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PLUS: More of the best stories from WIRED. [View this email in your browser]( [[WIRED Weekly Newsletter]12.22.19]( [a woman and a child holding two balls]( [WIRED VIDEO]( [So You Think You Know Gravity? Let Us Drop Some Knowledge]( BY MATT SIMON [Join astrophysicist Janna Levin on a mind- and space-time-bending journey into the force to end all forces.]( [Baby Yoda standing alone]( [YEAR IN REVIEW]( [The 8 Most Important Memes of 2019]( BY EMMA GREY ELLIS [From feral hogs to Baby Yoda, these are the internet fodders that truly made an impact this year.]( [Three Mozilla Firefox windows open, one containing a fox photo ]( [VERY CLEVER]( [Tweak These Firefox Settings to Power Up Your Browsing]( BY DAVID NIELD [Get the most out of Mozilla's Firefox browser with these tips and tricks.]( [3 punctuation keys and the shift key on a typewriter ]( [IDEAS]( [‘Boomerspeak’ Is Now Available for Your Parodying Pleasure]( BY GRETCHEN MCCULLOCH [The verbal stylings of the boomer generation—dot dot dots, repeated commas, mid-sentence caps—crystallized into a distinct genre this year.]( [Subscribe to WIRED]( [GET WIRED](  [Insider access to our Holiday Sale.](  [For a limited time, get a full year of the print magazine + digital access to wired.com for just $5.](  [Subscribe Today]( [Cartoon of parents pointing to huge smart home device decorated for Christmas, telling kids, no letters to Santa. Just tell the tree what you want.]( [LOL]( [This Week's Cartoons: December 16-20, 2019]( BY WIRED CARTOONS [Alexa, make a list and check it twice.]( [A red helicopter is hoisted from a river onto a barge]( ['SHOE SELFIES']( [Feds Call Helicopter That Crashed in NYC River a ‘Death Trap’]( BY ERIC ADAMS [An NTSB investigation faults the companies behind the sightseeing flight for a slew of safety failures, which resulted in five deaths.]( [Image may contain: Electronics, Headphones, and Headset]( [ARE WE THERE YET]( [The Best Gear for Traveling With Kids]( BY ADRIENNE SO [Hitting the road with babies, toddlers, or young children is no picnic. These accessories should help.]( [plastic crushed bottle against black background with blue and pink shapes surroudning it]( [YEAR IN REVIEW]( [2019 Is the Year Humanity Declared War on Microplastics]( BY MATT SIMON [The pollutants are absolutely everywhere—blowing in the wind and swirling in the ocean. Here's how we can clean up our act.]( [A lightbox showing a mammogram x-ray ]( [SLEEPWALKERS PODCAST]( [The AI Doctor Will See You Now]( BY TOM SIMONITE [Advances in neural networks and other techniques promise to transform health care while raising profound questions about our bodies and society.]( [WIRED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( 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](newsletter=wir)