Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

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View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences 05.29.24 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. HOT AIR | 5-MINUTE READ  Don't Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps By Matt Simon Not only do heat pumps work fine in cold weather, they're still more efficient than gas furnaces in such conditions. CLIMATE CHANGE | 6-MINUTE READ  Mexico Is So Hot, Monkeys Are Falling to Their Death From Trees By Geraldine Castro Authorities and conservation groups are investigating the deaths of dozens of howler monkeys in Tabasco, where extreme heat and land-use change appear to be threatening the vulnerable species. POWER UP | 2-MINUTE READ  How Many Charging Stations Would We Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations? By Aarian Marshall The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we're going to need a lot of chargers. PHYSICS | 11-MINUTE READ  Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell By Charlie Wood Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles—though not yet those of our universe. FLASHING LIGHTS | 3-MINUTE READ  The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum By Dennis Mersereau Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights. GREEN ENERGY | 4-MINUTE READ  US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape By Christopher Niezrecki This year has seen wind farm costs rise and many projects canceled as developers struggle with opaque regulations and determined opposition—but the industry is far from dead. ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?! Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into pink pineapples so you don't have to. Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today's Urban Inferno In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren't native species. The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town Las Barrancas, in the state of Veracruz, has struggled for 10 years against the rising Gulf of Mexico waters. Its best hope may lie in mangrove trees. A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to Star Trek Physicists have figured out how a warp drive could work—even if it's more useful for our understanding of gravity than interstellar travel. Trending on WIRED TIME CAPSULE | 5-MINUTE READ How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet By Kim Zetter Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune. 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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The latest video game sales data has come through for the month of April in the United States via sales tracker, Circana. The best-selling video game was the action-packed PlayStation 5 exclusive Stellar Blade which was followed by Sony's multiplayer ga… Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Read on blog or Reader US: Nintendo Switch was 2nd best-selling console in April 2024 Sickr May 29 The latest video game sales data has come through for the month of April in the United States via sales tracker, Circana. The best-selling video game was the action-packed PlayStation 5 exclusive Stellar Blade which was followed by Sony's multiplayer game Helldivers 2. On the hardware front it was the PlayStation 5 which led the […] Continue reading Comment

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