Tom Brady Leaves New England — and Wins Again Anyway
On February 7, 2021, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl — his first with a team other than the New England Patriots, with whom he had won six championships … Read More
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The mRNA Vaccine Revolution: How Science Did the Impossible in Ten Months
On December 8, 2020, a 90-year-old grandmother named Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive a fully approved COVID-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Sitting … Read More
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars — and Makes History
At 3:55 pm Eastern Time on February 18, 2021, a one-tonne, car-sized robotic science laboratory called Perseverance touched down in Jezero Crater on the surface of Mars — and the … Read More
LeBron James Wins the NBA Title — and Champions Change
On October 11, 2020, LeBron James raised the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy for the fourth time in his career, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to their first NBA title in … Read More
GameStop, Reddit, and the Day Ordinary Investors Took On Wall Street
In late January 2021, a struggling video game retailer with declining revenues and a share price that had languished below $20 for years became the most talked-about stock in the … Read More
The Mental Health Crisis Hiding Inside the Pandemic
In the first weeks of the pandemic, the conversation was almost entirely about physical health — hospital capacity, ventilators, death rates. Mental health was a footnote. As 2020 wore on, … Read More
How the Pandemic Made Us All Reassess What We Eat
Lockdown did strange and contradictory things to people’s relationship with food. Sourdough bread, banana bread, and homemade pasta became the unlikely symbols of the first COVID-19 spring, as millions of … Read More
5G Is Here: What It Really Means for Your Life
After years of promises, hype, and dangerous misinformation — including the unfounded claim that 5G towers were somehow linked to the spread of COVID-19, which led to the arson of … Read More