Wired Middle East Magazine - Spring 2022

In this issue

THE SURVIVAL ISSUE As war looms in Eastern Europe, WIRED’s spring issue looks at the hard science behind our continued existence in 2100 and beyond. We examine the modern-day technology shaping military conflict, from hypersonic missiles to AI, as well as the people coming up with innovative tools to bring about peace, like the growing force of open-source sleuths relying on website metadata and satellite imagery to debunk misinformation. Keeping an eye toward the future, we speak with the UAE's Minister for Artificial Intelligence on how the emerging technology is helping shape government policy in the Gulf. We also put the spotlight on moonshot initiatives that could ensure that our legacy endures through the centuries: Harvard geneticist George Church takes us through his bid to bring back woolly mammoths from the dead (and save our environment), while the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre's Adnan Al-Rais reveals how the Dubai space organization's Mars 2117 program is already preparing the UAE's plan to build a human settlement on Mars