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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.07.21   ON THE GO | 4-MINUTE READ DoorDash Joins the Instant Delivery Game—With Employees BY AARIAN MARSHALL For a new service in Manhattan, the couriers will cross paths with the company's traditional gig worker contractors, who generally aren't eligible for benefits.   STAR TREK | 2-MINUTE READ Need to Test a Space Suit? Head to Iceland BY JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN The country's unearthly landscapes have caught the attention of scientists planning for future missions to Mars and the moon.   DEALS | 2-MINUTE READ Snag Free Beans From Our Fave Coffee Subscription Service BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU WIRED readers can get their first bag from Atlas Coffee Club—and an additional sampler—for just the cost of shipping.   CRASH COURSE | 6-MINUTE READ E-Scooters Are Everywhere in Europe. So Are Grisly Accidents BY MORGAN MEAKER Crashes, nuisance, and clutter are creating hostility to the industry's startups. Scandinavian cities are forcing them to change course. GET WIRED Cyber Week Sale Has Been Extended! Get WIRED for just $10 $5, plus get free stickers! Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Give yourself the gift of information. Subscribe now.   CONTROL-C | 7-MINUTE READ Some Cancer Studies Fail to Replicate. That Might Be OK BY ADAM ROGERS A years-long effort to validate key cancer biology hit roadblocks and found problems. But maybe this will incentivize scientists to share data.   IRON MAN | 6-MINUTE READ I Tried Running in a Robotic Exoskeleton So You Don't Have To BY GIAN M. VOLPICELLI The first wearable exoskeleton available to consumers is meant to level up your workout. Amazingly, it works—if you're OK with the stares and jeers.   OPINION | 6-MINUTE READ Curb Your Food Tech Enthusiasm BY JAN DUTKIEWICZ Innovation might help us create a low-carbon food system, but that's not the same thing as a sustainable or ethical one.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ The Withings ScanWatch Is a Classy Everyday Fitness Tracker BY SIMON HILL This refined and elegant smartwatch boasts ECG and SpO2 sensors, fitness and sleep tracking, and stellar battery life.   UNORIGINAL | 4-MINUTE READ Not Every Character Needs an Origin Story BY AMELIA TAIT From Home Sweet Home Alone to Cruella, prequels and reboots increasingly rely on cheap and clichéd explanations for villains.     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.

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