Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 03.13.24 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. Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply THIRSTY WORK | 8-MINUTE READ  Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe. By Fred Pearce Stumped by Heat Pumps? DOT PHYSICS | 5-MINUTE READ  Our in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels. By Rhett Allain Get Ready to Eat Pond Plants THE AMAZING AZOLLA | 5-MINUTE READ  Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process. Could it be a food—and fertilizer and biofuel—of the future? By Matt Simon So You Want to Rewire Brains YOUR NEXT JOB | 3-MINUTE READ  When everyone's hooking their brains up to computers, we'll need BCI surgeons to install the hardware. By Caitlin Kelly Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest TIPPING POINT | 4-MINUTE READ  Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades. By Quentin Septer Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better MEMORY DUMP | 4-MINUTE READ  Erasing key information during training allows machine learning models to learn new languages faster and more easily. By Amos Zeeberg ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon's New UFO Report Fails to Answer The Pentagon says it's not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs. Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they're just dangerous in different ways. Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back. The 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die Here's how to stream the best sci-movies of all time, from Dune: Part Two to The Matrix. Trending on WIRED DANGER ZONE | 19-MINUTE READ There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764 By Ali Winston A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse. 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.

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In a recent update to the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection, developer Aspyr addresses a crucial player concern: key visibility. Released on March 12th, 2024, this update aims to enhance the player experience by making keys easier to spot, alongsi… Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Read on blog or Reader New Tomb Raider I-III Remastered update improves key visibility and more Aiden March 13 In a recent update to the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection, developer Aspyr addresses a crucial player concern: key visibility. Released on March 12th, 2024, this update aims to enhance the player experience by making keys easier to spot, alongside various other improvements. Since its debut on the Nintendo Switch last month, Tomb Raider I-III […] Read more of this post Comment

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The official Sea of Stars account has tweeted that the game has now been played by over five million players worldwide. The classic RPG will soon be getting a three player mode as well, which is being dubbed by Sabotage Studios as Single-Player+. A rele… Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Read on blog or Reader Sea of Stars reaches 5 million players Sickr March 13 The official Sea of Stars account has tweeted that the game has now been played by over five million players worldwide. The classic RPG will soon be getting a three player mode as well, which is being dubbed by Sabotage Studios as Single-Player+. A release date for the three player mode has yet to be […] Read more of this post Comment

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