TBT: You're not getting enough sleep—and it's killing you

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.23.20 The decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness, even the safety and education of our children. And it's fast becoming one of the greatest challenges we face in the 21st century. Read about why not getting enough sleep is killing you, and the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   You're Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It's Killing You At TED 2019, neuroscientist Matthew Walker argued that sleep deprivation is having a catastrophic effect on our health and safety—here are all the ways. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year How the Boston Marathon Messes With Runners to Slow Them Down The course is mostly downhill and has few dramatic turns, yet it ranks among the slowest marathons in the world. Here's why. The Science Behind Nike's New, Even Faster Marathon Shoe At the London Marathon in April 2019, Eliud Kipchoge wore the ZoomX Vaporfly Next%, the latest installment in Nike's performance-boosting Vaporfly line of shoes. The Hunt for Rocket Boosters in Russia's Far North In Russia's Mezensky district, scavengers search for metal from the the remains of rockets. The Best High Tech Socks to Tackle Your Next Run or Workout Leave the cotton behind in favor of technical fabrics and constructions that help you pile on the miles. First Big Survey of Births Finds Millions of Missing Women A massive effort to catalog the number of male-female births shows that 23 million women were never born who should have been, according to the natural sex ratio. The Stunning Loneliness of Megacities at Night Photographer Aristotle Roufanis' large-scale images are made using thousands of photographs of metropolises after dark. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5     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