NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is about to touch an asteroid

PLUS: Record-setting car speeds, repurposing old gadgets, and microplastics in babies. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.19.20   BOOP NASA's OSIRIS-REx Is About to Touch an Asteroid BY DANIEL OBERHAUS After years of studying Bennu, the spacecraft will make its first attempt at a sample collection on Tuesday.   ROAD WARRIOR The Hair-Raising, Record-Setting Race to 331 MPH BY ERIC ADAMS Hang on to your stomach: In two thunderous dashes, supercar maker SSC set multiple production-car speed records.   REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Don't Toss That Old Phone! Here's How to Repurpose Your Tech BY DAVID NIELD Before you dispose of the phone, laptop, or camera you just replaced, think about giving it a new purpose.   HACKERS US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit BY ANDY GREENBERG The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history.   AUTO-SCRIBE Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You BY TOM SIMONITE Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year.   PLANET PLASTIC Babies May Be Drinking Millions of Microplastic Particles a Day BY MATT SIMON Scientists discover that baby bottles shed up to 16 million bits of plastic per liter of fluid. What that means for infants' health, no one can yet say.   INFORMATION ECOLOGY The Election Will Bring a Hurricane of Misinformation BY WHITNEY PHILLIPS Here's how to prepare yourself for the disaster online.   BUYING GUIDE The 5 Best Photo Printing Services BY SCOTT GILBERTSON Print memories you can hang on the wall, stash in your wallet, or just hold in your hand with our favorite online picks.   ELECTION 2020 Joe Biden Is Very Offline—and That's OK BY KATE KNIBBS If the former veep wins, it won't be because he had an online meme army behind him. That's a good sign for American politics.     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