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WIRED UK

Sep/Oct 2020
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WIRED is the Magazine for smart, intellectually curious people who need and want to know what’s next. WIRED will always deliver stimulating and compelling content and stunning design and photography. If you want an inside track to the future, then WIRED is your magazine.

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A WORLD OF DATA • The Integrated Carbon Observation System is a global network of scientists, laboratories and 130 carbon measuring stations, enabling the most complete picture yet of the impact on the planet’s atmosphere caused by years of human activity

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND • Facebook’s plan to bring the internet to the developing world isn’t altruistic – the real prize is capturing 3.5 billion new users

SORTING FACT FROM FICTION • Lyric Jain is trying to stem the flow of online misinformation and conspiracy theories with his app, Logically. By combining AI and human researchers, it can fact-check articles, label them “true” or “false”, and deliver the results in a news-style feed

The new beating heart of London • A newly redeveloped Centre Point is now a vital hub of luxurious living, cultural destinations and top-notch transport links

FASHION’S MELTDOWN • Throwaway culture is trashing the planet – but one chemical engineer has a way to turn old clothes into an alternative to oil-based plastic

ON THE FURRY FRONT LINE: COVID DETECTOR CANINES • There’s yet another reason to love our doggy friends – with training, they could help sniff out coronavirus

GATHERING DATA FOR YOUR GP • StethoMe can detect respiratory problems in young children – and then recommend medical intervention

SATIRE: THE SECRET TO BEATING TRUMP • Sarah Cooper is on a mission – to turn the President of the United States’ own words into a weapon of mass hysterics. It’s earned her a huge social following, and inspired her to hold other powerful men to account

ON DEMAND: THE POWER OF A STAR • Inside a giant machine shaped like a doughnut, the future of energy production is coming online. The Joint European Torus in Oxfordshire will create temperatures ten times hotter than our Sun to induce nuclear fusion – and its potential is limitless

TO FIND TRUTH, EMBRACE DOUBT • Keeping a questioning mindset, like that of pioneering epidemiologist John Snow, is the key to fathoming out the facts from the fiction

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THE FLUTE: WIND INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE FOR ORCHESTRAL SUPERSPREADERS • Science proves that it’s (mostly) safe for the Vienna Philharmonic to play again

TOXIC TEST LAB • In a remote desert location in the US, scientists are handling some of the deadliest substances on Earth in a race to detect and combat chemical and biological weapons with the potential to kill on a vast scale

IN THE LOOP: HOW SPLICE BECAME A GLOBAL MUSIC HIT FACTORY • From Justin Bieber to Lil Nas X, the hottest new music mashups are coming courtesy of creatives uploading their best beats to an all-you-can-sample library of killer clips – and it’s giving locked-down musicians a lifeline

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In crisis: • Covid-19 has created an unprecedented mental health emergency affecting every business. Here’s how you can support your team and yourself – and come back stronger

Workplaces are facing a Mental health crisis. It’s time employers and businesses stepped up

Feel the burnout: you need your work-life balance back

Two wheels good: to seriously improve mental health, commuters should get on their bikes

Supporting structures: why you should build a network of trusted...

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