The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2019, and what were the least?
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A Christmas gift from Nick Cave: a full-length stream of the concert film Distant Sky.
A Christmas gift from Nick Cave: a full-length stream of the concert film Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen.
A video of night skiing without artificial light.
A video of night skiing without artificial light.
Giving.
TMN will be offline through the holidays, but the newsletter will return on Friday, Dec. 27. Until then, our annual round-up of some of the places we like to give money. A round-up of six of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations fighting the climate
On the internet, nobody knows you're a figment.
Trump signs two spending packages totaling $1.4 trillion that include funding for the federal government, the border wall, and Space Force. 1/22 Boris Johnson's Brexit bill passes a House of Commons vote, setting up the UK for a Jan. 31 departure from the EU. 2/22
We are transfixed by this soothing video of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction.
We are transfixed by Envisioning Chemistry's soothing video of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. Previously: Time-lapse videos of chemical reactions and salts crystalizing.
What your phone says about you.
Pelosi refuses to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until more information is released about how the trial will be conducted. 1/16 Christianity Today calls for Trump's removal from office, deeming the president's Ukraine actions "profoundly immoral," and encouraging evangelicals to
News from the multiverse.
“This will only strengthen him,” a bartender at the president’s hotel said as he prepared another round of cocktails. “Right?” 1/19 For his conduct toward Ukraine and his refusal to cooperate with an inquiry, Donald Trump is the third president in US history to be impeached. 2/19
Singing Mozart in an MRI shows how overtone singers hit two notes at once.
When German performer Anna-Maria Hefele sings Mozart’s "Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling" ("Longing for Springtime") in an MRI machine, you can see how overtone singers hit two notes at once.
Moshy moshy.
What to watch for as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. 1/17 Boeing says it will suspend production of its flawed 737 Max jetliner in January. 2/17 The $50 billion merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot will create the