It’s the most magical time of the year: that week between Christmas and New Years. The roads are empty, the fridge is full of leftovers, and oh my god there are only three of us in this office.
While academics (deservedly!) check out for the holiday season and leave the science news cycle about as lively as a funeral parlor, we know your thirst for intriguing stories is never-ceasing. So from those of us tending PopSci from a very cold (why is it so cold?) office in Manhattan and our respective parents’ couches across the country, here are stories from 2017 that made us say “say, what now?”
We hope you enjoy them.