Should we purposesly infect healthy volunteers with Covid-19?

PLUS: The war against invasive predators, our favorite toothbrush, and a sea scroll discovery. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.31.20   REVENGE OF THE BIRDS The Quest to Purge New Zealand of Invasive Predators BY MARA JOHNSON-GROH Rats, weasels, and other imported mammals have destroyed native bird populations. Local group Predator Free Wellington wants to turn the tables.   IN VEST Separated from Your Barbells? Try Wearing Your Weights BY MATT JANCER Why the weighted exercise vest is the best piece of home workout gear you're not using.   PRODUCT REVIEW Our New Favorite Electric Toothbrush Only Costs $30 BY CHRISTOPHER NULL Brightline's inexpensive electric is better than the high-end brushes that cost many times more.   ETHICS Should We Purposely Infect Healthy Volunteers With Covid-19? BY VICTORIA TURK, WIRED UK Such studies could speed up the development of a vaccine—but would mean deliberately giving people a disease that could kill them. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5.   HOLY COW Turns Out 4 'Blank' Dead Sea Scrolls Actually Have Text BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA A new analysis revealed what scientists believe is a passage from the book of Ezekiel.   ONE STEP AT A TIME In the Walking Capitals of the World, Drivers Still Rule the Road BY FLAVIE HALAIS In sub-Saharan Africa, about half of travelers move around by foot. Yet in its cities, conditions for pedestrians remain incredibly dangerous.   CRASH TEST What Do the Quark Oddities at the Large Hadron Collider Mean? BY CHARLIE WOOD Measurements of particles called B mesons deviate from predictions. Alone, each anomaly looks like a fluke, but their collective drift is more suggestive.   WHILE YOU WERE OFFLINE A Taylor Swift, 'Killing Eve' Mystery Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup BY GRAEME MCMILLAN Last week, social media did some sleuthing to figure out who recorded a haunting cover of the singer's "Look What You Made Me Do" for the BBC America show.   George Floyd and the Illusion of Progress BY JASON PARHAM One image from the Minneapolis protests is snapshot of an America that has not changed all the much.     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