Scientists accidentally discover strange creatures under a half mile of ice

PLUS: the future of the Big Tech campus, TV characters' text histories, and lab-grown wood. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.16.21   REAL PROPERTY If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building? BY GREGORY BARBER Google, Facebook, and others promise more flexibility to work from home. But they're charging ahead with plans for more offices.   ... TV Characters Don't Have Text History. This Is Not OK BY ZAK JASON You've seen it before: If a show includes a shot of a texting app, it looks like characters who are intimate have somehow never texted each other before.   NEW LEAF Nature Makes Wood. Could a Lab Make It Better? BY KEITH GILLOGLY For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that.   DEEP FREEZE Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice BY MATT SIMON Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found animals that weren't supposed to be there. GET WIRED Exclusive Offer! Ending Soon: Get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   ADVICE How to Avoid Phishing Emails and Scams BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Phishing is a bigger threat than ever, here are some things you can do to defend yourself.   CENTREON France Ties Russia's Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree BY ANDY GREENBERG A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from Centreon.   BOOK EXCERPT '2034' Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush BY ELLIOT ACKERMAN AND ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS "Where will America be after today? In a thousand years it won't even be remembered as a country. It will simply be remembered as a moment. A fleeting moment."   GET SET, BAKE! How to Get Started Making Bread at Home BY PARKER HALL Save some dough by baking your own. Here are our favorite tips, tools, and recipes to help your loaf rise above.   BRICK-A-BRAC New From Lego: AR Llamas That Dance to Katy Perry BY ADRIENNE SO The company's latest learning platform incorporates coding elements, augmented reality, and a selection of kid-friendly pop tunes.     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