On the moon, astronaut pee will be a hot commodity

PLUS: AI health care revolution, best mattresses, and the hypocrisy of Mike Pompeo. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.23.20   PLAINTEXT Remote-First Companies Are Another Covid-19 Calamity BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: a tradition of perks at Google, a controversial toilet paper decision, and a baffling new Netflix policy.   PUBLIC HEALTH Will Wildfire Smoke Worsen the Pandemic? We're About to Find Out BY MATT SIMON When seasonal blazes descend on California, millions could be inhaling smoke, which is known to predispose people to lung diseases.   BACKCHANNEL Covid-19 Will Accelerate the AI Health Care Revolution BY KAI-FU LEE Disease diagnosis, drug discovery, robot delivery—artificial intelligence is already powering change in the pandemic's wake. That's only the beginning.   GEE WHIZ On the Moon, Astronaut Pee Will Be a Hot Commodity BY DANIEL OBERHAUS Urine can be used for landing pads, gardens, and drinking water. But will there be enough to go around? GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5.   SLEEP ON IT Some of the Best Box Mattresses Are on Sale for Memorial Day BY MEDEA GIORDANO Just about all of our WIRED Recommended bed-in-a-box mattresses are on sale for the holiday weekend.   ABOUT FACE The Hypocrisy of Mike Pompeo BY GARRETT M. GRAFF In the few short years since his time in Congress, the secretary of state has conveniently reversed himself on multiple fronts.   WIRED Q&A Sundar Pichai Says Google Doesn't Plan to Go Entirely Remote BY STEVEN LEVY In an interview, the Google and Alphabet CEO discusses working from home, weathering antitrust probes, and how the company needs to do a better job on diversity.   PRODUCT REVIEW Rainbow Kitty Litter Could Help Monitor Your Cat's Health BY MEDEA GIORDANO Pretty Litter's crystal litter claims to detect illnesses in your cat based on pH levels in urine. We put it to the test.   TELEVISION Quarantine Has Transformed Not-TV Into Essential TV BY JASON PARHAM Covid-19 lockdown has readjusted our appetite for entertainment—and changed our relationship to television entirely.     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