Op-eds and first-person essays

• Rest in Preparation (Slate)

• How I I Learned to Speak My Truth at a Silent Meditation Retreat (TIME)

• My Whole World Can Fit in This Washer (LA Review of Books)

• To All the Daniels I’ve Loved Before (Glamour)

• Toys Were Us (The Sunlight Press)

• Embracing Fear (The Hill)

• What Makes Me Red-Faced (Slate)

• Get Rid of your Books. Really. (Slate)

New York Times / Wirecutter

Reported pieces (and many, MANY more available here)

• In an Artful Workout for Aging Bodies, Failure Is an Option

• So You Want to Have a Lucid Dream?

• They Built Their Own Greenhouses. Did They Reap What They Sowed?

• Stop Hitting Snooze!

• How to Be an Excellent Gift Giver

• How to Help Someone Who Lost Their Job

• Love in the Time of Corona

• Can a Meditation TV Show Help You Sleep Better?

• Brushing My Teeth With This Electric Brush Is Boring and Easy. Which Is Great, Actually.

• This Fits-Any-Body Jumpsuit Is Going Viral in Wirecutter’s Office

• How a $2 Notebook Helps My Insomnia

• 8 Tips for Writing a Thoughtful Condolence Note

• Nightgowns: Not Just for the March Sisters

• A First Class Sleep Experience in Economy

Videos

• Why Smart Gear for Pets Is Overrated

• How We Test Vibrators at Wirecutter

• Bug Repellents That Actually Work

• Are Fake Christmas Trees Actually More Eco Friendly?

• Testing Pubic Hair Trimmers Is Easier Than Talking About Them

• Do You Actually Need a Ring Light?

• Do SAD lamps actually work?

City and Lifestyle Reporting

• The fridge magnet is dead. Long live the fridge magnet (The Wall Street Journal)

• Long-Distance Dating Sucks. Here’s How Tech Can Help (The Wall Street Journal)

• Meet NYC’s Fungus Hunters (Patch)

• Downsizing the Community (Tablet Magazine)

• Who is Instagram for Anymore? (Slate)

• Meet four of our favorite DC buskers (Washingtonian)

• In the Mix: Two-in-One Retailers (Chicago Magazine)

Arts Criticism and Reporting

• There are no cynics among the March sisters (LA Review of Books)

• Blood, Sweat, and Snowflakes (Slate)

• On stage: An improvised journey (Washington Life)

• Kind of blue (Baltimore City Paper)

• “The End of the Tour”: A supposedly good movie I’ll never watch (Baltimore City Paper)

• The Crossover Designer (The Wall Street Journal)

• Short Order (Baltimore City Paper)

• In case of emergency (Baltimore City Paper)

• Jeff Tweedy and son bring “dad rock” to the Meyerhoff (Baltimore City Paper)

Science Magazine

Reporting and blog items:

• Lots of scientists marched yesterday. Five explain why they didn't

• On the birthday of Pluto’s discovery, Science takes a look back on the dwarf planet’s long, strange history

• Do you live in one of the chattiest places in the United States?

• Watch the first underwater video of this rare whale

• Tectonic ménage à trois created Earth’s largest piece of crust

Science film and book reviews:

• The Age of Consequences

• Good Things Await

• Marie Tharp, a pioneer of oceanic research

Fiction

• Final Bows