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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.20.21   SCIENCE | 14-MINUTE READ One Man's Quest to Make 20-Year-Old Rum in Just Six Days BY WAYNE CURTIS Obsessive distiller Brian Davis invented a contraption for aging booze—fast.   STARTING UP | 6-MINUTE READ More Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Open for Business BY DAVID TOBENKIN A new report finds more people, particularly those in minority groups, are starting new ventures amid the pandemic.   BIOLOGY | 2-MINUTE READ This Startup Is Making—and Programming—Human Cells BY MATT REYNOLDS Creating bespoke cells could transform testing and help develop new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's.   LIGHTS OUT | 5-MINUTE READ Got Jet Lag? Consider Hacking Your Circadian Rhythm BY SARA HARRISON Manipulating the master clock could help astronauts, pilots, shift workers, and even holiday travelers. The solution is simpler than you think. GET WIRED HOLIDAY SALE! Get WIRED for just $10 $5. Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Give yourself the gift of information. Subscribe now.   BEST OF 2021 [CITATION NEEDED] | 14-MINUTE READ One Woman's Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia BY NOAM COHEN Ksenia Coffman's fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources.   YEAR IN REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ 2021 Was Bound to Be a Year of Pop Culture Disappointments BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Despite high points like Dune and Squid Game, the year was full of letdowns. Perhaps we wanted too much.   THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS | 2-MINUTE READ Can Brain Organoids Be 'Conscious'? Scientists May Soon Find Out BY ANIL SETH These bundles of neurons, often used for research, will likely display complex activity patterns akin to humans—raising wider ethical questions.   CRISIS MODE | 5-MINUTE READ Don't Look Up Nails the Frustration of Being a Scientist BY AMIT KATWALA Writer-director Adam McKay's new Netflix film, about a comet headed for Earth, is an allegory for inaction during the climate crisis.     Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.