRED Q&A | 4-MINUTE READ  WIRED spoke with US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent grants to fix ancient roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure before it's too late. By Matt Simon ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science It Takes Guts, Not College, to Fix Wind Turbines for a Living Want one of the fastest-growing jobs in the US? Get used to being high. The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision Elon Musk's Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight. Toronto Wants to Manage Storms and Floods—With a Rain Tax Outcry reached such a crescendo last week that the city canceled public hearings on the tax, which is intended to help offset the hundreds of millions spent managing stormwater and basement flooding. Mexico City's Metro System Is Sinking Fast. Yours Could Be Next Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it's happening at an uneven rate. That's bad news for its sprawling public transportation system. Trending on WIRED TOO BIG TO FAIL | 9-MINUTE READ The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem By Eric Geller Microsoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government's reliance on its systems means the company continues to get a free pass. GET WIRED The future is happening fast. Stay ahead of it with WIRED. Get full tech coverage with a subscription to WIRED for just $30 $5. Plus free stickers! Subscribe Now. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You're receiving this email because you signed up for the Science newsletter from WIRED.   Manage your preferences  |   View our Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us.   Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.