The Communal Mind
An unusual, powerful, essay about the author’s experience of living with and in the internet, featuring a roster of famous memes and “moments”.
How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads
A visual essay diving into the genetic mutations that are being observed in the coronavirus.
The Case of the Stolen Ruby Slippers
The strange story of the theft of Jennifer Garland’s Wizard of Oz slippers.
Living Through the Blitz
One from the New Yorker’s archive, this brief September 1940 dispatch from London describes life during the blitz and marvels at the “cheerfulness and fortitude with which ordinary individuals are doing their jobs under nerve-racking conditions.”
My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
An intimate portrait of a popular local restaurant shutting down due to covid-19, written by its owner. The piece looks beyond the end of this crisis, to what purpose a restaurant will have in our cities in the future.
In the Coronavirus Era, the Force Is Still With Jack Dorsey
A look at the fortunes of Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey, who is squaring up to activist investors looking to make him change his ways, or make way for a new CEO.
The Hubble Space Telescope and 30 years that transformed our view of the universe
The story of the Hubble Space Telescope over the last 30 years.
In search of Inigo Philbrick, the disappearing art dealer
The story of an alleged elaborate fraud involving complex transactions in the global art market.
Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
An extraordinary story following a group of Cameroonian and Pakistani migrants heading for the United States on an arduous trek across one of the most dangerous places on earth, the Darien Gap, bordering Colombia and Panama.
Shockwave : The World Goes Bust
A compelling piece examining the potential global economic impact of the coronavirus crisis.