A rebel physicist has an elegant solution to a quantum mystery

The future of Honor | N95 and FFP2 face masks

In today's WIRED DAILY, we talk to the rebel physicist who has an elegant solution to a quantum mystery, reveal how Honor can thrive now it's no longer part of Huawei, and look at the resurgence of interest around N95 and FFP2 face masks A rebel physicist has an elegant solution to a quantum mystery The theories we have to describe the nature of the Universe are completely incompatible. Enter an eccentric Polish physicist with a possible solution to the biggest of conundrums This is how Honor can thrive now it's no longer part of Huawei Honor has gone out on its own, but it has a raft of challenges to overcome if it returns to the West What are N95 and FFP2 face masks and do you really need them? As more Covid-19 variants emerge, attention has once again turned to N95 and FFP2 face masks Today's headlines Sputnik V vaccine highly effective The Russian vaccine demonstrated a 91.6 per cent effectiveness against symptomatic Covid-19 cases. It becomes the fourth vaccine to show promising results against the virus, after Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca/Oxford. Face ID will now work with masks Apple's Face ID had been rendered useless by the pandemic, as it required scanning your whole face to unlock your phone. The solution isn't perfect, however – you still have to wear an Apple Watch. Spot gets an upgrade The Boston Dynamics' robot dog has been trained to charge itself, by slotting into a charging station. If you have $74,500 lying around, it's yours. Sea levels rising faster than expected New research shows that even the most pessimistic forecasts may have underplayed the speed at which climate change is affecting the oceans. Two fifths of the earth's population live near coastlines – they face life changing risk from flooding. What we're reading Every morning, when Nadeem Iqbal wakes up and walks into his living room, he has a view of a miraculous world first. A crisp oblong of crystal clear water now hangs in the air between two apartment buildings opposite his balcony, a liquid blue block suspended against the sky with the gravity-defying quality of a Magritte painting.   How Europe's 'biggest regeneration project' fell flat WIRED Hired: Today's job picks Senior regional marketing manager, UK – Slack Apply Now AI engineer – Graphcore Apply Now On the podcast this week   The end of WeWork + Covid-19 in North Korea + Lazy startup adverts Listen Now Get WIRED Buy now Prefer a weekly digest? Subscribe to the WIRED Weekly Unsubscribe  |  View this email in your browser  Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk Condé Nast Publications 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy