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2022, in 7 minutes

Running up that hill with 8 billion people.

By Kimberly Mas

A Christmas tree on a table. Why?

How Christmas trees stopped being just a German thing

A tree in your house went from niche to international tradition.

By Phil Edwards

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By Vox Staff March 26, 2021

How Iran’s repression machine works

By Christina Thornell December 22

The case to rename this famous Christmas plant

By Ranjani Chakraborty December 21

What it took to get reparations in New Zealand

By Fabiola Cineas December 15

A fact-checked debate about legal weed

By Joss Fong and Laura Bult December 15

How FIFA corruputed the World Cup

By Sam Ellis December 9

The pickleball craze, explained

By Coleman Lowndes December 9

How Qatar built stadiums with forced labor

By Christina Thornell December 1

How the World Cup’s AI instant replay works

By Edward Vega November 29

In a view from high in a soccer stadium, an Australian player is scoring a penalty kick past Denmark’s goalkeeper, who is diving to catch it, during a 2018 World Cup match.

Where to aim a penalty kick

By Phil Edwards November 28

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Why so many “election deniers” lost in 2022

By Liz Scheltens November 18

It’s not you — movies are getting darker

By Edward Vega November 10

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Video: The 3 possible outcomes of the 2022 election

By Adam Freelander November 3

Batteries are dirty. Geothermal power can help.

By Christina Thornell November 2

How to build a wood skyscraper

By Phil Edwards October 26

Brazil’s likely next president, explained

By Rajaa Elidrissi and Sam Ellis October 25

Why this instrument explains Black American folk music

By Estelle Caswell and Halley Brown October 21

How do we fix the zoo?

By Liz Scheltens October 20

Why this football pass seems physically impossible

By Edward Vega October 12

How trail designers build good hikes

By Christophe Haubursin October 7

Why Americans want these insects dead

By Kimberly Mas October 5

What it’s like to work in the world’s greatest office

By Phil Edwards September 28

Why Queen Elizabeth II was queen of 15 countries

By Christina Thornell September 28

Who’s really using up the water in the American West?

By Laura Bult and Joss Fong September 26

How Ukraine got the upper hand against Russia

By Sam Ellis September 16

How “Spider-Verse” forced animation to evolve

By Edward Vega September 12

The real reason Egypt is moving its capital

By Sam Ellis September 7

Why beavers matter as the planet heats up

By Kimberly Mas September 1

How your TV settings ruin movies

By Phil Edwards August 31

An illustration combining several parts of different paintings depicting Paris in an impressionist style, with “Who is Henri Rogers?” handwritten across them.

Why I’m obsessed with these cheap paintings of Paris

By Coleman Lowndes August 29

This giant laser can simulate a planet’s core

By Adam Cole August 26

How “dementia villages” work

By Christophe Haubursin August 18

How US corporations poisoned this Indigenous community

By Liz Scheltens August 16

The fall (and rise?) of unions in the US

By Joss Fong August 9

Humans finally figured out how to make it rain

By Christina Thornell August 3

How F1 racers turn really fast

By Edward Vega August 2

This high-speed rail project is a warning for the US

By Sam Ellis July 29

Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings

By Ranjani Chakraborty July 28

Why US schools are at the center of trans rights

By Laura Bult July 27

4 ways Americans are still getting abortion pills

By Kimberly Mas July 26