The best podcasts for your smart, bored kid

PLUS: WFH questions, meaty treats, and microdosing's feel good benefits. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 03.07.21   OOO Help! I'm Sneaking Into My Office. Is This So Wrong? BY MEGAN GREENWELL In this week's Out of Office column, Megan tackles guilt, bad policies, and the rules of zoomfood.   COOKBOOK REVIEW An Old Book Filled With New Ways to Heat Meaty Treats BY JOE RAY Our food writer found a cure for this never-ending winter in a 17-year-old cookbook that elevates the art of the slow braise.   HEAD HIGH Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo Effect BY VICTORIA TURK, WIRED UK A study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics and those who actually were.   AUDIO GUIDE The Best Podcasts for Your Smart, Bored Kid BY SCOTT GILBERTSON These child-friendly stories will keep your little ones entertained and ease the stress of being stuck indoors. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 a month. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   QUANTUM MECHANICS Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality BY CHARLIE WOOD A new thought experiment indicates that quantum mechanics doesn't work without strange numbers that turn negative when squared.   GOOGLE BEWARE Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK Unlike Google, Brave Search won't track or profile people who use it.   CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH The 'Girl Games' of the '90s Were Fun and Feminist BY DREW DAKESSIAN Here's a look back at some of the earliest games for girls—and the role women played in the game industry's early days.   MONSTER MASH The US Has a Covid 'Scariants' Problem. Here's How to Fix It BY MEGAN MOLTENI Researchers are racing to understand new versions of the coronavirus. But without scientific standards, too many mutants are getting the monster treatment.   THE MONITOR The Magical Mystery of WandaVision's Kathryn Hahn BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER As the ancient witch Agatha Harkness, she's pulling off her best trick yet.     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