A Mountain of Used Clothes Goes Up in Flames

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 01.17.24 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.   A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile's Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames BURN AFTER WEARING | 17-MINUTE READ  The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction. By Julia Shipley and Muriel Alarcón   A Scandal Is Tearing the World of Record-Breaking Dogs Apart DOG DAYS | 5-MINUTE READ  After doubts were raised about a 31-year-old dog, Guinness World Records has paused its records for the world's oldest dogs, leaving one super-old dog in limbo. By Matt Reynolds   The Real Problem With the Boeing 737 Max EMERGENCY LANDING | 5-MINUTE READ  Two tragic crashes over the past six years, then a third plane with loose bodywork—the aircraft designed to send Boeing's reputation soaring has sent it into a tailspin. By Chris Stokel-Walker   A Key to Detecting Brain Disease Earlier Than Ever WIRED WORLD | 3-MINUTE READ  Treatment of Parkinson's, Huntington's, ALS, and other brain diseases depends on reliable detection—especially in those who don't even know they're at risk. An innovative scratch-and-sniff test can help. By Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks   Scabies Is Making a Comeback PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ  Cases of scabies, a highly contagious parasitic skin disease, are on the rise across Europe. The UK in particular is struggling with a shortage of treatments. By David Cox   Unpicking the Mystery of the Body's 'Second Brain' GUT DECISIONS | 7-MINUTE READ  Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand. By Yasemin Saplakoglu ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science The Surprising Things That Helped Make 2023 the Hottest Year Ever The numbers are in: 2023's global temperatures not only soared, but smashed the previous record set in 2016. This year could be even hotter. These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed Ocean exploration to prepare for deep-sea mining has been greenlit in Norway. These are the startups hoping to benefit. The Boeing 737 Max Crisis Reignites Arguments Over Infant Safety on Planes A midair blowout on a Boeing 737 Max 9 showed seatbelts matter, but infants under two still aren't required to have their own seats. Experts say changing the rules would make flying safer for children—but would result in more deaths. Norway's Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound. Trending on WIRED THE SOURCE | 21-MINUTE READ How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin's Anonymity By Andy Greenberg Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named Sarah Meiklejohn proved them all wrong—and set the stage for a decade-long crackdown. 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.

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