Wired UK - 11.2019

PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRISTOFFER RUDQUIST

013 p. 122 Feature

DISEASE DETECTIVES

For patients with rare conditions

that baffle conventional

medicine, their last hope is the

Undiagnosed Diseases Network

p. 132 Feature

THE PRICE OF TECH

For decades, David Maisel has

aerially photographed landscapes

ravaged by the race for rare-earth

resources – from lithium to copper

p. 114 Feature

THE MOONSHOT

Economist Mariana Mazzucato

believes the world’s biggest

challenges can be overcome by

treating them like “missions”

p. 088 Feature

THE GAME PLAN

The inside story of Google’s move

into the entertainment market:

Stadia – plus the state of play for

music, movies and video games

p. 102 Feature

SINKING MEGACITY

Jakarta could be the first major

metropolis lost to rising sea levels

and climate change – but a bold

engineering project offers hope

p. 020 Start

SPACE INVADER

The MEERkat telescope will let

us peer further into our universe

than ever – because it’s made

from 64 dishes working together

p. 053 Gear

LUXURY SPECIAL

Our annual Gear of the Year guide

goes luxe – featuring the very best

in rides, accommodation, audio-

visual, timepieces and much more

Below: taxis line up next to an

overflow canal in a suburb of

Jakarta. Designed to mitigate

storm surges, the canals

are almost always at capacity

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