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PLUS: Algorithms go deeper, Legos go to recycling, and Nobels go to exoplanets. View this email in your browser  10.08.19   OPEN SKIES Trump Takes Aim at a Critical Cold War Treaty With Russia BY GARRETT M. GRAFF The Open Skies treaty has provided invaluable intelligence for its 34 signatory countries. Now Donald Trump reportedly wants out.   GENE EDITING A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane Farms BY MEGAN MOLTENI The gene-edited bull was a marvel, with calves who'd inherited his trait. But a surprise in his DNA ignited a scientific feud and doomed them all.   CAUSE AND EFFECT An AI Pioneer Wants His Algorithms to Understand the 'Why' BY WILL KNIGHT Deep learning is good at finding patterns in reams of data, but can't explain how they're connected. Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio wants to change that.   VIDEOGAMES Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5 BY PETER RUBIN Now that the name is official, we've got more details about Sony's next-gen console—from the haptics-packed controller to UI improvements. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now   PLASTICS Now It's a Snap to Donate Your Old Lego Bricks BY BOONE ASHWORTH The toy company has partnered with a logistics company to collect, wash, and redistribute used Lego pieces as part of its sustainability goal.   COSMOLOGY The Physics Nobel Goes to the Big Bang and Exoplanets BY SOPHIA CHEN James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries of the universe beyond our solar system.   CANTINA TALK 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Won't Retcon 'Last Jedi' BY GRAEME MCMILLAN J.J. Abrams says he never found himself "trying to repair anything" while working on the forthcoming movie.   TO ARMS! Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks BY MATT SIMON We must declare war on microfibers. But keeping the tiny plastics out of the environment won't be so easy as an outright ban.   MINOR KEYS The Big Lure of Tiny Keyboards BY BOONE ASHWORTH Minimalists intent on freeing up desk space are shrinking their keyboards.     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