Scientists finally know how sleep cleans toxins from the brain

PLUS: A self-landing jet, wildfire chasers, and a coffee machine that does it all. View this email in your browser  11.01.19   TOUCHDOWNS Cirrus' Private Jet Can Now Land Itself, No Pilot Needed BY ERIC ADAMS The Safe Return Emergency Autoland System lets passengers hit a big red button to bring the plane to safety if the pilot's incapacitated.   DRAWING LINES Zuckerberg's View of Speech on Facebook Is Stuck in 2004 BY FRED VOGELSTEIN Facebook's flaws are apparent, but the CEO's reluctance to police speech shows he stills sees it as a service that connects people and makes the world a better place.     PRODUCT REVIEW Finally, a Great Single-Cup Drip Coffee Brewer BY JOE RAY Braun's new MultiServe coffee machine can brew batches of different volumes, from one cup to a full pot. And they all taste great. Bye-bye, K-Cups.   BEAUTY REST Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain BY SARA HARRISON The synchronized brain waves of non-REM sleep may play a key role in preventing toxins from accumulating in a person's brain. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now   MOVIES Let's Unravel the Time Travel Paradox of Terminator: Dark Fate BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER If you apply the Novikov self-consistency principle to the franchise, it holds up—until it doesn't.   SMOKE SIGNALS Wildfire Chasers Are the New Tornado Chasers BY MATT SIMON A strike team of specially trained researchers drive a highly sophisticated truck into the literal line of fire. Their mission: unravel the extreme complexities of wildfire.   GADGET LAB PODCAST What's So Pro About the New AirPods Anyway? BY WIRED STAFF On this week's podcast, we talk about Apple's new AirPods, why they cost so much, and how they are impacting our culture.   HAPPY HALLOWMEME Meme Costumes Are Dead. Long Live the Meme Costume BY EMMA GREY ELLIS The trend should be over, bit it's still thriving. Why? Memes are mainstream pop culture now.   Get Our Longreads Newsletter Investigations? We have those. Deep dives? Check. Things that turn you into the smartest of all your friends? Bingo. And all you have to do is sign up.     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