A cancer patient's search for the DNA data that could save his life

PLUS: An iceberg on a collision course, an ER nurse's viral tale, and early Black Friday deals. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  11.19.20   CRASH LANDING An Enormous Iceberg Is Headed for South Georgia Island—Again BY ERIC NIILER If they collide, it could cause big problems for breeding penguins and seals by cutting off their access to the open sea.   IDEAS Are Covid Patients Gasping 'It Isn't Real' As They Die? BY DAVID ZWEIG An ER nurse's anecdote of deranged denialism went viral. But when the media caught wind of the story, reporters didn't do their jobs.   DEALS 15 Early Black Friday Deals You'll Want to Snag Now BY LOURYN STRAMPE You don't have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving—or leave your house—to get in on these Black Friday deals.   BACKCHANNEL One Man's Search for the DNA Data That Could Save His Life BY SARAH ELIZABETH RICHARDS The genetic correlations that could help Bryce Olson find a drug that works against his cancer are a scattered mess. Why don't we have a better system for analyzing this kind of information?   SPONSORED CONTENT Give Bombas. Save 20%. Win the Holidays. Bombas might be the most comfortable socks in the history of feet. So, giving them kind of makes you the best gift-giver ever. Take that, Santa. Shop the sale. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 a month. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   DOT PHYSICS The Physics of Materials at Minus 80 Degrees Celsius BY RHETT ALLAIN Pfizer's new vaccine has to be stored at extremely low temperatures. Here's how things work when it gets that cold.   NATIONAL AFFAIRS This GOP Lawmaker Denounced QAnon—and Fears for His Party BY GILAD EDELMAN "There's a lot larger percentage in the Republican Party who believe there's a deep state coup or cabal than people might think."   BAD LOOK When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile' BY TOM SIMONITE A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.   BUG BOUNTY A Facebook Messenger Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Listen In BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The vulnerability was found through the company's bug bounty program, now in its tenth year.     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