These videos show the police aren’t neutral. They’re counterprotesters.
law enforcement officers are treating America like a battlefield.
Everyone’s a sellout now
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?
Why this chair is on so many album covers
The golden age of album cover design doesn’t have a specific start and end date, but many regard the late 1960s to 1970s as one of the field's most exciting…
Will the next coronavirus variant be worse? No one knows.
The virus is evolving. Here’s what scientists do and don’t know about the future of Covid-19.
Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it
Despite the outsize role that Indigenous peoples play in protecting nature, their contributions often go overlooked. The modern conservation movement was built on the false idea that nature starts out…
This is Cuba’s Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet
In Cuba there is barely any internet. Anything but the state-run TV channels is prohibited. Publications are limited to the state-approved newspapers and magazines. This is the law. But, in…
How did pink become a girly color?
Jennifer Wright explains how the color pink became associated with girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaGSYGhUkvM
The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
Biomimicry design, explained with 99% Invisible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMtXqTmfta0
How Abandoned and Eroding Victorian Mansions of the Gilded Age Came to Symbolize Impending Doom
In a portentous video essay for Vox, producer Coleman Lowndes explains why the highly decorated, overly trimmed Victorian mansions (McMansions of their time) of the Gilded Age went from being…
Why knights fought snails in medieval art
Medieval Memes Look in the margins of medieval books and you’ll find an unusual theme: knights vs. snails. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsi… Lillian…