The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

PLUS: She Didn't Qualify for a Transplant—So Now She Has a Two Pig Organs, and more.

View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences 04.24.24 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. The Rise of the Carbon Farmer PLANET PIONEERS | 6-MINUTE READ  Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil. By Jessica Rawnsley She Didn't Qualify for a Transplant—So Now She Has a Two Pig Organs XENOTRANSPLANTATION | 4-MINUTE READ  In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump. By Emily Mullin Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse MUSHROOM CLOUD | 4-MINUTE READ  An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive. By Maggie Chen Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust LOW APPETITE | 2-MINUTE READ  Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers. By Matt Reynolds We Finally Know Where Neuralink's Brain Implant Trial Is Happening BRAIN STORM | 2-MINUTE READ  After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute. By Emily Mullin NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From HEADS UP | 6-MINUTE READ  Space law just got a little more complicated. By Stephen Clark, Ars Technica ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building's residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow. Here's a Clever Way to Uncover America's Voting Deserts Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations. Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. That's six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius. How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America's Drought In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town—and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has "opened Pandora's box." Trending on WIRED MONEY PROBLEMS | 4-MINUTE READ Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak By Andy Greenberg The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web. 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.