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Wired May 2010: Issue Highlights

To interview the editors, or for more information on the stories below, please contact Jenna Landry at jenna_landry@wired, 212-286-6877 or Christina Valencia at christina_valencia@wired.com, 415-276-5190

COVER: Geek Power, By Steven Levy, pg. 80 | Download Cover PDF (4.4 MB) | Download Article PDF (1.1 MB)

A quarter century ago, senior editor Steven Levy penned the book Hackers, which chronicled coders, visionaries, and hygiene-challenged nerds who were hatching our digital world. Levy circles back with those industry titans and tragic idealists, including legendary Bill Gates. "When I was young, I didn't know any old people. When we did the microprocessor revolution, there was nobody old, nobody," says Gates. "It's weird how old this industry has become." Levy also checks in the next generation, including the new titan Mark Zuckerberg. "Facebook didn't start with some grand theory but with a project hacked together in a couple of weeks," Zuckerberg says. "Our whole culture is, we want to build something quickly."

Radical Pragmatists, by Daniel Roth, pg. 104 | Download Article PDF (524 KB)

Energy secretary Steven Chu wants to change the way people think about global warming. And that means changing how they think about China. Chu believes, "Spending on clean technology isn't a feel-good sideline. It's an investment that can yield jobs and profit." Dan Roth explains why Chu sees his role and vision as an opportunity for the US to expand corporate experimentation.

PLUS: What will happen to the world's climate if we do nothing? Wired gives readers a plan that will actually work.

Organizing Armadeddon, by Vince Beiser, pg. 110 | Download Article PDF (1.9 MB)

From hurricanes to tsunamis to earthquakes, natural disasters are striking more and more people each year - pushing global relief agencies to the limit. Contributing editor Vince Beiser takes a look at what the Haiti catastrophe teaches us about the science of coming to the rescue. PLUS: Researchers have been studying better ways of responding to disasters for two decades. Wired provides a few lessons taken from a series of unfortunate events.

The Robotic Pancreas, by Dan Hurley, pg. 72 Download Article PDF (262 KB)

Wired contributing editor Dan Hurley delves inside one man's quest to put every type 1 diabetic on autopilot. "Diabetes treatment is crying out for automation. A computer should do it and do it better," says Jeffrey Brewer, co-founder of Cityguide and Overture. "The artificial pancreas is no longer the jet pack of diabetes," Hurley notes, as he points out that many believe the FDA will approve semi-automated insulin dispensers within five years.

Getting Lost, pg. 88 Download Article PDF (2.2 MB)

Smoke monsters! Wormholes! Tropical polar bears! After six seasons of riveting weirdness, Lost is ending. The creators of the most puzzling yet entertaining TV show ever explain how they did it and what, exactly, is going on.

PLUS: Wired editors explain how all the Lost characters fit together.