The False Dilemma of Post-Vaccination Risk
We’ll never know for sure how contagious people are after they’re vaccinated, but we do know how they should act.
The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages
The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.
5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating
We can learn from our failures.
You Got the Vaccine! What Can You Do Now?
A guide to America’s awkward, semi-vaccinated months
You’re Thinking About Home Heating Wrong
Getting a heat pump is one of the easiest ways for homeowners to fight climate change.
American Cynicism Has Reached a Breaking Point
The nation’s politics is in dire need of earnestness. Can its culture meet the moment?
Photos of the Week: Giant Teapot, Arizona Sunset, Egyptian Goose
Moving a home through the streets of San Francisco, hiking the Great Wall in China, visiting a ski resort in Tehran, opening a “hug room” in Rome, walking a snow maze in Manitoba, and much more
The Second COVID-19 Shot Is a Rude Reawakening for Immune Cells
Side effects are just a sign that protection is kicking in as it should.
Coronavirus Reinfection Will Soon Become Our Reality
The virus can take many paths to reinvading a person’s body. Most of them shouldn’t scare us.
The 5 Trump Amendments to the Constitution
The 45th president profoundly altered our system of government.
The Invisibility of Older Women
As they age, women experience less public scrutiny—and entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen.
Go Ahead and Fail
Perfectionism can make you miserable. Here’s how you can muster the courage to mess up.
The Conversation That Can Change the Course of a Cardiac Arrest
Telephone CPR saved my father-in-law’s life. Why don’t all 911 services provide that?
The Many Cruelties of I Care A Lot
The Netflix neo-noir isn’t just about a merciless scammer; it’s about the broken bureaucracies that enable her abuse.
How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology
Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.
100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1921
A look at some of the events and sights from around the world a century ago
30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact
Here’s what’s become of them.
Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
A look at the available evidence
The Awful Intimacy of Allen v. Farrow
A new docuseries about the molestation allegation against Woody Allen is determinedly focused on making its case, sometimes at the expense of nuance.
A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer
Families will gather. Restaurants will reopen. People will travel. The pandemic may feel like it’s behind us—even if it’s not.