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PLUS: Mold everywhere, how wildfire smoke spreads, silencing critics on Twitter, and the best live streaming services. [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir) [[(image) WIRED Daily Newsletter Logo]09.01.20]( [Penicillium]( [SPORE REPORT]( [A Grim Reality of Reopening: More Mold]( BY LOUISE MATSAKIS [Unoccupied buildings, abandoned during the coronavirus shutdowns, give fungi a great opportunity to move in.]( [a Black woman listening to something through headphones while sitting in an outdoor cafe ]( [GET AN EARFUL]( [How to (Finally) Listen to All Those Podcasts in Your Queue]( BY SHARON WATERS [Struggling with a backlog of episodes from your favorite shows? These tips will help you listen not just to more, but the best episodes.]( [A twitter bird caught in a cage.]( [BACKCHANNEL]( [A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter]( BY BRADLEY HOPE AND JUSTIN SCHECK [An ongoing investigation reveals how Mohammed bin Salman's team allegedly infiltrated the platform—and got away with it.]( [Hurricane Laura at night ]( [GEOENGINEERING]( [Can a Bubble Net Stop a Hurricane? Some Norwegians Think So]( BY ERIC NIILER [An idea to use underwater bubbles to cool oceans and deflate oncoming storms is the latest in a series of far-out schemes for controlling the weather.]( [smoke in Los Angeles]( [AIR TIME]( [A Beautiful Yet Grim Map Shows How Wildfire Smoke Spreads]( BY MATT SIMON [California’s blazes have sent a haze across the United States. An experimental model shows where that cloud ends up.]( [COVID-19 drive-through test site ]( [OPINION]( [How States Can Join Forces to Expand Covid Testing]( BY PUJA OHLHAVER AND ZOË HITZIG [Through quadratic funding, big and small states can be rewarded to form compacts that expand testing capacity—and enable states to finally control the pandemic.]( [Photo-illustration of moon in night sky blending into an analogue clock]( [BACKCHANNEL]( [The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was]( BY JO MARCHANT [Scientists long believed that biological clocks were predominantly driven by internal rhythms. Then came a fraught discovery—about mollusks and the moon.]( [Hands cutting cable cord with oversized scissors]( [BUYING GUIDE]( [The 4 Best Live TV Streaming Services]( BY JESS GREY AND MEDEA GIORDANO [You don't have to give up sports or talk shows when you cut the cord. There are apps for streaming real-time TV, and these are our favorites.]( [Wife of missing Sri Lankan cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda engages in a silent protest.]( [JOURNALISM]( [One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack]( BY WIRED STAFF [This month brings attention to the cases of missing reporters worldwide—including Sri Lankan writer Prageeth Eknelygoda, who was abducted over 10 years ago.]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [(image) WIRED Logo]( [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( or [Manage your newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir)