You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter

PLUS: 'Nasty' Geometry Breaks a Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture, and more.

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter preferences 02.01.23 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.   You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter PUBLIC SAFETY | 5-MINUTE READ  The escalating risks of Russia's war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation. By Ramin Skibba   'Nasty' Geometry Breaks a Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture MATHEMATICS | 9-MINUTE READ  Mathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. They were wrong. By Jordana Cepelewicz   This Startup Is Using AI to Unearth New Smells SNIFF TEST | 9-MINUTE READ  Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases. By Emily Mullin   The Case of the Incredibly Long-Lived Mouse Cells GOOD MEMORY | 6-MINUTE READ  Scientists kept the rodents' immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research. By Max G. Levy   Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo? EARLY BIRD | 4-MINUTE READ  Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions. By Matt Reynolds More from WIRED Science The American West's Salt Lakes Are Turning to Dust Did the Seeds of Life Ride to Earth Inside an Asteroid? Spotted a UFO? There's an App for That How Sensor-Dangling Helicopters Can Help Beat the Water Crisis The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter Trending on WIRED MYSTERY BOXES | 2-MINUTE READ Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk's Abandoned Laptops By Paresh Dave The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes unlimited access to wired.com plus free stickers! Subscribe now. 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.