Bubble

Do you have a piece of pumice on a string in your shower? Do you know where it actually came from? When an underwater volcano spurts molten rock, the lava rushing out into the water column quickly cools, fills with gas, hardens and rises to the surface. This bubble-filled rock…

The legendary coach of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, Phil Jackson, would choose a theme for every basketball season, perhaps to help the team focus on particular efforts or nuances for each unique composition of players and challenges. The behaviors, actions, and messages from coaches create enduring impressions on their…

The legendary coach of the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, Phil Jackson, would choose a theme for every basketball season, perhaps to help the team focus on particular efforts or nuances for each unique composition of players and challenges. The behaviors, actions, and messages from coaches create enduring impressions on their…

Even in the Chelsea spotlit by the virus, hers is a precarious perch. Veronica, 22, fled El Salvador with two young siblings when she was 18, after her mother was murdered and the rest of her family feared gangs would take their lives, too. Trauma piled on trauma, and in…

5 Economic Resets; How Life Prepared Me For The Pandemic Propy, Inc. What I learned before helps me now. In the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, venture capitalist Bill Gurley tweeted, “I am living through my third “reset” in Silicon Valley. Reputations are built in hard times, not the easy…

Mouth-to-mouth only happens in the movies. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by rehmno/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Coronavirus Diaries is a series of dispatches exploring how the coronavirus is affecting people’s lives. For the latest public health information, please refer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. For Slate’s coronavirus…

In a new collaboration between Strange Beast and BBC Creative, three animators and two creatives have come together to shine a light on the BBC Local Radio programme, Make a Difference. The new series shares stories of peoples’ acts of kindness during lockdown with three animated spots so far. Directed…

Ziyang now describes his work as “post-internet micro-alienation”, for his ability to deep-dive into “contemporary technology, digital power structures, popular culture, the dynamics between identity and community, as well as the alienation of an individual’s spirit and body.” Although in some ways difficult to comprehend, it’s imperative to see his…

For 12 months’ access to an app called Calm—MSRP $69.99, with a lifetime option available for $399.99—your desktop and mobile screens will purportedly become a balm against the captive and infinite present. There are featurettes meant to help you sleep, reach peak performance, and breathe more thoughtfully. In “7 days…

In an effort to reopen safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, countries are teaming up to create ... travel bubbles. Getty For weeks now, Australia and New Zealand have been talking about forming a travel bubble. China is considering allowing Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea in its bubble, while Israel…