January 1, 2021

The best bet to see other people continues to be in the outdoors. But now the real test is here.

The workouts are real, even if the impossibly beautiful scenery is not.

No visitors. No friends at the dining table. Neighbors dying without notice. But many older adults have proved resilient during the pandemic, a phenomenon known as “crisis competence.”

G.E.’s giant machine, which can light up a small town, is stoking a renewable-energy arms race.

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers left the city when the pandemic struck and spent months living elsewhere. What did they learn?