Science Has a New Way to Gauge the Universe's Expansion Rate

PLUS: More of the best WIRED stories from today. View this email in your browser  03.01.20   STARLIGHT, STARBRIGHT Science Has a New Way to Gauge the Universe's Expansion Rate BY NATALIE WOLCHOVER Cosmologists want to know how fast the universe is growing, but their data doesn't match predictions. Wendy Freedman thinks red giant stars can help.   AIR SUPPORT Flying Car Developers Get a Boost From the Air Force BY ERIC ADAMS The Pentagon wants to make sure the fledgling electric aviation industry doesn't follow the path of small drones and move offshore.   FOLLOWINGS Welcome to Botnet, Where Everyone's an Influencer BY ARIELLE PARDES A social network populated entirely by adoring bots aims to mimic the experience of being a celebrity online—trolls not included.   RANTS AND RAVES A Fast Walker Gets Stuck in the Slow Lane BY LISA WOOD SHAPIRO Walking in New York used to feel like an exhilarating race to me. Then, a debilitating experience showed me the upside of going slow. GET WIRED   Insider access to our sale   For a limited time, get a full year of the print magazine + wired.com access for just $10 $5.   Subscribe Today   GALLERY Space Photos of the Week: Venus Is the Spacecraft-Killer BY SHANNON STIRONE One of NASA's proposed missions would send a spacecraft to Venus on a suicide mission in order to study its atmosphere.   R/KINDNESS Online Altruists Are Making Reddit More Accessible BY ALEX LEE, WIRED UK To help Redditors with visual impairments, volunteers are writing elaborate transcriptions of memes and images across the site.    SECURITY ROUNDUP Clearview AI's Massive Client List Got Hacked BY WIRED STAFF Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week's top security news.   OPINION How I Fell Out of Love With Cars BY STEPHEN ZOEPF Two decades working in and researching the auto industry drove me away from the driver's seat.   PODCASTS Joanna Russ Was Sci-Fi's Most Outspoken Feminist BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY The 20th century author was also a formidable science fiction critic.     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