Vox Archives Archive
Archives for July 2014


A new study shows that the alternative greeting spreads many fewer microbes than the classic handshake.


This chart shows one reason the “should you go to college?” debate persists: there are a few high school grads who do OK.


The deadliest outbreak on record is happening right now. Here’s the basics.


“I don’t think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations,” says Prime Minister Viktor Orban


I’m starting an advice column. Let’s see how it goes.


In The Leftovers’ fifth episode, things got much darker.


Police harassment and client violence keep HIV rates higher than they need to be among sex workers.


At Comic-Con, one man sits and listens to everybody’s problems. Some are very real issues. Some are... not. This is what happened.


“Michelle’s position on Israel will largely determine the level of support”


There is also a bonus, sad-but-funny twist ending.


The US lags other industrialized countries when it comes to coverage of the vaccine against human-papilloma virus.


The complicated questions our attitudes toward charitable giving bring up about the safety net


The popular dating portal took 30 percent matches and told them they were 90 percent matches, in the name of science.


Apparently, turning into a vampire involves your genitals disappearing, and other things we learned this week.


But is the increase in awareness enough?