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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.21.21   HOT STUFF | 6-MINUTE READ Growing Peppers on the ISS Is Just the Start of Space Farming BY MELANIE CANALES The chili peppers thrived in a controlled microgravity environment. But to develop agriculture away from Earth, NASA will have to think outside the box.   GIFT GUIDE | 8-MINUTE READ Our Favorite Digital Gift Ideas for Friends and Family BY SIMON HILL Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more.   SWING TIME | 5-MINUTE READ These Lemurs Have Got Rhythm. Scientists Have Got Questions BY SARA HARRISON Studying how and why rhythm evolved in these primates could help unravel the mysteries of human musicality.   ELECTRIC ELVES | 8-MINUTE READ Hypebeasts With Bots Have Ruined Christmas BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER As resellers snap up the scarce supply of new consoles and other must-have items, politicians, shoppers, and retailers are fighting back. 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 BACKCHANNEL | 16-MINUTE READ They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All BY WILLIAM RALSTON A mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach.   GET MOVING | 6-MINUTE READ The Exercise Games That Can Actually Get You Off the Couch BY SUZIE GLASSMAN A new generation of "exergames" take adventure, community, and fitness to a new level. Here's how to use them to build a lasting exercise habit.   GIFT GUIDE | 16-MINUTE READ 24 Gifts We Love From BIPOC-Owned Businesses BY LOURYN STRAMPE AND WIRED STAFF One of the easiest ways to support communities of color is to shop from entrepreneurs of color.   GALAXY QUESTS | 2-MINUTE READ This Observatory Will Help Reveal the Shape of the Universe BY LUCIE GREEN Opening next year, the Vera Rubin Observatory can show how dark matter affects the evolution of galaxies.     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.