💖 Best of 2022

Ten pieces of journalism that made a difference.

Lessons from fire-fighting

+ The wonders of science, and the difficulty of handling kids and artificial intelligence (#422)

Gamechanger?

+ Essential vocabulary for 2023, How to be an excellent gift giver, A perfect first book (#421)

Science non-fiction

+ Why we cry, Questions to ask yourself every decade, We're a curious bunch of pessimists (#420)

Despair is unproductive

+ Well-behaved bubbles and above-average humans (#419)

Sigh of relief

+ An astonishing map, good reasons to quit and a decent dose of optimism (#418)

Low bar, surprisingly cleared

+ Despair is a luxury, phone calls are torture (#417)

Free in ways you’re not

+ The most powerful person in the world and how he plans to change the world (#416)

Crypto...but hear me out

+ Meet some people who are changing the world for the better (#415)

How Far We've Come

+ The value of throwing soup, the whitest white and a moment of magic in a text editor (#414)

How the war ends

Also: Humans playing god and listening to audiobooks (#413)

Citizen Future

An issue about the future – with citizens, without Putin, with hope, without sex (#412)