The first shot: Inside the Covid vaccine fast track

PLUS: VR meeting rooms for all, why humans freak out when they're lost, and a new coffee grinder. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.13.20   OFFICE SPACE You Can Now Attend VR Meetings—No Headset Required BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Virtual reality workspace startup Spatial is offering a free version for users. All you need a web browser.   BACKCHANNEL Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost BY MICHAEL BOND People really do circle past the same tree over and over again—it doesn't just happen in movies.   MOVIES Spaceship Earth and the Value of Utopian Thinking BY KATE KNIBBS The Biosphere 2 experiment is often ridiculed as the scientific disaster of the '90s. A new documentary makes a touching case for its merits.   LET US BE LUCKY The First Shot: Inside the Covid Vaccine Fast Track BY BROOKE JARVIS The very first vaccine candidate entered human trials—and Neal Browning's arm—on March 16. Behind the scenes at Moderna and the beginning of an unprecedented global sprint. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10.   DIGITAL CULTURE The Video Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery BY JASON PARHAM Like Eric Garner and Philando Castile before him, the footage of Ahmaud Arbery's death provides an opportunity to turn up the volume on his story.   TRAIN YOUR DRAGON How NASA Certifies New Spacecraft Safe Enough for Humans BY DANIEL OBERHAUS SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will be only the fifth American craft to be rated for human spaceflight in history. Clearing NASA's certification process takes years.   MODERATING CONTENT Facebook's AI for Hate Speech Improves. How Much Is Unclear BY TOM SIMONITE The company says algorithms flagged almost 90 percent of the hate speech it removed in the first quarter. But it doesn't report how much slipped through.    SMART KITCHEN This $560 Programmable Grinder Weighs Your Coffee as It Goes BY JOE RAY The Baratza Vario-W has been around for a few years, but it's still the best option for high-end home brewing.   INTERVIEW Coronavirus and the Future of Telemedicine BY WIRED STAFF A conversation between WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson and Carbon Health cofounder Caesar Djavaherian.     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