Jacob Stern

That Other Reason You Might Feel Terrible Right Now

Please don’t forget: It’s allergy season.

• Jacob Stern
• April 1, 2021

There Is No One Pandemic Anniversary

There are millions of them.

• Jacob Stern
• March 11, 2021

The Victims Left Behind by Genetic Genealogy

An Atlantic analysis of more than 100 cases using this powerful new policing tool found only four involving a homicide with a Black victim.

• Jacob Stern and Sarah Zhang
• January 27, 2021

Random People Are Lining Up to Get Vaccinated in D.C. Grocery Stores

Pharmacies have started quietly offering leftover COVID-19 shots to anyone around. You can guess where this goes.

• Jacob Stern
• January 13, 2021

Photos of California’s Suffocating Smoke

A photographer rushed home to California to capture scenes from a historic fire season.

• Jacob Stern
• September 13, 2020

Two Disasters Are Exponentially Worse Than One

Californians face an impossible choice between virus safety and fire safety.

• Jacob Stern
• August 21, 2020

A Mental-Health Crisis Is Burning Across the American West

Each fire season can compound the trauma of the one before it.

• Jacob Stern
• July 20, 2020

This Is Not a Normal Mental-Health Disaster

If SARS is any lesson, the psychological effects of the novel coronavirus will long outlast the pandemic itself.

• Jacob Stern
• July 7, 2020

Is the FaceTime Haircut Here to Stay?

Out-of-work hairstylists, acupuncturists, and even plumbers are seeing clients online. The transition hasn’t always been easy.

• Jacob Stern
• April 24, 2020

The Social-Distance Vigilantes in a Massachusetts Senior Home

Residents are asking their neighbors to tell on one another.

• Jacob Stern
• April 21, 2020

‘Storm Area 51’ Could Be a Disaster for Lincoln County

The Facebook event may have started in jest, but local officials are bracing for mayhem.

• Jacob Stern
• September 4, 2019

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Behaving Strangely

For a time, it looked as though the planet’s defining feature might be on the verge of extinction.

• Jacob Stern
• August 9, 2019

One Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap

When, exactly, did the astronaut set foot on the moon? No one knows.

• Jacob Stern
• July 23, 2019

The Stubborn Culture of Harassment in America’s Medical Schools

A Yale cardiologist accused of sexual misconduct received one of the university’s highest honors, and the aftermath has revealed how much power men still have in academic medicine.

• Jacob Stern and David Yaffe-Bellany
• January 15, 2019

Tracking Down a Catastrophic Fire’s First Spark

The investigation into a wildfire’s source is crucial to avoiding future disasters.

• Jacob Stern
• November 21, 2018

Yale Law School’s Reckoning Over Brett Kavanaugh

Students and faculty staged a sit-in Monday in protest against President Trump’s nomination of the conservative appellate-court judge, a 1990 Yale Law graduate, to the Supreme Court.

• Jacob Stern and David Yaffe-Bellany
• September 25, 2018