Why creating a Covid-19 vaccine is taking so long

PLUS: Summer reading for kids, how to transfer data between phones, and rebuilding the meat industry. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.20.20   PUBLIC HEALTH How Does a Virus Spread in Cities? It's a Problem of Scale BY ADAM ROGERS Population density didn't make Covid-19 worse in New York City. If you want to know what went wrong, you have to think a lot smaller.   PAGE TURNERS Hey Kids! Read These Books on Your Very. Long. Summer BY MEGHAN HERBST We've got suggestions for classics to rediscover, what to read if your brother is driving you nuts, plus ideas to help you process this whole Covid situation.   FUTURE OF AI Why Didn't Artificial Intelligence Save Us From Covid-19? BY GREGORY BARBER The key to good AI is solid data, and that's been tough to come by in a global health crisis.   WIRED VIDEO Why Creating a Covid-19 Vaccine Is Taking So Long BY MATT SIMON Developing a vaccine that's both effective and safe is grueling, methodical work. And once we have one, we'll need many, many doses too. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10.   OPINION Let's Rebuild the Broken Meat Industry—Without Animals BY LIZ SPECHT Covid-19 has laid bare many flaws of industrialized animal agriculture. Plant- and cell-based alternatives offer a more resilient solution.   BACK IT UP How To Switch iPhones Without Losing a Thing BY WIRED STAFF Here's everything you need to know to successfully transfer your contacts, music, photos, and apps from one iOS device to another.   AD WORLD The Flimsy Veneer of Gigantic Advertisements BY LAURA MALLONEE Next time your eyes are drawn to a billboard or a commercial facade, try to notice what it's obscuring.   FUTURE OF AI Is the Brain a Useful Model for Artificial Intelligence? BY KELLY CLANCY Thinking machines think just like us—but only up to a point.   ABORT How Do Astronauts Escape When a Space Launch Goes Wrong? BY DANIEL OBERHAUS SpaceX is preparing for the first crewed launch of its Crew Dragon capsule. Engineers have spent years planning for what happens if things go awry.     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