Your weekly roundup of the best stories on health care, the climate crisis, genetic engineering, robotics, space, and more.
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Not only is black carbon terrible for human health, but ever-fiercer wildfires are covering the Arctic with the dark particles, accelerating melting. |
The preliminary results of a clinical trial of using heat exposure to combat depression are in—and are fueling cautious optimism that sauna practice could become an accepted treatment. |
Noland Arbaugh is the first to get Elon Musk's brain device. The 30-year-old speaks to WIRED about what it's like to use a computer with his mind—and gain a new sense of independence. |
New research has uncovered a social world full of cheating, cooperation, and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community. |
Got milk? A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald's mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales. |
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back. |
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Users receiving weekly injections saw their weight fall, plateau, and stabilize over the course of a four-year trial—but it's still unclear how long these effects last after stopping taking the drug. |
| The emotional mimicry of OpenAI's new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions. |
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A trial vaccine has succeeded in generating low levels of antibodies needed to target HIV. It's a first but much-needed step toward preventing infection. |
| A store in Singapore is selling lab-grown chicken, but it contains only 3 percent animal cells. |
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Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them. |
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