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Smashing myths of productivity, new nuclear and solar power advances, and tales of reinvention, code-crackers, and air-investigators. [View this email in your browser]( [[Wired Magazine]Jan 2020]( It’s a new month, year, and decade. So it’s the perfect time to catch up on what you’ve missed from WIRED. From the future of [nuclear]( and [solar power](, to the [lie of the eight-hour workday](, to the [transformation of YouTube’s “Shitty Robot Queen” into the master inventor]( she’s always been, there are plenty of great ways to use your four free articles this month. Interested in reading everything WIRED has to offer? [Subscribe here](. [Simone Giertz sits on the floor of her workshop with an oversized pair of scissors]( [Why the ‘Queen of Shitty Robots’ Renounced Her Crown]( BY LAUREN GOODE [YouTuber Simone Giertz gave up wildly popular but barely functioning machines and confronted her fears of imperfection (while facing her own mortality and making an awesome Truckla EV).]( [A close-up of a woman's hand clocking-in at work]( [The 8-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie]( BY LIZZIE WADE [What was once a socialist dream has become every knowledge worker’s nightmare. It's time to unmake the modern myth of productivity.]( [a nuclear reactor instrument ]( [The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer]( BY DANIEL OBERHAUS [A new generation of reactors will start producing power in the next few years. They're comparatively tiny—and may be key to hitting our climate goals.]( [Subscribe to WIRED]( [GET WIRED]( [Get exclusive access to our extended New Year's Sale](  [For a limited time, get a full year of the print magazine + digital access to wired.com for just $5.](  [Subscribe Today]( [A character played by Charlize Theron sits in a vehicle with goggles around her neck and black paint on the top of her head]( [The 24 Absolute Best Movies of the 2010s]( BY WIRED STAFF [From the cloistered college campus of 'The Social Network' to the sands of 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' these are the movies that defined the decade.]( [dust particles floating in a living room with plants, couch and a brick wall]( [Room to Breathe: My Quest to Clean Up My Home's Filthy Air]( BY LISA WOOD SHAPIRO [Poor indoor air quality causes serious health issues. Things can be improved with determination to sniff out the cause of the problem—and some pricey hardware.]( [an office with a lit computer monitor]( [Tweak These Google Chrome Settings to Level Up Your Browsing]( BY DAVID NIELD [Get the most out of Google's Chrome browser with these tips and tricks.]( [circle made of dots with numbers next them connected by lines]( [Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem]( BY KEVIN HARTNETT [Tao has made huge progress on the Collatz conjecture, a simple-seeming puzzle that has bedeviled hapless mathematicians for decades.]( [solar panels]( [Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True]( BY ERIC NIILER [Solar power is increasingly available around the clock as energy storage become more affordable.]( [Image]( [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)