The Lost Year: A quiet year, alone in one’s head
Amanda Northrop/Vox “Your to-do list, some days, it has just the one thing on it: Stay alive. And if you can do that, it’s a successful day.” This is The...
One Good Thing: The future is uncertain. This graphic novel gave me hope anyway.
The cover of Eleanor Davis’s The Hard Tomorrow. | Drawn & Quarterly The Hard Tomorrow is about seeing dark times ahead and choosing to live. The Hard Tomorrow, cartoonist Eleanor...
Here’s how Covid-19 ranks among the worst plagues in history
Carnival celebrators dressed in the plague masks meant to protect against the bubonic plague ride the subway in Italy on February 25, as the novel coronavirus swept the country. |...
Can habit-tracking apps help bring some routine back to our quarantine lives?
Sarah Lawrence for Vox A growing market of apps are promising to help you develop better habits in the new year. For many of us, nine months spent quarantining at...
Citizen science is booming during the pandemic
Christina Animashaun/Vox From backyard astronomy to birding, amateurs have been busy collecting data — and making real discoveries. On a cold night in November, I bundled up in my coat and...
2020 ties for the hottest year on record
An alcohol thermometer records a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit ( 32 degrees Celsius) during a heat wave in Dortmund, Germany, on May 29, 2020. | Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via...