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PLUS: Why glass exists, social distancing, and a smart bike. View this email in your browser  03.15.20   AMORPHOUS SOLID Physicists Chip Away at a Mystery: Why Does Glass Exist? BY NATALIE WOLCHOVER For decades, scientists have hoped to find or create 'ideal glass,' a perfect specimen that would help explain the nature of this enigmatic amorphous solid.    OPEN STUDIES Global Officials Call For Free Access to Covid-19 Research BY KLINT FINLEY Government science advisers in a dozen countries are asking scientific journals to make data on the disease more widely available.   COVID-19 Amid Social Distancing, Neighbors Mobilize Over Facebook BY ARIELLE PARDES Social media has fomented a lot of division, but people are using it to strengthen their communities against the coronavirus pandemic, too.   ADVICE What's Social Distancing? (And Other Covid-19 FAQs, Answered) BY MEGHAN HERBST Plus: What it means to 'flatten the curve,' and everything else you need to know about the coronavirus. GET WIRED   All readers get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10.   SPEED RACER The Wahoo Kicker Smart Bike Is a High-Tech Quad-Burner BY ADRIENNE SO To take full advantage of this compact, high-performance indoor trainer, you'll need to be tech-savvy and have killer quads.   APP HEALTH Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea? BY WILL KNIGHT China and South Korea used smartphone apps to monitor people with the disease. But Americans have different views of privacy and data collection.   CORONAVIRUS The Week the Sports World Went Dark BY JASON PARHAM The coronavirus has brought leagues to a halt when fans need them most.   CLERICAL HELP AI Is Coming for Your Most Mind-Numbing Office Tasks BY WILL KNIGHT Routine work, like cutting and pasting between documents, is increasingly being automated. But for now, there's little artificial intelligence involved.   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