PolicyMarch 1, 2022
COVID’s Uneven Toll Captured in Data
Visualizing ongoing stories of loss, adaptation and inequality
How COVID Changed the World
Lessons from two years of emergency science, upheaval and loss
Olena Shmahalo
Space ExplorationMarch 1, 2022
Billionaire Space Tourism Has Become Insufferable
From brave exploration to just another playground for the 0.0000001 percent
PolicyMarch 1, 2022
COVID Pushed Global Health Institutions to Their Limits
The need to reinvent the World Health Organization has become abundantly clear
PharmaceuticalsMarch 1, 2022
Nasal Spray COVID Preventives Are Finally in Development
Different methods of drug delivery give us more tools to fight disease
InequalityMarch 1, 2022
COVID Has Made Global Inequality Much Worse
The poor, no matter where they live, will suffer the greatest lasting toll
PolicyMarch 1, 2022
COVID Changed the World of Work Forever
People realized their jobs don’t have to be that way
Health CareMarch 1, 2022
The Pandemic Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics
COVID accelerated the development of cutting-edge PCR tests—and made the need for them urgent
Public HealthMarch 1, 2022
COVID Revealed the Fragility of American Public Health
What happens when a deadly virus hits a vulnerable society
Public HealthMarch 1, 2022
Introducing 21 Ways COVID Changed the World
The pandemic didn’t bring us together, but it did show us what we need to change the most
SociologyMarch 1, 2022
How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism
Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient
InequalityMarch 1, 2022
The Pandemic Deepened Fault Lines in American Society
COVID energized the Black Lives Matter movement—and provoked a dangerous backlash
Space ExplorationMarch 1, 2022
COVID Disrupted Everything—Even Rocket Launches
Surprising supply chain breakdowns