2021.08.10;二Aug10th(222):Covid's Delta variant has warped our risk perception
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08.08.21
PLAINTEXT | 8-MINUTE READ
The SMART Health Card Is Not a Vaccine Passport—Kinda
BY STEVEN LEVY
Plus: The man behind the cryptographic technique, the danger in calculating risks, and fries worth a small fortune.
MYCOPROTEIN | 5-MINUTE READ
Watch Out, Beyond Burgers—the Fungi Renaissance Is Here
BY MATT REYNOLDS, WIRED UK
While the popular plant-based meats grab all the headlines, a much more humble foodstuff is poised to lead the next wave of alternative proteins.
RABBIT HOLES | 4-MINUTE READ
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
BY JOHN TIMMER, ARS TECHNICA
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes.
IDEAS | 5-MINUTE READ
The Delta Variant Has Warped Our Risk Perception
BY GREGORY BARBER
Gone are the easy, thoughtless choices of hot vax summer. Making decisions that balance safety and sanity just got a lot more complicated.
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ODDBALL | 4-MINUTE READ
A Failed Star Called 'The Accident' Puzzles Astronomers
BY JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN
The brown dwarf isn't a star and it's not a planet. But it's illuminating the murky borderlands that separate the two.
BEST BUDS | 5-MINUTE READ
How to turn Online Friends Into IRL Ones
BY LISA KANAREK
If you're struggling to make new friends, you're not alone. But tech and little tenacity can help you can find—or build—community. Here's how.
DEALS | 3-MINUTE READ
The 13 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and Vibrators
BY GEAR TEAM
We’ve scoured the internet for the best deals to keep you entertained during quarantine part two.
From the Archive
The Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Videogame Empire—And Went Too Far
BY BRENDAN I. KOERNER
Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.
How to Trick Your Brain into Remembering Almost Anything
BY MATT REYNOLDS, WIRED UK
Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to boost your memory skills.
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08.08.21
PLAINTEXT | 8-MINUTE READ
The SMART Health Card Is Not a Vaccine Passport—Kinda
BY STEVEN LEVY
Plus: The man behind the cryptographic technique, the danger in calculating risks, and fries worth a small fortune.
MYCOPROTEIN | 5-MINUTE READ
Watch Out, Beyond Burgers—the Fungi Renaissance Is Here
BY MATT REYNOLDS, WIRED UK
While the popular plant-based meats grab all the headlines, a much more humble foodstuff is poised to lead the next wave of alternative proteins.
RABBIT HOLES | 4-MINUTE READ
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
BY JOHN TIMMER, ARS TECHNICA
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes.
IDEAS | 5-MINUTE READ
The Delta Variant Has Warped Our Risk Perception
BY GREGORY BARBER
Gone are the easy, thoughtless choices of hot vax summer. Making decisions that balance safety and sanity just got a lot more complicated.
GET WIRED
Summer Sale!
Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5.
You can’t see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED.
Subscribe now.
ODDBALL | 4-MINUTE READ
A Failed Star Called 'The Accident' Puzzles Astronomers
BY JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN
The brown dwarf isn't a star and it's not a planet. But it's illuminating the murky borderlands that separate the two.
BEST BUDS | 5-MINUTE READ
How to turn Online Friends Into IRL Ones
BY LISA KANAREK
If you're struggling to make new friends, you're not alone. But tech and little tenacity can help you can find—or build—community. Here's how.
DEALS | 3-MINUTE READ
The 13 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and Vibrators
BY GEAR TEAM
We’ve scoured the internet for the best deals to keep you entertained during quarantine part two.
From the Archive
The Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Videogame Empire—And Went Too Far
BY BRENDAN I. KOERNER
Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.
How to Trick Your Brain into Remembering Almost Anything
BY MATT REYNOLDS, WIRED UK
Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to boost your memory skills.
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