A teenager solved a stubborn prime number ‘look-alike’ riddle

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  01.15.23 WIRED WORLD | 2-MINUTE READ Microbial Cocktails Are More Than a Gut Feeling BY DANIEL M DAVIS Targeted manipulation of bacteria could boost immunity and help sufferers of chronic diseases and allergies. PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ In the Next Pandemic, Let's Pay People to Get Vaccinated BY GRACE BROWNE Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people's trust in vaccines or future willingness to get them. DEALS | 3-MINUTE READ 17 Great Deals on Headphones, Gaming Gear, and Switch Games BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT These great discounts will help you start the year right. NUMBER THEORY | 7-MINUTE READ A Teenager Solved a Stubborn Prime Number 'Look-Alike' Riddle BY JORDANA CEPELEWICZ In his senior year of high school, Daniel Larsen proved a key theorem about Carmichael numbers—strange entities that mimic the primes. SPONSORED CONTENT If We Can Alter the Structure of Reality, Should We? "Real science and limitless imagination combine in a thrilling story you won't forget."―Robin Cook, #1 bestselling author GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes unlimited access to wired.com plus free stickers! Subscribe now. BUYING GUIDE | 9-MINUTE READ The Best USB Flash Drives for Ultra-Portable Storage BY SIMON HILL These WIRED-tested memory sticks are a virtual filing cabinet in your pocket. SIGNAL BOOST | 5-MINUTE READ Why the Search for Life in Space Starts With Ancient Earth BY RAMIN SKIBBA Need to estimate, from trillions of miles away, how likely another world is to host life? There's a flowchart for that. PODCASTS | 4-MINUTE READ Immer, Zlaz Reveals the Private Life of a Sci-Fi Genius BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Writer Warren Lapine's latest project is a collection of letters Roger Zelazny wrote to his friend Carl Yoke. IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ AI Isn't Hollywood's Villain—It's a Flawed Hero BY JOSHUA GLICK Far from ushering in the death of cinema, AI can help film the "unfilmable" and make cinema more collaborative. 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 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.