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climate change

The Battle to Save Our Oceans from an Invisible Threat

I joined Greenpeace on the high seas at the end of their year-long project to abolish a severe threat to our oceans.
Michael Segalov
4.2.20
Coronavirus

Does Tom Brady Think COVID-19 Was Sent to Make Us All 'Chill Out'?

“Maybe the world is telling us to slow down a little bit, you know?” he said.
Laura Wagner
4.2.20
gig economy

DoorDash Doesn't Know Which Restaurants Are Open, and Drivers Pay the Price

During the coronavirus pandemic, some DoorDash drivers are being paid around just $3 an hour due to the errors and slow support.
Joseph Cox
4.2.20
Games Opinion

Why Games Have Always Obsessed Over Pandemic Authoritarianism

Plagues and the politics of endless crisis.
Cameron Kunzelman
4.2.20
Coronavirus

Coronavirus Updates Canada: Standing Too Close Is Now Illegal in Toronto

Offenders standing too close in public parks and squares face a $5,000 fine; Justin Trudeau faces scrutiny for failing to release coronavirus data to the public.
Anya Zoledziowski
4.2.20
Coronavirus

10 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs In Two Weeks Because of Coronavirus

Economists who study unemployment expected the new figures to be a bloodbath — but they didn’t think they would be this bad.
Greg Walters
4.2.20
Money

What's It Like to Graduate Into a Recession? We Asked the Class of 2009

The coronavirus has sparked an economic freefall. People who graduated a decade ago tell the class of 2020 what to expect.
Marie Solis
4.2.20
tech-science

Scientists Think They’ve Found a New Type of Star-Destroying Black Hole

A new analysis of Hubble data has revealed the best candidate yet for a type of black hole that nobody has seen yet, and it gave itself away by tearing a star apart.
Becky Ferreira
4.2.20
SURVEILLANCE

We Saw NSO's Covid-19 Software in Action, and Privacy Experts Are Worried

A number of surveillance tech companies are pivoting to tracking coronavirus-infected citizens. Experts are worried that they are just trying exploit a crisis to expand their questionable businesses.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.2.20
Life For Rent

Life For Rent: My Landlord Insists on Doing Flat Viewings During a Pandemic

Plus: can you claim rent back if your landlord doesn't supply a gas certificate?
Vicky Spratt
4.2.20
body

Immune ‘Boosters’ Ignore the Immune System’s Best Quality: Balance

We could stand to learn some lessons from our own immune systems about how we decide when to act and when to lay low.
Shayla Love
4.2.20
Film

'Vivarium,' a Horror Movie About Being Trapped at Home, Is Perfect for Quarantine

VICE spoke to Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, and director Lorcan Finnegan about the film that unwittingly predicted life during COVID-19.
Alex Zaragoza
4.2.20
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